The Collins Law Firm, P.C.
1770 N. Park Street Suite 200 Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 527-1595
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- The Firm is proud to announce that in August it was able to get the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (ICHIP) to
reverse its own decision and reinstate coverage for medically necessary physical, occupational, and speach therapy for an 8
year old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. (August, 2005; Aaron Rapier, Paralegal: Johannah Drerup)
- The Firm proudly represented a woman who had money held in the cleint trust fund of her ex-husband's attorney
embezelled. The funds (over $40,000.00) were being held by the attorney to pay court ordered child support payments on
behalf of the ex-husband. Through agressive investigation, the money was repaid in full (including costs incurred by our client
prior to our representation of her) after the attorney for the ex-husband was twice imprisioned under contempt findings by the
DuPage County Judge who handled the divorce previously. (July, 2005; Dan Fabbri)
- The Firm had a very successful June with respect to its pro bono practice. A firm attorney's work resulted in 3 separate
reversals of insurance denials on behalf of families with disabled children treated at Easter Seals DuPage. In each case, the
families' insurance company had denied payment for claims the treating physician had deemed medically necessary. The Firm
convinced several major insurance carriers that the denial decisions were improper, as the underlying speech, physical, and/or
occupational therapies were prescribed to treat medical conditions explicitly covered under the terms of the families' health
care plans. The reversals will result (and in some cases has already resulted) in the payment of thousands of dollars in
previously unpaid claims; reimbursement to the families of their out-of-pocket medical expenses; and continued medically
necessary therapies for children with physical and mental disabilities. Achieving 3 reversals in the same month is a high water
mark for the Firm, but illustrative of what can be accomplished by the Firm's commitment to pro bono public service. (June,
2005; Aaron Rapier)