Claire K. Axelrood

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Chicago

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Claire K. Axelrood is an Associate in the Chicago office and focuses her practice on Commercial Litigation and Healthcare. Claire handles a wide range of complex litigation matters including the defense of businesses, corporations, healthcare entities, and individuals in high exposure commercial, medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death matters.

Claire is a passionate trial attorney with second chair jury trial experience defending multimillion-dollar medical negligence cases in Cook County, Illinois. She has also obtained favorable results for clients by successfully negotiating and mediating disputes at the pre-trial stage. Claire is focused on continuing to grow her practice to provide clients with effective counseling and advocacy tailored to their individual needs.

Claire received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and was a captain of Chicago-Kent’s nationally ranked Trial Advocacy Team. While in law school, Claire also gained valuable experience as a judicial extern in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Illinois

Education

J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2021
B.A., Communications and Media Studies, DePaul University, 2016