Horwitz Horwitz & Associates
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| Headquarters |
 Chicago |
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| No. of offices | 2 |
| No. of attorneys | 16 |
| Major practice areas | Personal Injury, workers' compensation, and nursing home abuse and neglect |
| Key people | Jacob W. Horwitz - founder, Mitchell Horwitz: Co-Owner and head of Workers' Compensation Department, Clifford Horwitz: Co-Owner and Lead Trial Attorney, |
| Date founded | 1924 |
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Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates is a Chicago, Illinois law firm that focuses its practices in personal injury, workers' compensation, nursing home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death law. Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates has won numerous verdicts and settlements throughout Illinois, totaling over $1 billion.[1] To date, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates holds the largest non-death compensatory personal injury verdict in Illinois history as noted by the Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter.[2]
History
Jacob W. Horwitz founded the family law firm in 1924. Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates works in litigation for personal injury, in particular, work-related construction injuries. In 2012, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates attorneys received a $64 million verdict, the largest in Illinois history and the second largest in U.S. history, for a Local ironworker who fell and was left paralyzed from a job-site accident.[3] In 2013 the Better Business Bureau honored Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates with an A+ rating.[4][5]
Notable cases
- $64 million verdict on behalf of an injured ironworker who fell and was left paralyzed from a job-site accident. The verdict was noted as the highest jury verdict in Illinois history for an individual, beating the previous record verdict of $51 million.[6][7] The National Law Journal recognized the verdict in their Top 100 verdicts of 2012.[8]
Community involvement
- Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Fair Housing Scholarship - provides assistance to students who have completed their first year of study and are enrolled in The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic Preference.[9]
- A Walk for Hope (2012 and 2013) Sponsor - Mutual Ground's annual walk fundraiser helps raise awareness about the crimes of domestic violence and sexual assault. In addition, the annual walk raises money to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault become survivors.[10]
- Hot Chocolate 15/5K America's Sweetest Race, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates walkers and runners raised money for the Ronald McDonald House and Little City Foundation.
References
- ↑ Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Verdicts and Settlements
- ↑ Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Awards 2013
- ↑ Cook County Jury Awards Highest Jury Verdict in Illinois History to Ironworker Left Paralyzed After Fall
- ↑ BBB Accredited Business Press Release
- ↑ BBB Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates Profile
- ↑ McCoppin, Robert, Chicago Tribune Reporter, "Former ironworker gets record $64 million for fall", Chicago Tribune, November 17, 2012
- ↑ Dudek, Mitch, Staff Reporter, "Cook County jury awards $64 million to iron worker left paralyzed after fall", Chicago Sun-Times, November 15, 2012
- ↑ National Law Journal: The Top 100 Verdicts of 2012
- ↑ The John Marshall Law School Scholarships
- ↑ Mutual Ground: Walk for Hope 2013