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Practice Areas
Insurance Coverage and Litigation
Rusin Law’s insurance coverage group works with insurance companies, corporations and self-insured entities to resolve complex coverage issues. Many of these issues arise from the alleged failure to defend an insured or additional insured under liability policies and/or the failure to procure insurance as required by a contract. Our coverage attorneys are adept at litigating […]
Employment Law
Work injuries do not occur in a vacuum. Since the injured employee has rights under various State and Federal statutes as well as under common law, our expertise has developed to include the simultaneous evaluation and/or defense of all employment-related torts. The representation of the employer would be incomplete without the ability to recognize other […]
Employer Liability and Third Party Liability Defense
Our civil attorneys routinely practice extensively in cutting edge issues of law such as contractual indemnity, anti-subrogation, insured contracts or contracts to procure insurance and obtaining defense and indemnity contribution for the EL carrier from the CGL carrier. In addition, our EL attorneys have expertise in seeking additional or alternative coverage through targeted/selected tenders, indemnity […]
Construction Litigation
Following the report of an accident, and even prior to litigation, our team is available to retain top construction experts and investigators to examine the scene, attend OSHA investigations and deal with the immediate preservation of artifacts and instrumentalities required to defend our client, whether the architect, owner, general contractor or subcontractor. When a suit […]
Commercial Litigation
The commercial litigation practice group is comprised of seasoned trial lawyers who, on a yearly basis, litigate and arbitrate a variety of commercial, contractual and transactional disputes involving commercial entities relative to contracts, and their interpretation and enforcement including matters such as indemnification, anti-subrogation clauses, procurement of insurance, interpretation of buy/sell obligations of product manufacturers, […]
Civil Litigation and Insurance Defense
The civil litigation practice group is comprised of seasoned trial lawyers who consistently rank at or near the most active in cases tried to jury verdict or judgment each year. Our regular file inventory consistently includes primary excess and indemnity cases together with subrogation contracts coverage, third party liability defence and coverage, premises, construction, personal […]
Appellate Litigation
Rusin & Maciorowski, Ltd., which has long had an outstanding reputation for trial litigation, has also developed a premier appellate litigation practice group. Our lawyers include former judicial law clerks who possess significant experience in the federal and state appellate courts. These lawyers have handled a broad spectrum of legal issues including transportation, product liability, […]
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Defense
Our firms’ primary practice is the defence of Employers in Workers’ Compensation Cases. Our Workers’ Compensation practise encompasses the entire state of Illinois. Our attorneys regularly appear at all arbitration venues on behalf of employers and insurance carriers, and we provide expert and cost-efficient handling of cases in each venue. We provide quality representation from […]
Kisa P. Sthankiya
is a Partner in our Workers’ Compensation Department. She has dedicated the entirety of her legal career to workers’ compensation defense counseling clients who rely on her to aggressively defend their cases to resolution. She is a trusted counselor to clients in both the public and private sectors. She is highly knowledgeable in all facets of […]
Gregory G. Vacala
Gregory G. Vacala is the Managing Partner in our Civil Litigation Department and has been with the Firm since 1986. After earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from DePaul University in 1980, Greg continued on at DePaul University to earn his Juris Doctor in 1983. He also becamena Certified Public Accountant in Illinois […]