MEG SAUSER

Meg is a skilled counselor and transactional attorney with a strong litigation background. Upon graduation from law school, Meg joined the Cook County State’s Attorneys office where she tried hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases, many of which were high-profile press cases. After her success in the criminal division, Meg defended Cook County in various tort, medical malpractice and federal complex litigation matters. Meg was one of the few civil attorneys who was asked to try cases in various departments of the civil division because of her proven legal knowledge and litigation success. While in the civil division, Meg created new law under the tort immunity act and succeeded in a number of high profile construction defect and guardianship cases. Meg was involved in the Chicago Kent College of Law trial advocacy program and was a member of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Speaker’s Bureau. In 1994, Meg joined Clausen Miller, a mid-sized Chicago based law firm, as the only woman in her practice group trying medical malpractice, products liability and insurance coverage cases. Meg also started to develop a transaction knowledge while at Clausen Miller before founding her own law firm in late 1997.

ADMISSIONS
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• Illinois Supreme Court United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Trial Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

EDUCATION
• CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois - Juris Doctor
• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Champaign-Urbana - Bachelor of Arts, Honors, Major Writing (Rhetoric) and English

OTHER ACTIVITIES/CREDENTIALS
Illinois Real Estate Managing Broker
Member of Chicago Bar Association and American Bar Association

Meg is married with three children and lives in the northern suburbs.