Kate Kosartes Email & Phone Number

• Draft complaints, answers to affirmative defenses, discovery and answers to discovery, motions to advance, compel, and rule to show cause, reconsider, and responses to motions to dismiss• Prepare a cases for trial, including meeting with, hiring and obtaining experts in medical malpractice cases; obtaining witness statements; and discussing settlements, and handling arbitration• Regularly handle depositions; including both preparing plaintiffs and witnesses for depositions, as well as taking defendants’, third party witnesses’ and treating physicians’ depositions.

• Drafted complaints, discovery, answers to discovery, motions to compel, responses to motions for summary judgment and motions to dismiss, motions in limine, and jury instructions• Regularly handled case managements, routine motions and depositions of witnesses and expert witnesses • Represented a client in an evidentiary hearing on a contract dispute • Second chaired two personal injury trials: one settled prior to closing, and a jury verdict of $162,000.

Wheaton, Illinois

• Represented the State at two trials, one a DUI charge and one a possession of cannabis charge • Represented the State during Plea Agreements, Nolle Prosequis motions, and Petitions to Revoke• Interviewed victims and witnesses to obtain essential case facts and prepare them for trials and hearings• Researched legal issues for the Felony, Felony Domestic Violence & Child Abuse, and Civil divisions• Drafted motions in limine regarding admissibility of credibility evidence for the Borizov murder trial • Prepared evidence, and met with and interviewed witnesses testifying in the Borizov trial

Chicago, Illinois

• Researched case law and drafted interoffice memoranda regarding medical malpractice and tort issues• Drafted motions and responses to motions, including a response to a motion to dismiss • Drafted requests for discovery and responses to requests for discovery • Drafted direct examinations for trials and prepared questions for depositions

• Cultivated a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for 47 residents• Reliable and responsible co-worker to 21 Resident Assistants• Crisis Managemento Responded to emergency situations in 900 residence hall buildingo Held emergency floor meeting in response to sexual misconduct and a break-in on the floor to address safety concerns and maintain a feeling of safety on the flooro Guided residents dealing with pregnancy, depression and physical assaults o Managed roommate and floor conflicts• Programmingo Planned and organized two programs a month for the residents including cookie decorating, a dance class and self defense classes

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

B.A. Political Science, B.A. Geoscience

University of Iowa Mock Trial Team Captain, and Competitor

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