Martin L. Glink Selected as 2016 Super Lawyer

Posted: January 22, 2016

The Law Office of Martin L. Glink is proud to announce that partner and founder, Martin Glink of the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, was selected as a 2016 Super Lawyer. link text This peer-nominated honor is reserved for 5 percent of the total nominated group. As the magazine states, “The firm has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for the firm’s clients. He has argued notable cases before the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts…Peer nominated as a Leading Lawyer in Personal Injury, Martin is respected by both plaintiff and defense attorneys alike. He is proud...

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Excessive Force and New Legislation to Create Police Accountability

Posted: December 4, 2015

Excessive force by a Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke resulted in the wrongful death of a Chicago teen, Laquan McDonald. Unfortunately, McDonald is not the only victim of excessive force, as is being claimed in recent reports regarding 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III, who was fatally shot by police during a foot chase in October 2014 and 17-year-old Cedric Chatman who was fatally shot by a police on January 7, 2013 after allegedly stealing a car. A couple of years ago, attorney, Erin Calandriello, worked on a case involving a man, who was killed inside his vehicle after being wrongfully...

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Illinois Supreme Court Rule 217: An Often Unused but Useful Way to Preserve Testimony Before Filing Suit

Posted: October 28, 2015

Many personal injury firms, including our firm, handle medical malpractice and nursing home negligence cases. In many of these cases, our clients are the elderly and/or the very ill and their health outcomes are uncertain. To file a medical malpractice case is a time consuming process, which may not be conducive to an elderly and/or very ill client’s situation. In order to file a medical malpractice case, you need to have an expert physician (in the field of medicine in which the defendant doctor(s) practiced) sign off on a 2-622 affidavit, (http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K2-622) which is essentially a physician’s report, which explains...

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