Matthew Belcher
Chicago
Civil Justice and Trial Attorney · Chicago, Illinois
For twenty years, Matt Belcher has been a zealous advocate for injured workers in Illinois circuit courts and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.
The son of a union carpenter and IBEW administrative assistant, Matt graduated from Creighton University School of Law and is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the US District Court Northern District of Illinois, the US District Court Northern District of Indiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, where he is a member of the Federal Trial Bar.
On October 14, 2011, he was announced as a winner of the 2011 Rising Star Award of the national Work Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG.org) in Washington DC.
In 2012, Matt was elected Secretary of WILG.org and on October 7, 2013, Matt was elevated to the position of Treasurer.
In 2011, Matt was first elected to the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and was reelected in 2012 and 2013.
Matt has been a featured speaker representing the rights of injured workers at the 2013 North American Mining Summit, 2012 SEAK National Workers' Compensation Seminar, the national 2012 AFL-CIO Workers' Voice Conference and the 2011 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference and has appeared on Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, WGN and CLTV news as an outspoken advocate for civil justice.
Matt is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, Public Justice, Human Rights Watch, American Civil Liberties Union, Interfaith Worker Justice and is a principal attorney at www.BelcherLawOffice.com in Chicago.
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