Experience

Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska LLC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  • Defend premises (including powerhouses and other industrial facilities), manufacturers, suppliers, and contractors in toxic tort cases • Conduct depositions, including plaintiff, co-workers, and various experts (internists, toxicologists, certified industrial hygienists, B-Readers) • Prepare settlement authority requests for various insurance carriers including analyses of overall liability of the insured, foreign law, and comparable settlement/verdicts • Research and draft complex motions, including, but not limited to: choice of law motions, forum non conveniens motions, motions to bifurcate, and motions for summary judgment under multiple state laws • Argue dispositive motions in state and federal court Show less



The Collins Law Firm PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Represented personal injury and environmental toxic tort plaintiffs at all stages of civil litigation • Conducted legal research, drafted and filed pleadings, pretrial motions, and memoranda; prepared documents for production; drafted discovery requests and responses; and assisted in mass tort claims • Observed and assisted in all phases of trial preparation including a mass environmental contamination case and several medical malpractice cases • Worked closely with various experts (engineers, environmental damages expert, health risk assessment expert, toxicologist, hydrologist) in mass groundwater contamination case • Frequently visited the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for various document inspections involving Superfund sites while vetting potential contamination cases • Appeared before federal and state court judges for oral argument and pretrial conferences Show less



Leech Tishman

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Summer Associate

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Assisted in counseling employers regarding matters arising under ADEA, ADA, Title VII, ERISA, and OSHA and handled all aspects of OSHA compliance counseling and litigation including drafting settlement letters, answers and affirmative defenses, subpoenas, and confidential memoranda statements • Assisted in counseling employers regarding matters arising under ADEA, ADA, Title VII, ERISA, and OSHA and handled all aspects of OSHA compliance counseling and litigation including drafting settlement letters, answers and affirmative defenses, subpoenas, and confidential memoranda statements


Cook County Circuit Court
• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Judicial Extern

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

Illinois Department of Human Services
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Law Clerk

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013