About Jill Wagner
In Her Own Words
Jill attended Indiana University on scholarship and graduated with high honors. She then attended John Marshall Law School where she was on the Dean’s list, nominated for best advocate in trial advocacy and finished at the top of the school’s moot court competition. Jill also was a legal writing teacher’s assistant, assisting other law students with research and writing. During law school, Jill worked for First Defense Legal Aid providing the indigent with their legal rights after arrest.
Following law school, Jill concentrated her practice in workers’ compensation. She has practiced at all levels, including numerous trials at the arbitration levels and appeals at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, Circuit Court, and Appellate Court levels. She has been selected to be a board member of the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association for the past two years and is also a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. She has been recognized by her peers as an Illinois Rising Star from 2016 – 2020.