Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys - Lipkin & Higgins
Mitchell S. Lipkin
Mitchell Lipkin obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from the University of Illinois (1973) ,Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago (1979), and a Juris Doctorate in 1985 from DePaul University. Mr. Lipkin is admitted to practice in Illinois (1985), and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. His practice focuses on claims involving personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, slip and fall accidents and workers compensation. Mr. Lipkin has successfully resolved multiple cases in excess of $1 million.
Mr. Lipkin is a member of Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
Peter F. Higgins
Peter F. Higgins (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, November 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1983); DePaul University (J.D., 1986). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Torts II, 1984; Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Distinguished Service Award, 1992 and 1995. Listed in National Register of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 2002. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; The American Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Railroad Accidents and Injuries; Construction Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect. Email: Peter F. Higgins
With more than 20 years of experience, accomplished trial lawyer Peter Higgins has negotiated large settlements and tried multiple complex personal injury cases to jury verdict. Mr. Higgins has focused his practice on claims involving railroad and construction workers accidents, including FELA automobile accident victims, victims of "slip and fall" accidents, and medical malpractice and nursing home abuse/neglect victims. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1986 and to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1988.
Mr. Higgins obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from the University of Iowa and later received his Juris Doctorate from De Paul College of Law University in 1986. He is a member of Chicago and the American Association for Justice (Railroad Section), the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Higgins has served on the Board of Directors for the New Trier High School Booster Club and as a Commissioner for the Kenilworth-Winnetka-Northfield Baseball Association, as well as worked with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services and the Lord, Bissell & Brook Pro Bono Legal Clinics (Chairman).
Kevin B. Apter
Chicago native Kevin Apter obtained his undergraduate degree in political science in 1987 from the University of Illinois and his Juris Doctorate (cum laude) in 1990 from the University of Illinois. Mr. Apter practices widely in areas of personal injury, workers' compensation, wrongful death, car accidents, construction accidents, and premises liability in Illinois (admitted to the bar in 1990) and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mr. Apter is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and the Parkinson's Disease Research Foundation.
He is admitted to the Illinois Bar Association (1990) and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
