Cavanagh Law Group is pleased to announce that Benjeman Nichols has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Nichols concentrates his practice in plaintiff's personal injury law, including medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability and wrongful death. Before joining Cavanagh Law Group, Mr. Nichols defended physicians, hospitals, and corporations with the national law firm of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Mr. Nichols experience representing doctors and hospitals will benefit the clients of Cavanagh Law Group, who have been the victims of medical malpractice.
Mr. Nichols earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Valparaiso University in 1999 and was a music educator in the Chicago Public Schools. He received a Fulbright Scholarship to research East German Lutheran church music in Dresden, Germany, where he worked and studied for several years. He is fluent in both English and German. Mr. Nichols returned to the United States to attend law school at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a Corboy Trial Team Advocacy Fellow, a Joan Marie Corboy Advocacy Scholar, an editor of the International Law Review, and a frequent member of the Dean's List. Mr. Nichols was also twice a judicial extern to the Honorable Blanche Manning in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Nichols serves on the Board of Directors for Vox 3 Collective, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization which is committed to arts education.
