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Ms. Parks is licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the District of Indiana.
Professional Activities:
Ms. Parks regularly appears before the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. She has also orally argued before both the Missouri Supreme Court and the Eastern District Court of Appeals.
Ms. Parks has extensive experience handling Workers' Compensation matters in the construction, education, government, manufacturing, and retail trade industries. Her case experience includes amputations, assaults and violent acts, back injuries, bruises and contusions, carpal tunnel syndrome, chemical burns, contact with objects and equipment, cumulative trauma, cuts and lacerations, falls, fatalities, fires and explosions, fractures, harmful substances or environments, head injuries, heart attacks, heat burns, infectious diseases, lower and upper extremity injuries, multiple traumatic injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, neck injuries, permanent disability, pulmonary disorders, respiratory conditions, skin diseases and disorders, sprains, strains, breaks, tears, tendonitis and transportation incidents.
Ms. Parks is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Missouri Bar Association.
Honors and Awards:
New Member of the Year, St. Louis Jaycees, 1992
Dean’s List, University of Illinois, 1984-85
Education:
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana School of Law, J.D., 1988
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, B.A., Liberal Arts & Sciences, 1985
Interests:
Ms. Parks enjoys watching college sports, especially University of Illinois football and basketball, and watching her sons play all types of sports, including hockey and T-ball. | 