Jeffrey M. Alter

Jeffrey Alter is the President and Managing Partner of Anesi Ozmon, Ltd., where he began his legal career as a law clerk while attending law school and has spent his career advocating for injured workers and their families. Today, he is a dedicated advocate for injured individuals throughout Illinois, concentrating his practice in workers' compensation, personal injury, police and fire pension, and Social Security disability claims.

Jeffrey has successfully represented injured workers at every level of the Illinois court system, including the Appellate Court of Illinois. He is admitted to practice before all Illinois state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As a husband and father, Jeffrey understands the profound impact a serious injury can have on an entire family and is committed to helping clients obtain the medical care, benefits, and compensation they deserve.

Jeffrey is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Throughout his career, he has served as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Committee and has been a respected seminar speaker for both the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is also the author of two chapters in the Workers' Compensation Notebook, published by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, further reflecting his commitment to advancing the practice of workers' compensation law and educating fellow attorneys.

Throughout his career as a trial attorney, Jeffrey has established an impressive record of advocacy, recovering more than $75 million on behalf of injured clients. His practice has been dedicated to representing hardworking men and women, particularly members of the labor community, including carpenters, laborers, roofers, mechanics, ironworkers, asbestos workers, chemical operators, truck drivers, and school administrators. He has proudly represented members of multiple unions, including Laborers Locals 751, 996 and 32, Ironworkers Locals 1, 63, 444 and 498, Carpenter's Local 10, IBEW Local 15, and Operating Engineers Local 150. Jeffrey’s extensive trial experience and longstanding commitment to representing working families enables him to provide strategic, results-driven advocacy while pursuing the full and fair compensation his clients are entitled to receive.

Jeffrey represents clients in a wide range of personal injury and workers’ compensation matters, including construction and workplace injuries, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, falls, slip and fall accidents, repetitive injuries, occupational injuries and wrongful death claims. His experience includes cases involving serious back, neck, shoulder, knee, and other orthopedic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, fractures, and injuries requiring multiple surgeries or resulting in permanent restrictions and an inability to return to a former occupation. He has also successfully handled complex and disputed claims involving pre-existing conditions, denied medical treatment, contested benefits, and death resulting from workplace exposure or work-related conditions. Through extensive litigation and trial experience, Jeffrey advocates for injured workers and their families in pursuing the benefits and compensation to which they are entitled.