Robert J. Smoler

Robert J. Smoler is the founder of Smoler Law Office in Chicago and concentrates on personal injury, wrongful death, workers’ compensation law, and civil litigation. His practice includes motor vehicle accidents, construction injuries, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, and workplace claims. He has appeared before the Illinois Appellate Court, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, and circuit courts in Cook County and surrounding counties on behalf of injured clients.

Robert earned a J.D. and a B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with his undergraduate degree in psychology. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received Dean’s List recognition. His legal and academic background supports a practice involving factual investigation, medical and employment records, damages analysis, administrative proceedings, and trial preparation in personal injury and workers’ compensation matters.

Robert has represented clients in workers’ compensation cases and third-party personal injury claims involving construction accidents, trucking collisions, car and motorcycle accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, product liability, railroad worker injuries, and aviation matters. His practice spans administrative and court proceedings, requiring him to evaluate workplace causation, negligence, insurance issues, and the interaction between compensation benefits and related injury claims.

Robert J. Smoler is admitted in Illinois and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Workers’ Compensation Lawyers’ Association. He currently serves as an arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County and has served as a judge for the Illinois Congressional Debate Association. His professional work combines litigation experience, workers’ compensation knowledge, and client-focused representation in matters involving serious injuries, employment-related harm, and civil claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Smoler Law Office, P.C.
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County
• Member, Workers’ Compensation Lawyers’ Association
• Judge, Illinois Congressional Debate Association

Licensed State

• Illinois

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
  B.S. (Psychology)

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