In October, Brennan Burtker attorneys Anthony Longo and Blair Kipnis filed a Petition for Leave to Appeal in the Supreme Court of Illinois challenging a long-standing practice in Cook County that deprives defendants of their constitutional right to service of summons in medical malpractice actions.  Under Illinois law, prospective medical malpractice plaintiffs are entitled to copy their medical records,

Brennan Burtker is pleased to announce the hire of new Associate Attorney, Teresa Dettloff. Ms. Dettloff is the eighth associate attorney to have joined Brennan Burtker LLC since its inception in July, 2015. 

Brennan Burtker congratulates Jonathan E. Cavins in obtaining summary judgment on behalf of one of the firm’s institutional clients, a prominent local children’s hospital, in a premise liability action. The Plaintiff was an elderly woman who alleged that she sustained severe injuries when she slipped and fell on water while walking through a covered walkway within a