Howard Ankin

Partner

Chicago, IL

Bar admissions

Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois

Education

Juris Doctor; Bachelor of Arts: John Marshall Law School (Atlanta)1993
Undergraduate: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Communications1990

Awards and recognition

01American Association for Justice Richard D. Haley Distinguished Service Award (2023)
02Illinois Super Lawyers (2015-2023)
03Leading Lawyers (2016-2023)
04Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group Top 100 Injured Workers' Attorneys (2015-2023)
052026 Elite Lawyer

Memberships

Board of Directors, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers; Co-President of Workers' Compensation Section, 2017-2019)
Chicago Bar Association
Work Injury Lawyers Guild (Board of Directors)

Background

Howard H. Ankin is the founding partner of Ankin Law, a Chicago-based personal injury and workers' compensation firm he launched in March 1997 alongside his father, Paul B. Ankin. A third-generation lawyer, Howard has built the firm into one of the largest personal injury and workers' compensation firms in Illinois with more than 75 employees and offices in Chicago, Orland Park, Rosemont, and Rolling Meadows. He focuses his practice on personal injury, workers' compensation, trucking litigation, wrongful death, social security disability, and civil and criminal litigation.

Notable cases

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$17M medical negligence recovery
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$10M misdiagnosis amputation case
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$9M scaffold fall benefits
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$6M forklift negligence case

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