Maria G. Enriquez

Of Counsel

Maria G. Enriquez has over 30 years of experience in commercial insurance coverage law. For 25 of those years, she represented large commercial insurance companies in all aspects of complex commercial coverage and bad faith litigation in courts across the country and in private arbitrations in London. She has analyzed coverage issues nationwide for commercial losses under primary, umbrella, excess liability, first party property, professional liability, representation and warranty, and other specialty lines insurance policies including Self-Insured Retentions and Bermuda Form policies.

Maria has provided seminars and educational presentations to clients, third-party administrators, brokers and insurers’ policyholder clients. She has consulted with hospitals, municipalities, Fortune 100 and 500 companies and small businesses with respect to their risks and coverages under first party and commercial liability policies. Maria has successfully first chaired trials and litigated cases across the country and before judges and juries in state, federal, and appellate courts.

Maria is using her many years of experience representing commercial insurance companies to now assist policyholders in their efforts to recover insurance proceeds under their commercial insurance policies.

Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law
B.S.W., University of Illinois

Admissions

U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
State of Illinois

Professional History

Partner, Bates Carey/Bates Meckler LLP (1996-2015)
- Member of Management Committee, Bates Carey
- Member of Associate Development Committee, Bates Carey
Associate, Bates Meckler, LLP (1994-1996)
- Recruitment and Retention Committee
- Trial Advocacy and Training Committee
- Cook County Circuit Court Committee for the Evaluation of Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession
Associate, Pope & John, Ltd. (1990-1994)
- Trial Advocacy and Training Committee

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association’s Litigation Section – Insurance
Member, National Association of Professional Women
Member, The International Women’s Leadership Association
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
A Key Individual – Chambers and Partners
Illinois Super Lawyers
Who’s Who Legal: Insurance and Reinsurance

Community Leadership

Previous Volunteer, Loyola University Medical Center, Pediatric Unit
Volunteer, Red Cross-Disaster Relief
Visiting Guest Teacher, Wake Forest University School of Law

menriquez@jaszczuk.com

312-442-0441

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