The Collins Law Firm, P.C.
1770 N. Park Street
Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 527-1595
Pro Bono Cases
  • Charges dismissed against our clients who were being prosecuted for protesting the Iraq war.  When trial time came
    and it was time for the prosecution to put up a witness that would substantiate their charges, the prosecution didn't
    have its witness in court.   (August 2008; Shawn Collins, Julie Anderson)

  • The Firm argued before the Second District Appellate Court a case which is being closely watched by citizens’ rights
    groups and government agencies. The case concerns citizens’ rights under our state’s constitution and the Illinois
    Freedom of Information Act to have access to contracts between government bodies and its top officials.  The Appellate
    Court’s ruling, expected later this year, will decide whether such contracts are public documents available for
    inspection. (May 2008; Shawn Collins, Robert Dawidiuk)

  • 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 speech
    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)