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Martha Garcia has been with Katz Friedman
since 1986. Because she worked in labor relations in the medical arena
prior to becoming a lawyer, Martha operates as comfortably representing
employees and unions in labor cases as she does securing benefits
for employees injured on the job. She presently concentrates her practice
in workers' compensation, with a special expertise in the airline,
education, and health care industries. However, she also represents
labor organizations before state, federal and labor boards including
the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and in arbitrations
as well as other aspects of the firm's labor and employment practice.
Martha is familiar with FMLA regulations. Martha has been a frequent lecturer on workers' compensation and disability
and employment law, and has authored several articles in the legal
press on the subject of disability discrimination. She has also authored
and co-authored articles on workers' compensation, most recently,
"Disability Evaluation" in Illinois Workers' Compensation Practice
(1999 and Supp. 2002) for the Illinois Institute for Continuing
Legal Education. She has served as chairperson of the Chicago Bar
Association's Workers' Compensation Committee.
Martha earned a B.S. degree from Northwestern University in 1975 and
received her Juris Doctor from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois
Institute of Technology in 1986 with High Honors. She is a member
of the American, Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations; American and
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers
Association (Illinois); Industrial Relations Research Association
IRRA Chicago Chapter; and several other legal and health care professional
organizations. Outside her office, court, or lecture podium, Martha
has a fondness for eco-travel in warm and exotic places. |
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