Miriam Walton

• Acts as lead attorney in Civil Division, in all stages of litigation, including mental health and child protection cases.
• Conducts new attorney training and mentorship.
• Develops strategies to resolve cases in client's best interest.
• File timely case pleadings to meet firm deadlines.
• Drafts statements of cases and witness lists.
• Conducts dispositions of medical experts.
• Represents clients before Administrative Law Judges.
• Assess cases for probable outcomes by researching black letter law and other legal authority, comparing fact patterns to those of precedential cases.
• Drafts motions and legal briefs.
• Presents oral arguments by analyzing facts and evidence.

• Worked on the bar panel in the civil division, representing clients in abuse/neglect proceedings.
• Developed strategies to resolve cases in client's best interest.
• Filed timely case pleadings to meet firm deadlines.
• Drafted statements of cases and witness lists.
• Worked as contract attorney with the Illinois State Appellate Defender, drafting criminal appeals.

Represented minors in all stages of abuse/neglect proceedings in the Civil Divion in Cook County.