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PeilerValerie J.  Peiler 
Chicago, Illinois

Partner
phone 312-334-9496
fax 312-425-0110
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Valerie J. Peiler served as an Arbitrator with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission for fifteen years prior to joining Brady, Connolly & Masuda, 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