Personal Injury Law | Chicago – Christine Kim
At Shuman Legal®, Christine specializes in personal injury law and wrongful death cases resulting from medical malpractice, product defects, trucking and motor vehicle collisions, and dangerous construction and premises conditions.
A Passion for Trial Advocacy & Never Afraid of a Fight
She’s already carving out a reputation with insurance companies and other firms for her ability to handle personal injury cases with confidence and efficiency. This dedication to the law and her passion to do what’s right for clients is what makes her such an incredible lawyer. She loves preparing and handling trials to verdict and spends a large part of her time in court fighting for injured people like you. Her experience has been very diversified and has even first-chaired a neurosurgical method patent trial in the Northern District of Illinois as a member of the trial bar.
Nominated and Selected for SuperLawyers ‘Rising Star’
Christine was selected for inclusion in the Illinois Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” by the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board in 2020 and 2021, a distinction based on peer nominations and independent research and earned by fewer than 2.5% of all lawyers licensed to practice law in Illinois. Prior to joining Shuman Legal®, Christine worked as a trial attorney at another Chicago personal injury law firm and was also a partner at an intellectual property/civil rights firm where she was an active attorney representing an individual actress in the Harvey Weinstein case.
Award Winning & Always Brilliant
Christine is a Cum Laude graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a major in Pre-Law with an emphasis in Public Law. She went on to earn her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, with Cum Laude honors and dual certifications in Health Law & Trial Advocacy. Christine is licensed to practice law in Illinois, as well as in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar.
Outside of her work at Shuman Legal®, Christine spends her time volunteering with several groups for mental health advocacy.
Christine Kim’s Education:
- J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, with Cum Laude honors and dual certifications in Health Law & Trial Advocacy.
- B.S. Northern Illinois University with a major in Pre-Law with an emphasis in Public Law.
- Studied abroad at Oriel College of Oxford University in Oxford, England
Christine Kim is a member of the following:
- ABA (American Bar Association)
- CBA (Chicago Bar Association)
- ITLA (Illinois Trial Lawyers Association)
- Illinois State Bar Association: Member
- Women’s Bar Association
- Co-Founder and Captain of the NIU Mock Trial Team
- Journal of Regulatory Compliance
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