Mr. Murray has worked as a licensed Attorney in the State of Illinois since 1984 successfully representing injured workers throughout the state in all types of workers' compensation cases. He first worked as clerk in 1982 and then as an associate statewide at Cohn, Lambert & Ryan beginning in 1984, representing large self-insured companies in downstate Illinois and injured workers in Chicago. Through his early experience as a defense attorney, he learned insurance defense strategies and how to anticipate and cut through them. Mr. Murray then became associated with Krol, Bongiorno & Given beginning in 1986. He was then a partner in the distinguished law firm of Krol, Bongiorno, Given and Murray, Ltd. for nine years from 1994 through 2003 in Chicago, Illinois. The firm's practice was concentrated in representing injured employees in Workers' Compensation Claims since 1962.