Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices

What Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices does

Woodruff Johnson Evans & Haugen Law Offices (formerly Woodruff Johnson & Evans) is an Illinois-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 2000 by Casey Woodruff. The firm concentrates its practice in two areas: personal injury (motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, premises liability, wrongful death) and workers' compensation (TTD, PPD, PTD, fatal accidents, retaliation claims), with specialized sub-practices for school employees and first responders. It serves individual consumers throughout Illinois from three physical offices in Aurora (headquarters), Champaign, and Chicago, with a bilingual English/Spanish service offering led by Managing Partner Jay Johnson. The firm is structured as a partnership among four named partners (Casey Woodruff, Jay Johnson, Dexter Evans, Russell Haugen) plus associate Alexis Moffett.

The firm's revenue model is contingency-based: clients pay no upfront fees and the firm is compensated only on recovery. For workers' compensation matters, fees are statutorily capped at 20% of disputed benefits recovered; for personal injury matters, fees follow a market-rate contingency structure tied to final settlement or award. Free initial consultations are provided as the primary lead-conversion mechanism, supported by a content marketing engine (educational blog, case results page, testimonials, organic social) and a 17+ year referral relationship with the Illinois Education Association for school-employee matters. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via in-person consultations, phone, email, and online contact forms.

The firm reports cumulative client recoveries of over $200 million and a 99% case success rate, supported by a partner team with stated 100+ years of combined legal experience and multiple recurring recognitions (Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, BBB, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Million Dollar Advocates Forum). The firm is privately held, founder/partner-owned with no outside investment or parent entity, and operates exclusively within the state of Illinois.

Name

Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices

Legal name

Woodruff Johnson Evans and Haugen

Website

https://woodrufflawyers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Woodruff Johnson Evans & Haugen is an Illinois-based law firm founded in 2000 that represents individual injured workers and personal injury claimants on a contingency fee basis across offices in Aurora, Champaign, and Chicago, with specialized practice areas for school employees and first responders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Workers compensation law
• Legal representation services
• Injury claim litigation
• Contingency fee legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aurora

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fees - Personal Injury: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases, meaning clients pay no attorneys' fees unless they win their case. This aligns firm incentives with client outcomes and reduces barriers to legal representation.
2. Contingency Fees - Workers' Compensation: In workers' compensation cases, attorneys are paid 20% of any disputed benefits recovered. Clients pay nothing upfront, and if no recovery is achieved, no fees are owed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices provides legal representation in two core practice areas: Personal Injury law and Workers' Compensation law. The firm represents injured individuals throughout Illinois in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, premises liability, wrongful death, and workplace injury claims. Services are offered on a contingency fee basis with free initial consultations.

Product overview

Woodruff Johnson Evans & Haugen Law Offices is a personal injury and workers' compensation law firm offering legal services through two primary practice areas: Personal Injury Legal Services and Workers' Compensation Legal Services. The Personal Injury practice handles motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, premises liability, nursing home negligence, product liability, trucking accidents, child injuries, and wrongful death cases. The Workers' Compensation practice provides comprehensive claim assistance including TTD benefits, medical benefits, permanent partial and total disability benefits, fatal accident death benefits, retaliation claims, and specialized services for school employees and first responders. The firm operates offices in Aurora, Champaign, and Chicago, Illinois, serving clients throughout the state with free initial consultations and contingency fee arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Legal representation for individuals injured due to someone else's negligence, covering cases involving fractures, surgical repair, traumatic brain injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, nursing home negligence, product liability, trucking accidents, and child injuries.
• Workers' Compensation Legal Services Legal assistance for workers injured on the job, covering initial filing, appeals, TTD benefits, medical benefits, permanent partial/total disability, fatal accidents, retaliation claims, and specialized representation for school employees and first responders.
• School Employees Workers' Compensation Specialized workers' compensation legal representation for teachers, para-educators, and other school employees, supported by a referral relationship with the Illinois Education Association (IEA).
• Injured Police Officers & First Responders Legal Services Legal representation for law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, and other first responders injured in the line of duty, including coverage for slip and fall injuries, traffic-related injuries, firearm injuries, and PTSD.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of cases result in compensation recovered for clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Illinois Education Association (IEA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Illinois Education Association has recommended Woodruff Johnson & Evans for more than 17 years to handle workers' compensation claims for school employees. The IEA is a union representing education professionals in Illinois, and their recommendation provides a significant referral channel for the firm.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cogan & Power, P.C. Chicago personal injury and wrongful-death trial firm. Overlapping service categories (PI litigation, contingency fees, results-driven outcomes) and shared Illinois plaintiff-side competitive set.
• Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle: Long-standing Illinois workers' compensation and personal injury firm where founder Casey Woodruff worked as an associate/partner for 10 years before starting WJEH. Direct peer given identical practice focus (Illinois IWCC, PI), contingency-fee model, and shared talent pipeline.
• Ankin Law Office: Established Chicago personal injury and workers' compensation firm practicing across Illinois. Competes for the same pool of injured-worker and accident-victim clients using a contingency-fee model and aggressive trial reputation.
• Staver Accident Injury Lawyers, P.C. Illinois-based firm with overlapping practice areas in workers' compensation and personal injury, serving the same plaintiff-side clientele in Chicago and statewide with contingency-fee representation.
• Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers: Chicago-area personal injury firm concentrating on car accidents, premises liability and catastrophic injuries under a contingency fee structure. Directly comparable Illinois-market competitor targeting similar personal-injury segments.
• Abels & Annes, P.C. Illinois personal injury and workers' compensation plaintiff firm. Comparable in size, scope and contingency-fee model, competing for similar injured-worker and accident clients in the Chicago metro.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiff-side personal injury firm, operating nationally with heavy advertising spend and a broad PI/mass-tort/wc comp portfolio. Competes with WJEH for the same Illinois PI client base but with massively greater scale and brand spend.
• Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys: Multi-state personal injury firm that started in Illinois before expanding. Operates as a scaled plaintiff-side PI competitor with broad marketing investment; comparable contingency-fee model and overlapping injury practice areas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WoodruffLawyers
• Facebookfacebook.com/WoodruffJohnsonEvans

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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