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Beverly Resident Bridget Duignan Elected to Board of Governors of Illinois State Bar Association

Bridget C. Duignan, a resident of Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, an associate attorney at Latherow Law Office in Chicago, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). The board directs the operations and activities of the statewide organization. Duignan, who focuses her practice on plaintiff’s medical malpractice, construction negligence and personal injury, won the open board seat for Cook County lawyers under age 37. She is a member of the ISBA’s Assembly and Tort Law Section Council. She is also active in the Women’s Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), and Chicago Bar Association (CBA). She is co-chair and legislative liaison for the CBA’s Tort Litigation Committee; a member of the ITLA’s Medical Malpractice Committee and co-chair of its Membership Committee; and a member of the Annual Dinner Committee for the Women’s Bar Association. Duignan received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 2004 and her B.A. from Illinois State University in 2000. The 32,000-member ISBA (isba.org), with offices in Springfield and Chicago, provides professional services to Illinois lawyers, and education and services to the public through a website (illinoislawyerfinder.com), consumer brochures, and distribution of legal information.

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