Nicole Milos’ practice focuses on the areas of General Tort Litigation, Construction Litigation, Employers’ Liability, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Commercial Litigation actions and Insurance Coverage claims. Her Premises Liability work includes representing landowners and property management companies against claims for personal injuries. She has represented property owners, construction management companies, general contractors and subcontractors in contract and tort claims. She also has experience in defending employers’ liability claims. Nicole has argued and prevailed on case dispositive motions based upon the Anti-Indemnification Act and the Workers’ Compensation Act. Her practice also includes representing product manufacturers and distributors in cases alleging design defects and failure to warn theories of liability.

A graduate of John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2001) and Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame (B.S., 1998), Nicole is currently completing an LL.M. degree in Information Technology and Privacy Law at the John Marshall Law School. She was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2001 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana.

Nicole received the 2010 Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Rising Star Award. The award is presented annually to a young attorney who has exhibited exemplary performance in the practice of law, demonstrated commitment to the defense bar and the association, and has been involved in significant projects that had a positive result on the practice of law. Ms. Milos was nominated by her peers who cited her leadership within the YLD and her formidable abilities as a litigator.

Nicole is a committee member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel –Young Lawyers Division. She regularly contributes to the IDC Quarterly as a co-author of the Young Lawyers Division submission and has authored “Practice Points” and case notes published by the IDC.