Comprehensive Injury Law
Two Practice Areas. One Focused Firm.
When you’ve been hurt, the question isn’t always “do I have a work comp case or a personal injury case?” Sometimes the answer is both. A construction worker hit by a delivery truck on the job site. A driver injured in a crash on the way to a service call. A warehouse worker hurt by defective equipment. Our firm handles the full range of Illinois injury law, so you don’t have to figure out which type of claim you have before you make the call.
Why Clients Choose Our Firm
Personal Attention. Proven Results.
When you are injured, you need an attorney who will pick up the phone, build your case carefully, and stand up to insurers when it counts.
Talk to an attorney, not an intake specialist
When you call our firm, you talk to an attorney. The lawyer who answers your questions is the same lawyer who’ll handle your case, return your calls, and represent you in arbitration or in court.
25+ years focused on injury law
Our firm has represented injured Illinois workers and accident victims since 2001. We’ve kept the practice narrow on purpose, so we can fully understand this area of law.
Won at the Illinois Supreme Court
Our firm has taken a case all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court and won in a unanimous decision against a Fortune 500 company. With our record of success, we often don’t need to go to trial.
Over $100 million recovered
We’ve recovered more than $100 million for injured Illinois workers and accident victims, including multiple settlements over $1 million dollars. View more settlements from our firm.
Two claims at once, when it matters
If you were hurt on the job by someone other than your employer, you may have both a workers’ comp claim and a personal injury claim. Our firm handles both.
No fees unless we win
Workers’ compensation fees in Illinois are set by statute, and both personal injury and workers’ comp cases are handled on contingency. Either way, you don’t pay attorney’s fees unless we recover money for you.
Injured at work or in an accident?
Call our firm for a free consultation. We will give you an honest assessment of your case — not an inflated number to get you to sign up.
Cases We Handle
Full-Service Illinois Injury Representation
Whether your injury happened at work, on the road, or on someone else’s property — our firm handles the case from start to finish.
Workers’ Compensation
Illinois workers comp is generally a no-fault system. If you were injured performing your job duties, you are entitled to benefits — regardless of who caused the accident.
Personal Injury
When someone else negligence causes you harm, you are entitled to additional compensation that workers comp cannot provide — including pain and suffering, full lost wages, and additional damages for permanent injury.
When You Have Both Work Comp and Personal Injury Claims
A surprising number of injury cases involve both types of claims at once. If you were hurt on the job by someone other than your employer — a subcontractor on a construction site, a driver who hit your service vehicle, a manufacturer of defective equipment — you may be entitled to workers’ comp benefits and a separate personal injury recovery. Many firms handle one or the other. Our firm handles both.
Recent Results
$100 Million+ Recovered for Illinois Clients
A representative sample of our firm’s work for injured workers and accident victims.
$2,700,000
Car accident victim who suffered a traumatic brain injury and perforated colon.
$1,750,000
Settlement for a car accident victim.
$1,005,000
Policy-limit settlement for the family of a wrongful death truck accident victim.
$1,000,000
Binding mediation award for a car accident victim with multiple fractures and a total knee replacement.
$1,000,000
Policy-limit settlement on an underinsured-motorist death claim (offsets applied).
$950,000
Assault victim in a hotel security premises liability case.
$900,000
Concert and theater worker struck by a semi-trailer door — facial fractures and herniated neck discs. Includes waiver of a $191,000 workers’ compensation lien.
Past results are not a guarantee of future outcomes. Every case is different.
See how our firm can fight for you.
Free case review. No fees unless you win.
Client Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“Jason is truly a top-tier attorney. He represented my daughter after her car accident and handled her case with exceptional skill, confidence and professionalism.”
E. Michelle HillGoogle Review
★★★★★
“I am writing this to express my most sincere thanks for the most professional representation. I admire your composure, work ethic and most of all excellent representation.”
Lance WebbGoogle Review
★★★★★
“Outstanding lawyers! The insurance company only wanted to throw me a couple bucks for my injury — but they were able to get me 10 times more. Thank you all so very much.”
John CapGoogle Review
★★★★★
“They were the best — explained everything they were going to do, and did it. When I first called they were not pushy and let me make my own decision. I would highly recommend them.”
Lynn BickGoogle Review
Specializing in Injury Law
A Boutique Practice with Big-Firm Results
Jason H. RubensFounder & Attorney
Jason H. Rubens founded our firm in 2001 with a focused mission: represent injured Illinois workers and accident victims, and do it well. More than two decades later, that mission has not changed. Our firm is deliberately small — we take on the cases we can handle personally.
That approach means we do not carry the kind of caseloads that force big firms to push every claim toward a fast, low settlement. We have the time to build a case the way it should be built.
We are also willing to fight. Our firm has taken cases through arbitration, the Workers Compensation Commission, the Illinois Appellate Court, and the Illinois Supreme Court — and won at every level.
Know Your Rights
Illinois Injury Law — What You Should Know
A short primer on the rules that govern your claim. Want details specific to your case? Call our firm for a free consultation.
Workers comp is no-fault
You don’t have to prove your employer was negligent. If you were injured performing your job duties, you’re generally entitled to benefits. Rare exceptions include intoxication or entirely self-inflicted injuries.
You choose your own doctor
Under Illinois law, you pick your own treating physician. Your employer cannot force you to treat with a company doctor.
Personal injury generally has a 2-year deadline
Most personal injury cases in Illinois must be filed within two years of the date of injury. Workers’ comp claims generally have a three-year statute of limitations (or two years from the date of last payment).
You can have an employee claim and a third-party claim
Workers’ comp is generally the exclusive remedy against your employer, but if a third party contributed to your injury, you may have a separate personal injury claim.
Immigration status doesn’t matter
Illinois workers’ compensation covers injured workers regardless of immigration status. Your employer cannot use your status against you. We handle these cases with discretion.
There’s still a path for uninsured employers
Illinois requires virtually all employers to carry workers’ comp insurance. If yours didn’t, the Injured Workers’ Benefit Fund pays a pro rata share of each year’s qualified claims based on available money.
Don’t wait — Illinois injury claims have strict deadlines.
Evidence disappears, witnesses’ memories fade, and insurance companies start building their defense the day after your accident.