Women in Law 2022

JILL FELKINS SHAREHOLDER Segal McCambridge

TOP WOMEN IN LAW HONOREE

J ill Felkins has been appointed the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Chicago office. She is the founder and co-chair of Forward Together, the firm’s women’s initiative. She also serves as a member of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Jill joined the firm out of law school in 2007. She became a shareholder in 2016. Jill Felkins has been appointed the managing shareholder of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Chicago office. She is the founder and co-chair of Forward Together, the firm’s women’s initiative. She also serves as a member of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Jill joined the firm out of the Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law in 2007 and became a shareholder in 2016. Jill is a trial and appellate attorney who devotes her practice to defending clients in the areas of product liability, premises liability, consumer claims including FDCPA and TCPA matters, construction negligence, personal injury, class action, toxic tort, environmental litigation, transportation and trucking. Jill provides a wide range of litigation services to her clients from initial analysis and pretrial workup through trial and appeal. She practices in state and federal courts in Illinois, Indiana and beyond. Clients trust that Jill will tailor a unique and strategic approach to best serve their needs and achieve a favorable outcome. She has obtained summary judgment for national and local clients in multiple areas of law, including premises, toxic tort, transportation and environmental contamination coverage litigation. Her appellate practice includes favorable results in post- trial and interlocutory appeals. Jill is on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and she serves as chair of the Board Development and Recruitment Committee. She also volunteers as a guardian ad litem through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. She has been honored in 2019 in Law Bulletin Media’s Forty Under 40 and Emerging Lawyers in 2017 and Rising Stars in 2014.

WOMEN IN LAW 2022