Family Law

• Child Abuse
  • Record verdict of $4,000,000 for the wrongful death of a 22 month old child due to medical negligence. Viremia and purpura were misdiagnosed as earache and suspected child abuse. Despite suspicion, child was sent home with parents and died less than 24 hours later at another hospital.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  • Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 2004, with honors, Cum Laude, and with a Certificate in Trial Advocacy. During law school, Jeff earned the highest grade in his entire class for the following courses: Illinois Litigation, Complex Issues in Personal Injury Litigation, and Criminal Law. Jeff and his two teammates were the National Champions of the Wagner Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition in 2003.
• Wrongful Death
  • $2,275,000 settlement for the wrongful death of an 11-year-old passenger on a motorcycle. The case settled against the operators of two vehicles that approached the roadway that the motorcycle was on, despite the fact the vehicles did not strike the motorcycle.
• Traffic Violations
  Our attorneys have many years of experience in handling car crash cases that result in severe personal injury or wrongful death. We have successfully handled all types of motor vehicle related injury and wrongful death cases for our clients, including those caused by driver inattention (use of cell phone, changing radio stations, using I-pod, etc.) as well as those caused by speeding drivers, drivers that fail to yield the right of way, drivers that disobey stop signs or other traffic control devices, and all other types of car crashes.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Before joining the firm, Jack worked as a law clerk for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, and served as a sports law intern for the National Basketball Retired Players Association.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Upon completing his term of service with the United States Army's 24th Infantry Division, Matt went on to earn his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, followed by a law degree from The John Marshall Law School. A partner in the firm's workers' compensation practice, Matt focuses on protecting the rights of injured workers throughout the State of Illinois. He has argued cases before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, Circuit Courts and the Illinois Appellate Court. Matt also represents clients before the Social Security Administration's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. He is certified by the American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians in the use of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (CEDIR).
• Employment Discrimination
  Our firm concentrates in the areas of complex personal injury litigation such as wrongful death, construction negligence, medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, vehicular and transportation negligence, as well as Illinois worker's compensation cases and matters of employment discrimination.
• Sexual Harassment
  Dan has been recognized by the Chicago Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer Magazine for consistently obtaining top settlements and verdicts. Dan’s cases include matters of wrongful death, electrocution, construction negligence, products liability, medical and auto negligence and sexual harassment.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  If you believe you have a premises liability case, please contact the lawyers at O’Connor & Nakos, Ltd., in order to schedule a free initial consultation.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  The Law Firm of O’Connor & Nakos, Ltd. is a full service Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation law firm that represents only injured people and their families. O’Connor & Nakos employs 11 attorneys and their staff and are located at 120 N. LaSalle on the entire 35th floor. “We are proud to represent working men and women and their families,” said O’Connor. “We will go the distance to make sure that the rights of our clients are protected,” he said.
• Medical Malpractice
  Below, find examples of results in medical malpractice cases that attorneys at O’Connor & Nakos have obtained for victims of medical malpractice throughout their careers.
• Social Security Disability
  The Social Security Administration is the government agency that determines eligibility for social security disability benefits and social security income benefits. Eligibility for disability benefits is based upon a determination by the Social Security Administration that an individual meets the criteria to be deemed disabled under the Administration’s standards of disability.