Jenny O. Blake is a Partner with Lowis & Gellen. She represents hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers in multi-million dollar lawsuits involving catastrophic injuries and death. She has proven herself to be an aggressive and creative advocate for her clients. She has also been chosen to educate various audiences on topics such as apparent agency, informed consent, the Medical Studies Act and tort reform.
Jenny was named one of the "Forty Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" for 2009 by Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publishers of Chicago Lawyer magazine and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Honorees are chosen in a nomination process that evaluates candidates' career achievements, advancement in their field and community involvement. There are over 20,000 attorneys under the age of 40 in Illinois.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ms. Blake is fluent in Russian and a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.
EDUCATION
Ms. Blake received a J.D., from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois and a B.S., from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
PRESENTATIONS GIVEN
Presentation to the Chicago Association of Russian-speaking Physicians on behalf of The Doctors Company- Litigation Trends and The Anatomy of a Lawsuit. (January 2011)
The Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society Presentation The Anatomy of a LawsuitWhat Every Risk Manager Should Know. (January 2011)
Grand Rounds Presentation at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center – The Litigation Process / Anatomy of a Lawsuit. (November, 2010)
The Chicago Bar Association, Third Annual Chicago’s Top Attorneys Under 40 Share Tools for Success. (February, 2010)
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital – The Art of Giving Depositions. (June, 2009)
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital - Nursing Documentation and the Litigation Process. (October, 2008)
Chicago Hospital Risk Pooling Program - Apparent Agency Law...for Hospital Registration Personnel. (August, 2008)
American Physicians Assurance - Illinois Agent Seminar - An update on Illinois Tort Reform. (January, 2008)
Advocate Health Care Annual Defense Counsel Seminar- Wrongful Death Damages- Grief, Sorrow & Mental Suffering. (November, 2007)
Chicago Hospital Risk Pooling Program- Illinois Law on Apparent Agency. (November, 2007)
AP Capital - Board of Directors - Illinois Tort Reform and its Impact on Insureds. (March, 2007)
Grand Rounds Presentation at Children’s Memorial Hospital – regarding Pathology and the Judicial Process: How To Avoid It. (February, 2006)
Children’s Memorial Hospital Public Policy Committee Meeting – addressed damage caps and tort reform in Illinois. (September, 2005)
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