{"id":574,"date":"2017-01-31T23:19:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2003classnews\/?p=574"},"modified":"2017-01-31T23:23:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:23:50","slug":"karoline-carstens-03-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2003classnews\/2017\/01\/31\/karoline-carstens-03-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Carstens (’03)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karoline Carstens, who graduated with a degree in Sociology from IWU in 2003, has just recently been recognized\u00a0as one of this year’s\u00a0“40 under 40” Attorneys by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Her passion for public service has taken her along a most unique\u00a0path from the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office to\u00a0private practice with the Alton office of Simmons Hanly Conroy\u00a0where she continues to focus on the relentless pursuit of community justice. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin published a detailed biography on her linked below. Links to her firm bio and to the NIU Law\u00a0press release are also below.<\/div>\n
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ALTON, Ill. (Jan. 9, 2017) \u2013\u00a0Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation’s largest mass torts firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has grown its shareholder ranks with the elevation of 14 attorneys, effective Jan. 1. Among the firm\u2019s new shareholders includes Karoline Carstens ’03.<\/div>\n
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Based in the firm’s Alton office,\u00a0Carstens focuses her practice on helping those affected by asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma. She earned her law degree from Northern Illinois University and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University. In 2016, Carstens was selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of its 2016 \u201c40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch,\u201d the Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year and Northern Illinois University College of Law Young Alumna of the Year.\u00a0 Carstens is active with the Illinois State Bar Association on multiple committees and is a founding member of Young Friends of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Link to CDLB\u00a0Carstens Bio<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.niu.edu\/law\/_pdfs\/news-items\/Carstens-40-Under-40.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Link to SHC Carstens Bio<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.simmonsfirm.com\/about-us\/our-attorneys\/profiles\/karoline-carstens\/<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Link to NIU Law Press Release<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.niu.edu\/law\/news-events\/news-announcements\/releases\/2016\/40-under-40-nov16.shtml<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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