Advocates For Injured Workers
Raymond L. Asher

Raymond L Asher

  • Managing Partner

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Practice Areas

  • Workers' Compensation

Education

  • The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1985
    • Honors: Law Review
  • Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
    • B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1982
    • Honors: Order of Omega

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1985

Professional Associations

  • NFL Players' Association, Certified Contract Advisor, 1989 to 1989
  • Theta Chi Alumni Corporation, Bradley University, President, 1982 to 1987
  • Chicago Bar Association, Industrial Commission Committee Sports Law Committee, Member
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Law Section
  • American Bar Association
  • NAMSAP
  • Workers Compensation Lawyers Association (Illinois)
  • Casualty Adjusters Association of Chicago
  • Workers' Compensation Claims Association

Representative Cases

  • Bryan Bergey v. Arena Football, Won at trial, settled while on appeal
  • Wage differential, Win

Honors

  • “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell’s United States Law Directory

Classes & Seminars

  • Arena Football Podcast, Workers Compensation, 2020
  • Annual Seminar, ADA and FMLA, 1993
  • Worker's Compensation Claims Association, Jurisdiction, 1991
  • Chicago Kent Law School, Worker's Compensation In Professional Sports, 1991
  • Arena Footbal Annual Meeting, Worker's Compensation Exposure, 1990

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Little Heroes Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, Affiliate of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (FKA Children's Memorial Hospital)
  • Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago

Representative Clients

  • Numerous Insurance Companies, 3rd Party Administrators & Self-Insureds
  • Numerous NFL, CFL and Arena Football Players

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Theta Chi