Last Updated: 08 Apr, 2024 | Views: 247
Age: 67
Profession: Lawyer
Other Profession(s): Attorney
Famous For: Founder of Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates
Higher Education: Concordia University (BA), Northern Illinois University (JD)
Net Worth: $90 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
The birthplace of Kathleen Zellner is Midland, Texas. Her mother Winifred was a chemist who went on to become a nurse, and her father Owen Thomas was a geologist. She relocated to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with her family when she was nine years old. She attended the University of Missouri and Marquette University in Wisconsin before graduating with a B.A. from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Kathleen Zellner Career:
• In 1991, Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates was established by her in Downers Grove, Illinois.
• Her business represents clients in lawsuits involving medical malpractice, human rights violations, unjust convictions, and abuse of prisoners.
• She has received about $90 million in settlements from medical malpractice and wrongful conviction cases as of March 2016.
• Because of a $13 million suicide malpractice decision, Zellner was recognized as one of the top ten trial attorneys in the United States by The National Law Journal in 2000.
• In addition, she was awarded $15.5 million as compensation for the 2007 civil rights infringement on Kevin Fox.
• Zellner advised Johnny Depp at the Depp v. Heard defamation trial in 2022.
• In addition to serving as the Law Review's Chief Editor, she was a clerk for Justice George W. Lindberg of the 2nd District Illinois Appellate Court.
Kathleen Zellner Awards:
• 2012: Pursuit of Justice Award
Kathleen Zellner Unknown Facts:
• Zellner advised Johnny Depp at the Depp v. Heard defamation trial in 2022.