Strong Background Defending Clients in Audits and Investigations
Since 1996, attorney Thomas Zimmerman has represented doctors, dentists, psychologists, veterinarians, optometrists, insurance companies and producers, facing disciplinary sanctions against their Illinois state license, and requiring legal representation in administrative law judge trials.
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At the Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C., our lawyers help professionals with their state licensure issues, including representing clients applying for professional licenses and those required to appear in disciplinary hearings before the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in Chicago.
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) licenses over one million professionals in approximately 100 different industries. The IDFPR protects the public by ensuring licensed professionals are adequately tested and qualified for their professions through enforcing and maintaining rigorous standards. To effectively carry out its various activities, the IDFPR is comprised of four divisions:
- The Division of Banking
- The Division of Financial Institutions
- The Division of Professional Regulation
- The Division of Real Estate
Department of Insurance
The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) regulates and licenses professionals and businesses providing insurance within the state. The DOI protects the public by enforcing insurance regulations and monitoring the market behavior and financial viability of insurance providers in Illinois.
Qualified to Represent Professionals With Licensure Issues
Proceedings at the Agencies: The attorneys at Zimmerman Law Offices have extensive experience helping people and companies become licensed, and representing licensed professionals in investigations, audits, and disciplinary proceedings at state agencies.
Appeals of Agency Decisions: If there is an adverse agency decision denying a license application or imposing discipline on a licensee, our attorneys have achieved great success in appealing agency decisions to the court and having those decisions vacated or sent back to the agency for a new hearing.