Our firm represents local governments and other individually and collectively self-insured entities in workers' compensation claims before the Illinois Industrial Commission. The firm defends these claims in an aggressive manner, pursuing the facts and evidence necessary to identify fraudulent claims and reduce unnecessary lost time and medical expenditures. In our continuing efforts to control costs for our clients, we have pioneered the use of paralegals to process workers' compensation claims. For additional information, please see our publication Ten Things Governmental Officials Don't Know About Workers' Compensation. The firm's worker's compensation practice also includes defense of Longshoremen's Act claims.