About
Athena Farmakis turned into born and raised inside the Chicagoland place, graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University, and received her law degree from DePaul University College of law. With over 25 years of litigation revel in, Athena has attempted 67 jury trials and hundreds of bench trials in complex and media-touchy cases. Athena currently practices in all regions of private damage together with motor automobile accidents, premises liability, product legal responsibility, construction injuries, animal attacks, negligent security, wrongful dying, nursing domestic abuse and medical malpractice.
As a former prosecutor, Athena devoted a lot of her felony career to serving the general public for over twenty years as a Cook County Assistant State’s Lawyer. Known for her zealous advocacy, Athena fought for the rights of limitless victims and their families in murder, sexual attack, child abuse and lots of other violent crimes often resulting in personal and catastrophic injury. She additionally led the prosecution of infinite weapons, narcotics and economic crimes cases. Her willpower and difficult paintings has afforded her with sizeable, huge-ranging trial knowledge and knowledge of the litigation method. Athena has also actively participated in Continuing Legal Education (CLE) trainings and has made several presentations as speaker, lecturer and panelist. She has additional criminal revel in in actual property management involving landlord/tenant disputes, tax attraction matters and capital improvement undertaking control.
Athena could be very lively in her network and is committed to human beings and troubles out of doors of the courtroom. She presently serves as president of her 30 tale high-upward thrust apartment association in Chicago where she presides over disciplinary and mediation hearings and works closely with affiliation attorneys in dealing with legal disputes.
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- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Workers Compensation
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
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VanDerGinst Law, P.C. - Injury Lawyers
2020 - Lawyer
Athena Farmakis, Lawyer at Law
2018 - Lawyer Litigation Supervisor
Cook County State’s Lawyer’s Office
1994
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Graduation year: 1993
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