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Bennett Baker

Bennett Baker

Associate at GWC Injury Lawyers
Chicago, ILAdmitted 1978
Car AccidentsWorkplace InjurySlip & FallWrongful Death

About Bennett Baker

Bennett J. Baker earned his B.A. from the University of Colorado and his J.D. from John Marshall Law School, and has been representing injured people since 1978. He works in GWC's Litigation division and has lectured at numerous seminars on personal injury and trial practice, chairing various bar association groups in those fields. His results include a $3.1 million settlement for a 39-year-old male pedestrian struck by a negligent driver, a $2.6 million settlement for a 35-year-old woman hit by a sheriff responding to an emergency call, and a $315,900 trial verdict for a union decorator who suffered a shoulder injury after being struck by a motorized cart at a Chicago convention center.

Notable case results

$3.1 millionSettlement

For a pedestrian struck by a negligent driver

Reported by the firm
$2.6 millionSettlement

For a driver hit by a sheriff's vehicle responding to an emergency call

Reported by the firm

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Workplace Injury
Slip & Fall
Wrongful Death

Education

The John Marshall Law School
J.D.
University of Colorado
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 1978

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