Speaker Information
EUGENE F. KEEFE, Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates
• Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1980
• Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1980
• Federal Trial Bar
• Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1988
Education: Loyola University of Chicago (B.A., 1977); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1980); Staff
Member, John Marshall Law Review, 1979.
Member: Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association; Workers’
Compensation Claims Association; Arbitrator, Cook County Mandatory Court Annexed Arbitration
Editor: Workers’ Compensation Law Update, July 1992-present.
Author: The Road to Understanding Workers’ Compensation, Journal of Workers’ Compensation, Vol. 4,
No. 2, Winter, 1995, Standard Press, Boston, MA; Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates Monday Law
Update, published to about 6,000 readers on a weekly basis since July,
1992; Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law 101 and 102, October 2010.
Adjunct Professor of Workers’ Compensation Law: The John Marshall Law School, 2007 to
present.
Lecturer and Presenter:
Gene lectures and/or presents at numerous national and regional conferences on a
regular basis
including but not limited to:
• LRP Publications Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference
• Mechanical Contractors Association Annual Meeting
• Annual Chicagoland Construction Safety Conference 1994 to Present
• North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Bureau Annual Seminar
• National Erectors Association Joint Labor-Safety Forum
• Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety & Health Day
• Southwest Suburban Chicago Illinois Association of Occupational Nurses
• East Central Illinois Safety Management Association
• ASSE Northeastern IL Chapter meeting
• Lorman Educational Services Seminars
• Council on Education in Management
• Greater Effingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses Group
• Residential Construction Employers Council
• National Council of Self-Insurers Annual Meeting
John P. Campbell
• Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1999
Education: Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1999); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(B.A., 1995).
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Strong trial and appellate experience at all
levels of both the Workers’ Compensation Commission and Circuit Courts in both workers’
compensation and general liability matters including Medicare Set-Aside related claims.
Lecturer and Presenter: Illinois Construction Safety
• Council, Workers’ Compensation Update, April 2004-2008
• Professional Education Systems Institute (P.E.S.I.), Workers’ Compensation Law in Illinois,
August 2005
• Council on Education in Management, Workers’ Compensation Update, October 2005
• Lorman, Overview and update on Basic Workers’ Compensation, June, 2006
• Illinois State Chamber of Commerce Workers’ Compensation Conference, October 2010
• Regular contributor and author of articles for the Workers’ Compensation Newsletter 2005-
present
• Author and Presenter; 2011 Amendments to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act.