Philip A. Bareck

Philip A. Bareck has been with Katz Friedman since 1991. His practice concentrates in representing employees in workers' compensation and occupational disease cases before the Illinois Industrial Commission, Circuit, and Appellate courts. His case load focuses on repetitive trauma claims and accidents in the area of automobile and heavy equipment manufacturing. Phil has been an invited faculty speaker on workers' compensation topics for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) as well as the Chicago Bar Association and is a frequent speaker at Union meetings, Labor/Union seminars, and Labor Law/Workers' Compensation Workshops in Illinois. He frequently speaks on trial preparation, workers' rights and entitlements under the Workers' Compensation Act, and a variety of topics involving the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act/Statute. He has authored "Physical, Mental and Vocational Rehabilitation Under the Illinois Worker's Compensation Act", "Establishing Accident: The Arising Out of the Employment Element" and recently completed a publication captioned "Advanced Workers' Compensation in Illinois."

Phil earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois and graduated with distinction in 1988 and earned his law degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and graduated with high honors in 1991. While in law school, he was chosen to extern with Federal District Court Judge Rovner, currently a United States Justice in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as a Federal Magistrate. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.