Andrea Ramirez is an Associate Attorney at Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of long-term care, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. Prior to joining Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, Andrea handled long-term care and medical malpractice matters at a prominent Chicago plaintiff firm where she obtained notable settlements on behalf of victims and their families. She has also worked at a prominent Chicago defense firm as well as The Office of the Cook County Public Defender where she obtained two not guilty verdicts as a law student with her Rule 711 license.
Andrea is active in the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois as a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is also a member of the Hispanic Lawyer’s Association of Illinois, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and a committee member of the Diversity Scholarship Foundation.
Andrea attended the University of Illinois at Chicago and graduated in 2013 with her Bachelor’s in Political Science. She then went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law school. While in law school, Andrea was the Vice President of the Latino Law Student Association and collaborated on a law review article focusing on the intersection of the education system and criminal courts in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Andrea grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and is proficient in Spanish.