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Primary practice areas: Bankruptcy, Workers’ Compensation, Wrongful Termination, Consumer Protection Law, and Personal Injury Claims,

Thad S. Mogensen

EDUCATION:  

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., History (2002); 
  • Institut Catholique de Paris, visiting scholar, French (2001); 
  • Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. (2007).


ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS: 

  • Recipient of four-year full academic scholarship to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 
  • Dean’s list, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
  • Recipient of the best brief award in the 2005 Sojourner Truth National  Moot Court Competition; 
  • Semifinalist in the 2005 Northeast Regional Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition; 
  • Winner of the 2005 Northeast Regional Thomas Tang Moot Court  Competition;
  • Semifinalist in the 2006 Mackenzie-Hughes Moot Court Competition.


BAR ADMISSIONS: 

  • Supreme Court of Illinois (2007); 
  • Northern District of Illinois General Bar and Trial Bar (2011).


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS: 

  • Illinois Bar Journal Board Member (2024); 
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Law Section Counsil Member (2024);
  • Illinois State Bar Association; 
  • Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Association;
  • Chicago Bar Association.