Bridget represents clients in complex product liability matters in state and federal court at all stages of litigation. Her experience includes drafting dispositive motions and appellate briefs, taking and defending depositions, preparing fact and expert witness testimony, and serving as a member of trial teams that obtained complete defense verdicts.
Bridget also has significant pro bono experience. She has represented federal prisoners in connection with motions for compassionate release and in civil rights litigation relating to conditions of confinement. Her experience includes briefing and arguing a successful civil rights appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Bridget has earned several awards for her pro bono work, including the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois' Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service.
Before joining Goldman Ismail, Bridget clerked for the Honorable Michael Y. Scudder on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and worked as an associate at another national law firm. She earned her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School.