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Susan K. Laing
PARTNER Contact Information Susan.Laing @ARandPartners.com Ph. 312-673-7813 Fax: 312-673-7781  |
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Susan K. Laing concentrates her practice in the areas of Railroad Litigation, General Tort Litigation and Civil Rights Litigation, including actions brought under §1983, Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act. She was admitted to the Bar of Illinois in 1992, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, in 1992, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, in1996, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, in 1997 and the U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, in 2001. In recent years, she has successfully tried cases ranging from FELA claims to wrongful death and survival claims arising out of grade crossing accidents and derailments, as well as civil rights claims alleging false arrest and excessive force and Title VII claims of discrimination and retaliation. Born in Lorain, Ohio, Ms. Laing earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1983, her M.M. from Northwestern University in 1984, and her J.D., with honors, from DePaul University in 1992, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and awarded the American Jurisprudence Awards in Product Liability and Criminal Procedure. Additional credentials include membership in the Federal Bar Association and National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel where she serves on the National Executive Committee. In the area of railroad litigation, she has given presentations on deposing and cross-examining expert witnesses as well as successfully excluding them under both Daubert and Frye. |
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