Barrish, Jonathan E.

Jonathan focuses his practice on workers’ compensation, employers’ liability and employment law, construction and toxic tort litigation. He also handles general commercial and business litigation matters, and provides training for managerial staff on handling post-accident investigations.

Jonathan has extensive experience before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, Circuit Courts in Illinois and the Illinois Appellate Court and has served as an expert witness on Illinois workers’ compensation law. He is a frequent lecturer for carriers and third-party administrators as well as self-insured employers on topics concerning Illinois workers’ compensation.

Practices

Representative Matters

Marcos Mireles v. Mike Balter Mallets LLC, 16 I.W.C.C. 0433
Michael Murphy v. US Foodservice, 07 IIC 1548
Michael Murphy v. US Foodservice, 07 IIC 1551
Cianci v. Safeco Insurance Company, 356 Ill. App. 3d 767, 826 N.E.2d 548 (2005)
Jose Garcia v. Four Seasons Hotel, 97 IIC 1046

Representative Experience

Successfully defended a mold remediation company client against plaintiff homeowners claiming our client improperly remediated their home; the Illinois Appellate Court agreed with our defense that the trial court’s “good faith finding” was improper, and remanded the case for further proceedings.

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD, 1992
- Semi-Finalist Intra-School Moot Court Competition
Northwestern University, BA, 1989, with honors

Admissions

Illinois
United States District Court: Northern District of Illinois
United States Court of Appeals: Seventh Circuit

Associations

Current Board Member, Moriah Congregation, Deerfield, Illinois
Former Ritual Vice President, Moriah Congregation Deerfield, Illinois, 2014-2016
Former Financial Vice President, Moriah Congregation Deerfield, Illinois
Former Administration Vice President, Moriah Congregation Deerfield, Illinois
Former Board Member and Chairman, Research Committee, CityPAC

Professional Memberships

Faculty Member, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Workers’ Compensation Institute (2014 and 2015)
Former Member of the American Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association

Languages

English

Presentations/Publications

Featured quote, “Causation Questions Limit COVID Comp Claims,” Business Insurance (June 2022)
Co-presenter, “The COVID-19 Presumption In Action”, National Association of Construction Boilermaker Employers (NACBE) and The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC) Joint Safety Committee Meeting (February 2022)
Panelist, “Working from Home Post COVID-19: What’s Normal in Our New Normal?“, Marsh Webcast (June 2021)
Co-author, “Illinois Workers’ Compensation COVID-19 Presumptions Explained,” Litchfield Alert (September 2020)
Co-presenter, “Telecommuting and the New Work from Home Doctrine,” ExecuSummit Online webinar (June 2020)
Panelist, “Workers’ Compensation Claims Trends,” 17^th Annual Workers’ Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT (January 2020)
Panelist, “Remote Employees – A Legal Map to Managing Work from Home,” National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo, Las Vegas, NV (November 2019)
Featured quote, “Remote Employees: Know Where the Pitfalls Are and How to Manage Them,” Risk & Insurance (June 25, 2019)
Panelist, “Workers’ Compensation Claims Trends,” 16th Annual Workers’ Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit, Uncasville, CT (January 2019)
Presenter, “Avoiding Unintended Consequences Obtaining Desired Litigation and Legislation Results,” National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference, Las Vegas, NV (November 2018)
Presenter, “Preventing, Investigating and Managing Claims for Temp or Leased Workers,” National Workers Compensation and Disability Conference, Las Vegas, NV (2017)

Jonathan E. Barrish

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