The Legal Team at Marszalek & Marszalek

JAMES J. MARSZALEK

Attorney

Legal Fields:

• Workers' Compensation
• Social Security Disability
• Personal Injury

Since graduating law school in 1976, Mr. Marszalek has represented injured workers throughout the state of Illinois. Having been a union member and walked picket lines for several years before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Marszalek is very familiar with the problems associated with a workers' compensation claim being fought by a "difficult" employer. He has prosecuted workers' compensation cases for injured workers throughout the state of Illinois before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission on arbitration and review, before the Circuit Courts throughout Illinois, the Illinois Appellate Cout, and even the Illinois Supreme Court. 

Bar Admissions: State of Illinois, 1976

Hourly Rate: 20% Contingency

Law School: The John Marshall Law School

Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Chicago

Bar/Professional Association Involvement:

• Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Chicago Bar Association 
• Workers' Compensation Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association
• Social Security Disability Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association
• NOSSCR (National Organization Of Social Security Claimant's Representivies)

Honors:
Latino Who’s Who- 2014
Board of Directions- Lithuanian-American Hall of Fame
Guest Speaker- University of Illinois Law School

Recent Recognitions:
America’s Most Honored Professionals by American Registry- Top 5%, 2012
Leading Workers’ Compensation Lawyers by The Chicago Lawyer, Dec 2012
Leading Chicago Area Injury Lawyers by West Suburban Living, Sept/Oct 2012
Top Attorneys in Illinois- Excellence in Workers Compensation Law, Feb 2010, 2012
LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell- Rated AV Preeminent for 15 Years
Top Lawyer in Illinois- Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Law by The Legal Network, May 2008, Oct 2009
Illinois Super Lawyers, 2006-2018
Circle of Excellence by MerchantCircle, 2010
AV Preeminent- Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standard by Martindale Hubbell, 2010-2018
Leading Lawyers Network- The Top Lawyers, 2003, 2004-05, 2008, 2008-09, 2009, 2009-10, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016,2017,2018
Top Lawyers in Illinois- Highest in Ethical Standard and Professional Excellence by The Legal Network, 2014
Illinois Super Lawyers- Based Upon Ethics, Experience and Reputation, 2008-2018
Top Injury Lawyers by The Chicago Lawyer, 2006-2018
LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell- AV Rated, 2009-2018

College of Workers Compensation Lawyers (Inducted 2018)

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JOHN E. MARSZALEK

Attorney

Legal Fields:

• Personal Injury
• Automobile Accidents and Injuries
• Products Liability
• Construction Accidents
• Truck Accidents
• Workers Compensation

John Marszalek was born in Chicago in 1951. He was raised in Chicago and attended Law School in Chicago and graduated in 1976. He practiced continuously in Chicago from 1976 to present and has tried over 70 cases to verdict in Illinois in the following counties: Cook, Du Page, Kane, Will, Lake, Vermillion and Jackson. Feel free to visit John Marszalek's personal website at: www.kidneyfailing.com

Bar Admissions: State of Illinois, 1976; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1979, Florida; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Hourly Rate: All cases are handled on a contingency basis. No attorney’s fees  are assessed unless a recovery is made.

Law School: The John Marshall Law School – Chicago, IL, J.D.

Undergraduate School: Rollins College, B.A.

Bar/Professional Association Involvement:

• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• The Florida Bar
• Chicago and American Bar Associations

Notable Cases and Results:

• Hough v. Kalousek, 655 N.E. 2d 433, 279 Ill.App.3d 855 (Ill. App. 1 Dist. 1996) 
• Carey v. J.R. Lazzara, Inc., 661 N.E.2d 413, 277 Ill.App.3d 902 (Ill. App. 1 Dist. 1996) 
• Brown v. Kidd, 578 N.E.2d 224, 217 Ill.App.3d 860 (Ill. App. 1 Dist 1991)
• Sylvester v. Chicago Park Dist., 689 N.E.2d 1119, 179 Ill.2d 500 (Ill. 1997)
• Barnes v. Chicago Housing Authority, 326 Ill. App. 3d 710, 260 Ill. Dec. 439, 761 N.E.2d 283 (Ill. App. 2001)
• Lagoni v. Holiday Inn Midway, 635 N.E.2d 622, 262 Ill.App.3d 1020 (Ill. App. 1 Dist. 1994)