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Scott heads the firm's health care practice group. Scott has tried over 50 jury trials to verdict, ranging from medical malpractice matters to products liability to an array of transportation, negligence and construction cases. He has represented numerous nursing homes in a wide variety of litigation throughout the state of Illinois and is a contributing author to three books on nursing home litigation. These are considered the definitive texts in this area. He has also acted as national coordinating counsel for a seatbelt manufacturer.
Scott is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education seminars. He has been elected to the Society of Trial Lawyers as well as the American Board of Trial Advocates. Both organizations are reserved for active trial lawyers who are nominated for their significant expertise, experience and results in civil litigation. He was selected to the Illinois Health Care Association Legal Task Force in 2000, where he continues to serve. In 2005, he was selected by his peers as a member of the Leading Lawyers Network.
Scott was asked to provide testimony on behalf of long term care facilities to the State Senate Judiciary Committee hearings held on medical malpractice reform in March, 2005.
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- Partner
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- Nursing Home & Healthcare
- Insurance Defense
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- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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- University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois
- J.D.
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
- B.A. (History)
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- Preparing the Case for Defense, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education - Negligence Seminar,
January 17, 2007
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- Preparing the Case for Defense, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education - Negligence Seminar,
January 11, 2007
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- Senior Care Strategies: Regulations, Liability, Loss Prevention and Workers' Compensation, Assurance Educational Seminar,
November 9, 2005
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- Testimony re: Legal aspects related to reform for nursing homes in Illinois, Before the State of Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearings on Medical Malpractice Reform,
March 9, 2005
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- Conducting the Internal Investigation, AssureCare Members Seminar,
2004
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- Nursing Home Litigation: Facility and Physician Liability, Renaissance at South Shore Annual Physician's Dinner,
2004
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- The Witness Stand: Every Nurse's Nightmare, Illinois Counsel on Long Term Care,
2004
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- Nursing Home Litigation: Strategies for Minimizing a Nursing Home's Losses, Joint Presentation of the Long Term Care Alliance, LLC and the Assurance Agency,
2003
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- Legal Considerations in Nursing Home Litigation, Illinois CPA Foundation Annual Meeting,
2003
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- Nuts and Bolts: Defending the Nursing Home, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co. Seminar,
2002
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- Overview of Federal Regulations and OBRA 87, Professional Education System Institute LLC (PESI) North Central Regional Conf.,
2002
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- The Administrator and Nursing Home Liability Issues: The Defense Perspective, Lawyers & Judges Nursing Home Litigation Seminar,
2001
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- Nursing Home Malpractice in Illinois, National Business Institute,
2001
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- The Parent Corporation: The Alter Ego Theory and Punitive Damages-Defense Perspective, Andrews Publishing Company Seminar,
2000
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- Nursing Home Litigation, Illinios Counsel on Long Term Care,
2000
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- Statutory Rights and Nursing Home Litigation, Private Industry Forums,
2000
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- Preparing for the Defense: Preliminary Steps, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
1999
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- Negotiating and Settling Personal Injury Cases, Illinios Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
1990
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- Comparative Negligence, Contribution and Joint and Several Liability, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
1987
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- American Bar Association
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- Chicago Bar Association
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