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About Richard Victor

Richard Victor is a senior litigator at Briskman Briskman & Greenberg, where he focuses exclusively on representing injured individuals in workers' compensation claims. Before joining the firm, Victor served as managing attorney of the workers' compensation department at a prominent injury law firm. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, he has tried countless cases before the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission and has argued cases on administrative and appellate review before Illinois Circuit Courts, Appellate Courts, and the Illinois Supreme Court.

He has earned a reputation among attorneys, insurance adjusters, arbitrators, and commissioners as a fierce and skillful advocate. Victor was lead attorney on two significant decisions in Illinois workers' compensation law, including the Illinois Supreme Court's ruling in Alvarado v. Industrial Com'n, 216 Ill. 2d 547 (2005), and the Circuit Court ruling in Julia Garcia v. Magid Glove.

Practice areas

Education

John Marshall Law School
J.D., 1984
Case Western Reserve University
Undergraduate, 1981

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 1984

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