Mark Weissburg

Partner


To make the powerful field of workers’ compensation more understandable to injured Illinois laborers, Mark authored a 2007 paperback titled How to Win a Worker’s Compensation Claim in Illinois.

The book describes the basic rights and benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation act as well as the often-unknown roles performed by insurance adjusters, doctors, and lawyers. The straightforward and easy-to-read book also alerts readers to the kinds of problems they may encounter and should avoid when filing claims.

As Mark explains in the text, the severity of workplace injuries covered by workers’ compensation varies widely. Many of Mark’s clients have experienced extremely severe injuries. But even when an injury is less disabling, Mark knows how to manage the workers’ compensation claim that follows. A workers’ compensation attorney, armed with experience and the knowledge of countless rules and regulations can achieve a better settlement or trial result.

Primary Practice Focus

Mark Weissburg devotes his entire law practice to workers’ compensation and to other closely related areas of the law. Mark has helped thousands of injured workers get their share of the millions of dollars of benefits they are entitled to.

During his career, Mark has represented the interests of many workers in cases that involve:

In-Depth Look

Born and raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Mark moved to Minnesota during high school and later attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After college, he returned to Illinois. A longtime resident of the Chicago area, Mark enjoys photography and playing the guitar.

After studying communication arts in college, Mark ventured into the film and video production business in Chicago for five years. He channeled his creative energies toward animation, live action commercials, industrial video, a television pilot and a TV series. After law school and before joining Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Mark practiced in the field of Social Security disability law. He has taught legal writing as an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School.

Mark has worked as a volunteer for the National Runaway Switchboard and the American Civil Liberties Union. While in law school, Mark performed unpaid, law-related services for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago.