Background
Patricia Benz, Mary was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Patricia Benz, Mary was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Michigan State University. University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1978).
Worked at Quinlan & Crisham, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice. Complex Litigation, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Product Liability, Insurance/Reinsurance Coverage, Labor and Employment, Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation, Professional Liability, Construction Law, Constitutional and Local Government Law, Banking and Finance, Corporate Investigation, White Collar/Criminal Litigation and International Representation, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Illinois.
Order of the Coif. Instructor, Legal Writing, Northwestern University School of Law, 1977-1978. Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, 1989.
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute.
Women"s Bar Association of Illinois.
Appellate Lawyers Association. Quinlan & Crisham, Limited. is a mid-sized firm of experienced trial and appellate lawyers. lieutenant was founded in 1996 by William R. Quinlan, formerly a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court and a trial judge in Cook County, and Thomas M. Crisham, a 30-year veteran of Hinshaw & Culbertson and a member of its executive committee for more than 15 years.
Quinlan & Crisham lawyers have tried numerous cases to juries and federal and state court judges with a consistent history of success.
The firm is committed to the highest professional standards and to the efficient and cost-effective representation of clients in trial and appellate proceedings, as well as in alternative dispute resolution matters.
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute. Women"s Bar Association of Illinois.
Appellate Lawyers Association.