Mike West:
CLASS OF 1976
Downers Grove South High SchoolClass of 1976
Downers grove, IL
University of IllinoisClass of 1983
Urbana, IL
Benet AcademyClass of 1976
Lisle, IL
Edgewood Elementary SchoolClass of 1972
Woodridge, IL
Woodridge Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Woodridge, IL
Mike's Story
Mike West is currently senior staff attorney with the Chicago firm of Maisel & Associates. Mike graduated from Downers Grove South in 1976 and spent a few years at Western Illinois University before transfering to U of I. Soon after graduating from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1983, Mike took employment as a First Assistant State's Attorney. Mr. West prosecuted People v. Doss, a criminal fraud and perjury case which received national media attention, including a televised presentation by the CBS weekly news commentary, 60 Minutes. In 1986, Mike was appointed Senior Trial C...Expand for more
ounsel with the Illinois Attorney General's Office under Neil Hartigan, again prosecuting numerous notable fraud and perjury trials. Since 1989, Mr. West has focused exclusively upon the prosecution and defense of civil litigation. He has taken sixty four jury trials to verdict, which include not only medical malpractice trials but also products liability, construction litigation, and catastrophic injury trials, with a favorable verdict ratio of 92 percent. Mike passed the California Bar in 1989 and lived in Sam Diego for six years, but has now returned to Illinois and lives in Plainfield.
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