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Bob Baizer has been practicing law since 1972. Robert attended college at the University of California at Berkeley and at the University of Illinois in Champaign, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in political science in 1969. In 1972, he earned a Juris Doctor degree at Northwestern University Law School, where he was a member of the prestigious Northwestern University Law Review. After working for a few years in prominent corporate law firms, he took a job as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Lake County, Illinois, where he prosecuted serious felonies, including murder and rape. In 1978 he decided to set up his own shop and began building toward working on multi-million dollar trials and settlements. A decade later, Baizer obtained the then-largest medical malpractice verdict in Illinois and later the state’s second largest pre-verdict medical malpractice settlement. He also won the largest verdict for the wrongful death of a teenager. In 2013, Bob won a $29.8 million verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a child with cerebral palsy.
Bob was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association of Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the 40,000 member association of trial lawyers from every state, Canada, Australia and Great Britain. He served from 2004 until 2010. He has been a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association since 1998. Bob is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Lake County Bar Association and was nominated by his peers in 2004 to the Leading Lawyers Network and has been named a Super Lawyer.
He served on the Highland Park Police and Fire Board from 2005 to 2013, and was chairman for four of those years. In 2012, Bob was appointed a Special Assistant State’s Attorney in Lake County, Illinois, serving on the Case Review Committee investigating possible wrongful convictions.
Robert focuses on catastrophic plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death, including medical negligence and all forms of transportation negligence.
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice
50%
34 years
Personal Injury
50%
34 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
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Licensed in Illinois for 53 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1972
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Location
Baizer Kolar P.C.
600 Central Avenue, Suite 325, Highland Park, IL, 60035-2624
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Experience
Honors
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2015
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2013
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2009
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyer Magazine
2008
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2007
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2006
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2005
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
2005
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
2004
Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company
Work Experience
1978 - Present
Owner and Managing Partner, Baizer Kolar P.C
Associations
1998 - Present
Illinois Trial Lawyers AssociationBoard of Managers
American Association for Justice
Member
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member
American Bar Association
Member
Illinois State Bar Association
Member
Lake County Bar Association
Member
2004 - 2010
American Association for JusticeBoard of Governors
Sample of Legal Cases
CSC v. United States of America
$29.8 million verdict
Estate of Alberto Davila, Jr. v. USF Holland Inc., et al.
$11 million verdict.
Bolduan, et al v. Highland Park Hospital, et al.
$18.6 million verdict.
Education
1972
Northwestern University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1969
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English