Paying Bills and Living Expenses While Your Personal Injury Case Is Pending
Personal injury cases take months or years to resolve, but bills do not wait. Health insurance, disability, and pre-settlement funding all play different roles.
Read ArticleOver fifteen years of courtroom experience handling civil rights litigation, wrongful conviction matters, serious criminal defense, ERISA disability claims, personal injury cases, and appellate work across Illinois and federal courts.
Ellie Zinger has spent more than fifteen years inside courtrooms. She graduated with honors from The John Marshall Law School in 2010, served on the John Marshall Law Review, and began her career as an Assistant Public Defender in Cook County. There she tried hundreds of cases and argued criminal appeals at every level of the Illinois court system.
That trial-first background shapes everything the firm does today. Whether the matter involves a Section 1983 civil rights claim, a serious felony charge, an ERISA disability denial, a trucking injury, or a state or federal appeal, clients work with a lawyer who has stood in front of a jury, cross-examined hostile witnesses, and written briefs the appellate courts have actually read.
Read Full BiographyThe firm represents clients in eight core areas of law. Each one shares a common thread: high stakes, complex facts, and a need for a lawyer comfortable in front of a judge or jury.
Section 1983 claims, police misconduct, false arrest, wrongful eviction, and constitutional violations against government actors.
Learn MorePost-conviction petitions, newly discovered evidence claims, constitutional challenges, and Illinois Torture Inquiry Commission representation.
Learn MoreTraumatic brain injuries, trucking collisions, premises liability claims, and other serious injury cases throughout Illinois.
Learn MoreLong-term disability denials, ERISA appeals, and litigation against insurers that have refused legitimate benefit claims.
Learn MoreMurder defense, criminal sexual assault cases, federal fraud, embezzlement charges, and other serious felony matters.
Learn MoreTitle VII claims, workplace discrimination, retaliation cases, and wrongful termination actions in state and federal court.
Learn MoreCopyright disputes, infringement claims, and enforcement actions on behalf of authors, creators, and rights holders.
Learn MoreAppellate briefs, oral argument preparation, and state and federal appeals at every level, including the Seventh Circuit.
Learn MoreHundreds of cases tried in front of judges and juries, beginning as an Assistant Public Defender and continuing through private practice.
Briefs written and argued at every level of Illinois courts, plus federal appellate work that informs trial strategy from the start.
You speak with Attorney Zinger about your case. No paralegal triage, no rotating associates, no handoffs at the courthouse door.
Civil rights, criminal defense, ERISA, IP, and appeals often overlap. The firm sees patterns most single-issue offices miss.
Ellie took on a case three other lawyers had passed on. She read every page of the record, found the constitutional issue everyone else missed, and got the result we needed. I cannot recommend her enough.
After my long-term disability claim was denied for the second time, I almost gave up. Ellie walked me through the ERISA process, filed the appeal, and the benefits were reinstated. She knew exactly what the insurer was doing.
From the first meeting it was clear she had actually tried cases. She did not promise an outcome. She explained the law, the risks, and the strategy. That honesty is what made me trust her with a federal civil rights case.
Personal injury cases take months or years to resolve, but bills do not wait. Health insurance, disability, and pre-settlement funding all play different roles.
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Read ArticleEvery case begins with a private conversation. Reach out to the firm to share what happened and find out what options may be available under Illinois and federal law.
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