Ms. Di Benedetto was admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association in 1998 and worked as in-house counsel for Traveler’s Insurance specializing in Workers’ Compensation defense and Third-Party Lien Recovery.  In 1999, she ventured into private law practice, continuing her ambition of defending employers and businesses of all kinds and explored Labor and Employment Law, as well. In 2020, at the request of a client of hers and in the middle of the pandemic, she undertook the necessary tasks to become licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, too. She was admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar in February of 2021.

Ms. Di Benedetto is a skilled litigator who has the unique ability to visualize a case to its end.  In doing so, she strategically approaches each case, maintains focus, picks her battles carefully and gathers the evidence and information necessary to achieve the best outcome for her clients.

Over the past 25 years, she has tried and argued numerous cases at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and Circuit Court.  She has received zeros on cases where the demand was over $500,000.  She has also successfully argued before the Illinois Appellate Court for reversing the lower court’s decision and obtained a published opinion regarding idiopathic falls.  (Builders Square v. Industrial Com’n339 Ill.App.3d 1006, 791 N.E.2d 1308, 274 Ill.Dec.897)

Furthermore, she understands whether a case should be tried or settled.  She has achieved hundreds of complex settlements for her clients. These settlements include cases with not only large permanency and temporary total disability exposure, but where medical bills have been run up by extremely highly overzealous medical providers and facilities.

Ms. Di Benedetto has assisted in establishing Preferred Provider Programs for her clients, resulting in better managed claims and lower costs.  She has also consulted with clients at both a local and national level on improvements in their Workers’ Compensation claims and return to work programs, thereby lessening their exposure for potential wage differential and/or odd-lot permanent total cases.  She worked to make Transitional Employment an accepted practice in Illinois.  She also presents at seminars on various employment related topics.

Education
IIt, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1997
Loyola University Chicago, 1994
B.A. Sociology – Magna Cum Laude

Admissions
Illinois Bar, 1998
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1998

Wisconsin Bar, 2021

Memberships
American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Workers’ Compensation Association, Justinian Society, Wisconsin Association of Workers’ Compensation Attorneys.