Attorney Bridget Duignan grew up on the south side of Chicago. Her desire to help others led her to join the legal profession. Prior to joining Latherow & Duignan, Bridget served as Assistant Counsel to the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. There, she analyzed proposed legislation, assisted House Members during debate and served as the Parliamentarian to the State Government and Insurance Committees. Prior to that, Bridget worked as a defense attorney in workers’ compensation and employment law. She gained valuable experience there, seeing injury claims from a defense perspective and seeing the ways big corporations make litigation difficult for injured and maligned individuals. Bridget uses this knowledge to help those injured because of others’ negligence.

Professional Memberships

  • Illinois Bar Foundation, appointed to Board of Directors 2016-2017, 2017-2018; 2019-Present; Chair Lawyers Care Committee; Secretary of the Fellows; Former Chair of Lawyers Rock Committee
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Appointed to Board of Managers; Member of the Women’s Caucus; Co-chair of Legislative Committee
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Former Treasurer and Secretary; currently serving Investment Committee and Membership Commitee; Vice-Chair of the Tort Section
  • Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, Co-Chair of Legislative Committee
  • American Association for Justice, Member

Bar Admission

  • Illinois, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2004

Education

  • John Marshall Law School, JD, 2004
  • Illinois State University, Political Science, 2000

Lectures

  • Consistent Lecturer on Trial Techniques for the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyer Association & the Chicago Bar Association
  • Lecturer on the Rules of Evidence and Medical Records Law for Lorman Education Service

Publication

  • Former Author of a monthly column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Women, Law & Politics
  • Construction Safety Act, The Chicago Bar Association Tort Litigation Committee’s newsletter, Issue 10, June, 2009
  • May I Please See Your File? (a view of the self-critical analysis privilege), ITLA Journal, Vol. 10, Num. 2, Summer 2008
  • Co-wrote Illinois’ Workplace Transparency Act, Public Act 101-0221