Ankin Law has been protecting injured Chicago workers since 1940 — 85 years and counting. They handle workers' comp claims (statutory 20% fee deducted only from awarded benefits), third-party personal-injury cases that often run alongside comp claims, and Social Security Disability appeals. Hundreds of millions recovered. Best fit for: anyone injured at work in Illinois, denied a workers' comp claim, or facing parallel personal-injury exposure (construction sites, trucking, third-party liability).
Pricing & Fees
Ankin Law works on contingency. Workers' comp: 20% of award (statutory) • PI: 33⅓%. The intake call is free, and they will quote you in writing before you commit.
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Key Attorneys
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Howard Ankin
Third-generation Ankin attorney. Workers' comp and serious-injury specialist. Author of CLE materials on Illinois workers' comp.
Joshua Rudolfi
Construction-accident and third-party liability specialist. Multi-million-dollar verdicts in Illinois Labor Act cases.
Alexandra Iyer
SSD and disability practitioner. Bilingual Spanish.
What Clients Say
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Fell from scaffolding at a Loop construction site. Howard handled my comp case AND filed a third-party Labor Law suit. $2.1M settlement on top of comp benefits.
20-year warehouse worker. Joshua got me a permanent partial disability rating and lifetime medical care.
Employer denied my back injury. Alexandra appealed in Spanish, deposed the IME doctor, and we won.
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