COLLEEN A. KIRCHOFF

We are pleased to have Colleen join our Medical Malpractice Department. As an experienced nurse attorney, specializing in medical malpractice litigation, Colleen aggressively investigates areas of negligent care or malpractice and the associated injuries for our clients. She is dedicated to helping victims of the "medical system" who fall through the cracks, victims who have received inadequate care, and victims who have been treated by incompetent physicians, healthcare providers and hospitals. From the inception of the case up to the closing arguments at trial, she relentlessly fights to obtain a settlement or verdict to fully compensate our clients for their injuries resulting from malpractice.

Colleen graduated from Marquette University in 1982 with a Bachelor's Degree in Science and Nursing and is Certified as a Registered Nurse in Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York. She practiced nursing at the University of Illinois Hospital for seven years in the Coronary Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Chest Thoracic Intensive Unit, and Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Colleen was involved in cardiac research studies and with the first heart and lung transplant performed at the hospital.

While working at the hospital, Colleen obtained her juris doctorate and graduated from The John Marshal Law School in 1988, and has practiced personal injury and medical malpractice law for the past 14 years.

Professional membership includes the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the New York State Bar Association. She is married with two children.