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Brady Connolly & Masuda, P.C. - Attorneys At Law
(312) 425-3131
City City
Accessible, Aggressive & Accountable

One North LaSalle Street
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 425-3131
fax - (312) 425-0110

705 East Lincoln
Suite 202
Normal, Illinois 61761
(309) 862-4914
fax - (309) 862-4205

Valerie Peiler 
Chicago, Illinois
Partner
phone (312) 425-3131
fax (312) 425-0110
email

Valerie J. Peiler served as an Arbitrator with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission for fifteen years prior to joining Brady , C onnolly & M asuda, P.C. in 2006. In that position, she issued approximately 2000 arbitration decisions.  Among those decisions were questions of first impression, such as penalties for failure to pay wage differential benefits; vocational rehabilitation standards for undocumented workers; and termination of temporary total disability benefits prior to maximum medical improvement.  She also served as a public member Commissioner during two interim appointments, hearing cases in Chicago and downstate review venues.
Areas of Practice:
Worker's Compensation
Appellate Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1981
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1981
Education:
Valparaiso University
BASW


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses Group, 2003


Employment Law Class, Loyola University Guest Speaker, 2001


Royal & Sun Alliance, 2001


Illinois Self-Insurers Association, 2000


Gallagher Captive Services, Inc., 2000


U.S. Dept. of Labor/OSHA, 2000


Illinois Dept. Employment Security, 2000


Illinois Employer Council, 1999


IICLE, 1998


Fireman's Fund, 1998


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Illinois Industrial Commission Arbitrators Association, 1999 - 2003
President and Treasurer