Jeffrey Rabin has been representing individuals with disabilities and medical/legal issues since 1980. He began this law firm in 1988 to focus his practice in the representation of disabled persons seeking Social Security disability benefits. He and his associates have successfully represented Claimants nationally at all levels of the Social Security Administration's administrative process, in the United States District Court and in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.Despite his law practice and family, Jeff has remained active in the community. He has served as a member of the Executive Council of the American Trial Lawyers Association's (ATLA) Social Security Disability committee, is a former chairperson of the Chicago Bar Association Social Security Disability committee and is a frequent lecturer nationwide on Social Security disability law issues. On a number of occasions he has spoken at national conferences for both the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR), and for ATLA.Jeff was appointed by Secretary of HHS Donna Shalala as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee for 2000-2001. He is a member of the Board of Directors of both the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Illinois, and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia & Chemical Sensitivities Coalition of Chicago (CFCCC). Jeff has also volunteered with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Northern Illinois as a member of both the Government/Advocacy Committee and the Professional Advisory Committee. Finally he has been elected twice as a member of the local School Board in Deerfield, IL.Jeff has monitored message boards on the Internet to provide general information for people struggling with the Social Security disability programs and does a monthly chat for the American Pain Foundation on their Pain Aide web site. He has also been asked to serve as a guest expert at other live Internet sites.Jeff graduated from DePaul University College of Law in 1980 and from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1977 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree.

David Copp is a native of Midland Michigan. He has practiced with several Chicago law firms. He has experience with Real Estate transactions, condominium associations and zoning and housing code enforcement.

Nicolette Van Dielen has been practicing law since 2009. She began as a prosecutor in Tucson, Arizona. In her first year, she successfully tried seventeen DUI jury cases. The following year, she obtained favorable outcomes in ten felony DUI jury cases and was named Pima County Attorney’s Office MADD Felony Prosecutor of 2011. From 2011 through 2018, Nicolette prosecuted criminal appeals for the Pima County Attorney’s Office, arguing two cases to the Arizona Supreme Court and seven cases to the Arizona Court of Appeals. During her last year in Tucson, Nicolette prosecuted special victim cases. At the time of her departure, she was awarded for outstanding service by the Pima County Attorney’s Office and the Pima County Animal Cruelty Taskforce. In 2019, Nicolette moved to San Antonio, Texas and served as a staff attorney at the Fourth Court of Appeals. As a staff attorney, Nicolette drafted numerous court opinions, including two dissenting opinions that both led to reversals in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In 2024, Nicolette moved to be closer to family in Chicago and began her transition to plaintiff representation in civil law. Joining Kaveny Sarmas has provided her with a new platform to advocate for the right of those injured to seek accountability for their loss.

Rachel Rojas is an attorney at TorHoerman Law who specializes in product liability and pharmaceutical litigation. A Corpus Christi, TX native, Rachal moved cross-country to attend Columbia University in New York City and completed a bachelor’s degree in political science. Before law school and after graduating from Columbia, she worked on both sides of civil litigation as a paralegal for a plaintiff’s asbestos law firm and a corporate defense firm.

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