 Karen McNulty Enright
Chicago, Illinois
Karen McNulty Enright is a founding partner of the firm Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, L.L.C. The firm was formed in 1997 and focuses primarily on complex personal injury and medical negligence matters. Karen concentrates in representing clients who are injured as a result of medical negligence, automobile and trucking incidents, premises liability, and products liability. Before forming Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, Karen was an associate at the firm Cogan & McNabola, P.C. where she tried and settled numerous cases on behalf of injured clients.
Karen has been the lead attorney in numerous trials involving complex medical issues and complicated personal injuries. She has obtained many settlements in excess of $1 million and has been recognized by the million-dollar advocates forum. In 2006, Paul L. Salzetta and Karen Enright obtained a record $36 million verdict for a client who sustained a severe brain injury in a motor vehicle incident. Karen is also a chair-qualified arbitrator for the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration program.
On June 7, 2007, Ms. Enright was sworn in as President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois. She is also a frequent author & lecturer for the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago Bar Association and Women's Bar Association of Illinois. Some of her publications and speeches appear below:
"Informed Consent", 1994, 1995, 1996 Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, ISBA
Use of Exhibits at Trial, ITLA, 1997
Expert Witnesses Illinois Civil Practice & Update Review Seminar,
I.P.I. 5.01 Civil Jury Instructions, ITLA, 1997, Shotgun Seminar
Products Liability, CBA, 1996,
Premises liability and Recreational Immunity, ISBA, 1997,
Products Liability, ISBA, 1997
Get Caught Up Seminar, CBA, 1998,
Managing a small law firm, CBA Women in the Law Lecture Series, ISBA, February, 1998,
Best v. Taylor Update, CBA , April 1998,
Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in Premises Liability and Auto Mobile Cases, ITLA Seminar May, 1998,
Your first medical malpractice trial, ISBA 1998
Organization of Opening Statements, May 1999 ITLA Annual convention,
Pre-existing injuries May, 1999 ISBA Annual Meeting
Settling and Probating Minor Estates; September, 1999 CBA
Anticipating Objections During Discovery Phase and Motions in Liminie, September 1999, CBA
Prosecuting Slip-Fall Cases, September, 1999 ISBA,
Litigating Cases Without Going Bankrupt. ISBA
Use of Trial Exhibits, February 2000, ISBA Tort Trends
Admissibility of Board Certification, June, 2000. ITLA
Evidence Seminar, May 2001, Author and Lecturer: Premises Liability Under the Tort Immunity Act, ISBA 2001, ISBA Annual Meeting, June, 2001,
Settling and Probating Minor's Estates, ISBA Trial Practice Skills Series, September, 2001
How to interview and perfect personal injury cases from start to finish, WBAI, 2001,
From Soup to Nuts How to Run for Judge. September 2002, CBA
90 DAYS BEFORE TRIAL, ITLA Evidence Seminar:
Civil Practice Update and Review Seminar;
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 212 (a)(5) Can You Use a Discovery Deposition as Evidence at Trial?, December, Tort Trends, ISBA,
ITLA Evidence Seminar: Prior and Subsequent Injury and Aggravation of Pre-existing Injuries. January 2003
ITLA Evidence Seminar: Proving Damages and Jury Instructions. January 2004.
ISBA Young Lawyers Seminar. 2004
ISBA Annual Meeting, Tort Law Section, "Premises Liability." 2005
ISBA Annual Meeting, Civil Practice Section, "Premises Liability." 2005
Loyola Law School, guest lecturer, "Medical Malpractice - Drafting Complaints." 2005
ISBA New Lawyers Seminar "Nuts and Bolts." September 2005
ISBA Mid-year Meeting, "New Lawyers Forum." 2006
"Hot Topics in Tort; Ethical Issues in Representing a Minor or an Incompetent Person in Tort." May 2006
ITLA Fall Seminar "Update on Evidence." 2006
CBA "90 Days Before Trial." 2006
- Medical Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Automobile Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Certified Private Pilot
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
- John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
J.D.
- Past Adjunct Professor, Legal Research and Writing, The John Marshall Law School
- Past Adjunct Professor, Criminal Law and Business Law, Chicago College of Commerce
- Selected as One of 40 Lawyers Under 40 In the State of Illinois to Watch By the Law Bulletin Publishing Company
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois Service Award for Uncommon Dedication and Outstanding Service
- Who's Who Among American Trial Lawyers
- Million Dollar Lawyers Forum
- Selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney
- Selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois
- President
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois, Tort Section
- Elected Member, Board of Directors,Co-Chair of Public Office Committee
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois
- Civil Litigation Committee
- Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Section Council, Young Lawyers Section
- Elected Member, Assembly Resolutions Drafting Committee
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Amicus Curiae Committee
- Women's Bar Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors
- Alliance of Bar Associations
- Member, Executive Committee
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Medical Negligence Committee
- Chicago Bar Association
- Bench-Bar Relations, Tort Committee
- Society of Trial Lawyers
- Elected Member, Board of Directors
- American Trial Lawyers Society
- Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program
- Arbitrator
- The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association
- Board of Directors
- Mid-Day Club
- Member, Associate Board of Directors
- The Lawyers Club of Chicago
- Member
- Leukemia Society
- Pro Bono Litigator, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services and Department of Children and Family Services
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