About
Porro Niermann Law Group is a trial law firm in Aurora, Illinois, founded in 1948. The firm focuses on workers’ compensation, personal injury, and bankruptcy matters, representing injured workers and accident victims from initial claim through trial and appeal. Its attorneys have settled or tried more than 2,000 workers’ compensation claims and provide individualized attention to each case.
The team includes attorney Michelle D. Porro, who has represented injured workers since 1995 and is fluent in Spanish. Her experience covers complex claims involving heart attacks, brain injuries, repetitive trauma, occupational exposure, and permanent disability, with cases handled through all levels of appeal, including petitions to the Illinois Supreme Court. Representative results include a judgment awarding lifetime permanent total disability benefits and medical for a teacher with a spinal injury; $450,000 plus lifetime medical for a teacher with a head injury; $356,000 plus an MSA for a construction project manager with an ankle injury; $305,000 for an operating engineer after lumbar fusion; and $262,000 for a pipefitter with bilateral rotator cuff tears.
Porro Niermann Law Group offers free consultations and serves clients in English and Spanish.