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Attorneys David Rapoport and Matthew Sims filed a lawsuit this morning in Chicago on behalf of the wife of a 48-year-old man who was killed as a result of a worksite accident that occurred on September 12, 2013, at a road resurfacing project on the Southside of Chicago on the 6200 block of South May […]

Attorney David Rapoport of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. in Chicago was honored to be the first presenter in the new Lunch and Learn webinar series hosted by the Injury Board. During the webinar, titled “You Wouldn’t Use a Doctor Who Wasn’t Board Certified, Would You? The Importance of Board Certification in the Legal Profession,” […]

The Illinois Law Bulletin’s Leading Lawyers Division has selected Joshua L. Weisberg as an Emerging Lawyer in the area of personal injury law. This honor is based on comprehensive research by attorneys in the Leading Lawyers Division to identify the top 2 percent of lawyers 40 years old or younger who have proven themselves professional, […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed a medical malpractice lawsuit today in the Circuit Court of Cook County against a Chicago-area hospital for causing a baby to sustain a traumatic brain injury during delivery. According to the lawsuit and the attached physician’s certificate of merit, an otherwise healthy baby was being delivered by cesarean section, […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. highly values its continuing tradition of philanthropy. In that spirit, the law firm proudly served as a corporate sponsor at the annual Jewish United Fund Lawyers & Government Officials Division Dinner held at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago on June 2, 2015. The event was attended by government leaders as […]

Attorney David Rapoport, President of the National Board of Legal Speciality Certification, attorney Gary McNeil, Executive Director of the Texas Board of Legal Speciality Certification and Joan Eagle, a Chicago lawyer and current Chairperson of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, co-presented at the ABA National Specialization Roundtable held in Denver, Colorado, last weekend. The […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C., filed suit against a construction company and its employees today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The action arose out of an injury that occurred when a large box truck struck a pickup truck in a local scrap yard. The collision threw down a roofer working in the […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. Partner Joshua L. Weisberg attended the ROI Conference in Denver last week. ROI 2015 (#ROI2015) brought together trial attorneys from throughout the country who are dedicated to helping the community both inside and outside of the courtroom. The conference focused on using the legal expertise gained by trial attorneys through […]

A lawsuit has been filed in Cook County, Illinois, by a police officer who suffered permanent injuries after his family vehicle was crashed into by an 18-wheeler whose driver was traveling too fast in a construction zone. The lawsuit, filed by Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. alleges that the truck driver was driving too fast […]

A lawsuit has been filed in DuPage County, Illinois, on behalf of a 38-year-old man who sustained serious and permanent injuries after being rear-ended in an auto collision on August 27, 2013. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff’s vehicle was stopped in traffic in the westbound lanes of I-88 in York Township, when […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. a personal injury law firm based in Chicago, Illinois, is proud to announce that partners David E. Rapoport and Joshua L. Weisberg have been selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in its 2015 Edition of Super Lawyers. Mr. Rapoport and Mr. Weisberg have consistently been recognized by Thomson Reuters in […]

March 2, 2015 This morning a lawsuit was filed in Rockford by the family of a 21-year-old man who was killed as a result of an industrial accident that occurred on June 10, 2014, at the Ventra Belvidere, LLC, plant. The victim, a graduate of Harlem High School class of 2010, was employed by Ventra […]

Last weekend attorney David Rapoport attended the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Mid-Winter Board Meeting in Houston, Texas. Mr. Rapoport is in his second year serving as President of the NBTA. The NBTA was the first American Bar Association (ABA) accredited attorney board certification program. NBTA’s Board of Directors, which Mr. Rapoport chairs, is […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. has filed a lawsuit in Brown County, Wisconsin, after a baby boy suffered a brain injury during birth. The lawsuit alleges the baby’s mother arrived at the hospital for labor and delivery after an uncomplicated full-term pregnancy. Upon admission all signs indicated the baby was in good health, but during […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed suit today in the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, on behalf of a 55-year-old woman who was seriously injured after her vehicle was struck by a school bus. The lawsuit, filed against Peotone School District 207-U and the bus driver, alleges the driver left a stop sign and […]

Today, the Professionalism Center and the Maryland State Bar Association hosted the first “Maryland Law 20/20: a vision” symposium. Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. attorney David Rapoport, President of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, was invited to be part of a panel that included distinguished guest speakers Honorable Alan M. Wilner, retired judge of […]

The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Board of Directors met in Baltimore, Maryland, last week. The meeting marks the beginning of Mr. Rapoport’s second year as the President of the National Board of Trial Advocacy Board of Directors. The NBTA is the oldest American Bar Association (ABA) accredited attorney board certifying agency in the […]

David Rapoport of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. was recently invited by the President of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys to serve as Regional Chair in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Mr. Rapoport agreed to take on this new role in support of the ABPLA and its mission. For more than four decades, the […]

David Rapoport of Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. has been appointed to serve on the Public Education Committee of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Rapoport is a long-standing supporter of the AAJ and is a member of the Leaders Forum. The American Association for Justice is the largest trial bar in the world. The […]

Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed a medical malpractice case today in the Circuit Court of Dane County, Wisconsin, on behalf of a 32-year-old woman for the delayed diagnosis of her breast cancer. The lawsuit alleges the woman’s doctor improperly assessed a mass on the woman’s breast and said it was not suspicious rather than referring the […]