Attorneys Joan M. Lebow, J.D. Melinda S. Malecki, J.D. Elizabeth A. Birt, J.D. Martin A. Blumenthal,    C.P.A, J.D. Trelisha M. Brown, M.S.,    J.D. Glen D. Crick, J.D. Linda L. McCarty, J.D. Lynn S. McGivern, J.D.,    LL.M Suzanne E. Ritzler J.D., C.P.A. Geraldine S. Stroka, R.N.,    M.S.N., J.D. Martin D. Tasch, J.D. Barbara A. Weiner, J.D.

Geraldine S. Stroka, B.S.N., R.N., M.S.N., J.D.

Ms. Stroka began her professional career as a registered nurse and worked extensively in various clinical specialties at both university and community hospitals and a county home health agency. She also held positions as a medical research coordinator and nurse administrator at a Veterans Administration hospital. As an attorney, her area of expertise is tort litigation. Although she specializes in medical malpractice litigation for plaintiff and defense firms, she also works on class actions. After extensive clinical and legal experience, she went on to become director of risk management at two different facilities. At the first organization, a county healthcare system, she established the risk management program. At the second facility, a small inner-city hospital, she not only developed the risk management program but also wrote the compliance program manual. Ms. Stroka’s present position is that of writer/analyst in the Healthcare Compliance Group/Health Law Section at CCH Incorporated, a legal publisher. Her extensive professional experience, healthcare contacts, and writing skills have been well utilized in this role. Besides editorial responsibilities such as lesson development for an internet-Based training program, new product development, and writing for a compliance newsletter and manual, she established a liaison with De Paul University School of Law. Ms. Stroka received a B.S.N. and an M.S.N. from Loyola University of Chicago. She received J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago.