Ms. Weldon-Linne has over 25 years of experience defending medical malpractice and
personal
injury claims. Madeleine is a member of the Illinois and Wisconsin Bars. A graduate of Northwestern
University (B.A. l975), Madeleine was the Valedictorian
of her law school class (DePaul College of
Law, l981). An extensively published author, she has
also given numerous presentations on risk
management and medical malpractice issues. Ms. Weldon-Linne focuses her practice on the
defense
of civil lawsuits and complex tort litigation. In
2007, 2008 and 2009, Madeleine was named as
a SuperLawyer in the area of Civil Litigation Defense.
An article described Weldon-Linne & Vogt's formation and
philosophy was published in the DePaul
University College of Law Magazine, "Dialogue" entitled "Civil Excellence:
DePaul Personal
Injury Litigators".
Areas
of Practice
Education
- Northwestern
University (B.A. Biological Sciences 1975)
- DePaul
University College of Law (J.D. 1981-Validictorian)
-
Law Review Editorial Board
1980-1981
-
Moot Court Team 1980-1981
-
Extern for Federal Judge
James Moran 1981
-
Extern for U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, Summer
1979
Admissions,
Activities & Memberships
- State Bar of
Illinois-1981
- State Bar of
Wisconsin-1985
- Federal Trial Bar
Northern District of Illinois-1981
- Women’s
Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
- National Association
of Minority and Woman Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
- Defense
Research Institute-Member of DRI Diversity Committee
Recognitions/Awards
- Special
Assistant to the Illinois Attorney General
- Illinois
SuperLawyer 2007, 2008
- Who’s
Who in American Law 2001-2008
- “Civil
Excellence: DePaul Personal Injury Litigators,” Dialogue, DePaul University
College of Law Magazine, 2001.
- Valedictorian-DePaul
University College of Law-1981
Articles,
Publications & Speaker
- “Whose
Witness Am I Anyway? Adverse and Direct
Examination” (In Press).
- Book
Review: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, John
Hopkins University Press 2000.
- “Title
IX: No longer an Empty Promise Cannon v. University of Chicago”, 29 DePaul
Law Review 263 (1979).
Presentations
- Civil
Rights Mock Trial Presentation, National Commission on Correctional Health Care
(Summer, 2004).
- Orthodontic
Associates and Dentists’ Advantage, “You Be The Judge” Mock Trial and Risk
Management Seminar, 2002.
- University
of Illinois Graduate School of Public Health: “Legal Issues in Complementary and
Alternative Medicine", 2002.
- West
Suburban Medical Center Ground Rounds: “Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Legal
Issues”, 2001.
- Provident Hospital Emergency Physicians Conference:
“Charting Your Defense: The Emergency Department Medical Record, 1997.
- Illinois
Society of Podiatrists Conference: “The Team Approach to Risk Management and
Litigation”. 1996.
Verdicts
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