David M. Barish

David M. Barish is a seasoned workers' compensation attorney who joined Katz Friedman in the fall of 2001. During the course of his more than two-decade career he has practiced in workers' compensation law and has argued many cases before the appellate court. A gifted teacher and public speaker, he has presented seminars to the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, and Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education on a variety of workers' compensation topics. He distinguished himself by achieving high ratings from the reviews he has received for these presentations.

Prior to his affiliation with Katz Friedman, David was a principal at another firm in Chicago where he represented employers and employees in workers' compensation, social security, and longshoremen's cases. He is an active member of Workers' Compensation Lawyer's Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, where he is a member of the Workers' Compensation Section Counsel. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1980 and earned his Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law in 1983. As a law student, David tried more than 50 criminal cases for the Cook County Public Defender. He was sworn in before the Illinois Bar in November 1983. An avid bicycle enthusiast, David commutes to his office on two-wheels whenever he can from his home where he lives with his wife and two daughters.