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Baizer & Kolar, P.C., is now Baizer Kolar & Lewis, P.C. Long-time
Highland Park resident and active Chamber volunteer Brian Lewis has been
named partner! Barack Obama � celebrates Brian’s ascension to partner—
or at least that's what Brian likes to think! Brian has been with the firm
(nationally known for its catastrophic injury and malpractice litigation success)
since 1999. During Brian’s tenure with the firm, he has been responsible for
verdicts and settlements for his clients in excess of $40,000,000.
“We’re very pleased that Brian has decided to join our law firm as a
partner,” states Bob Baizer. “He brings a combination of intelligence and
passion to his practice that is very apparent in the courtroom when he
delivers a closing argument,” Bob adds. Lewis is a long-standing member of
the Board of Advocates of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and speaks
regularly at legal seminars on the use of technology in the courtroom. He’s
also been featured in the American Bar Association’s Law Practice journal
for his high-tech approach to streamlining trials.
Baizer Kolar & Lewis is a small, aggressive law firm concentrating on
plaintiffs’ catastrophic personal injury cases, with emphasis on wrongful
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death, medical malpractice, auto, truck, and aviation negligence.
513 Central Avenue, HP, 847-433-6677, www.baizlaw.com
“I am very honored to serve in my new
position as Director of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery at Highland Park
Hospital. It’s one way that I can make a
difference in my community,” says
Mark Jacob, DDS, MS. Jacob has
extracted almost 70,000 teeth, averaging
10 procedures a day. Two themes have
dominated his 20-year career—his
fascination with anesthesiology and his
love of Highland Park, where he grew
up and lives today. After attending Green
Bay Road School and, later, Elm Place
Junior High and Highland Park High
School, it was on to Indiana University
and a double major in biology and chemistry. He ultimately earned his DDS
and BS from the University of Illinois, with dental stints at the University of
Iowa, Northwestern, Cook County and even the London Health Sciences
Centre in Ontario, Canada.
Jacob’s quest to practice in his hometown was aided by good friend
Dr. Leslie Heffez. After teaching for a while at UIC, Jacob joined Highland
Park Hospital with the goal of making it back to Highland Park to practice,
which he did by 2002. “The hidden treasure of practicing in HP and on the
North Shore is the honor and gratification of being part of the fabric of this
amazing community. As important as craniofacial procedures are to correct
cranioskeletal abnormalities really—and molars and implants may be—
what excites me most are the conversations with my patients about
preserving our architecture, keeping our streets uncongested, town
improvements and how our high school is performing nationally. That’s
what makes practicing here so rewarding!” Jacob remarks.
Mark Jacob is obviously as happy to be here in town, as we are to have
him here! Make an appointment. You could be extraction number 70,001!
1893 Sheridan Road, HP, 847-433-6636
“Most people don’t understand the true nature of epilepsy,” points out
Maureen Galassie, Executive Director of Epilepsy Services for
Northeastern Illinois (ESNI), “and we’d like to see more awareness within
the general population. People often think that those who live with epilepsy
are afflicted by the convulsive type of grand mal, or tonic-clonic seizure, often
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