Karin Zosel
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS RECOVERED FOR OUR CLIENTSKarin Zosel
Associate AttorneyWith two decades of diverse experience in the public sector, including serving in various leadership roles within federal and state government, Karin Zosel has joined Haxel Law. In particular, Zosel’s time at the Illinois Department of Insurance, the state agency regulating the workers’ compensation insurance market and housing the Worker’s Compensation Fraud Unit, enables her to effectively advocate for Haxel clients who have experienced an injury on the job.
Zosel began working with the DOI in 2015 as Executive Director of Get Covered Illinois, the consumer assistance program for the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Her experience as Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, has given her deep familiarity with the Illinois Woker’s Compensation Act, the Commission, and Illinois insurance carriers.
She has also served as the Vice President at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois and as an Intelligence Officer for nearly a decade with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Washington, DC.
Zosel’s has extensive experience representing Illinois healthcare and education organizations on a range of complex state and federal regulatory issues. In addition to practicing law, Zosel serves as an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University Northwest where she teaches political science and public policy courses and acts as a pre-law advisor.
Zosel’s passion for law began at Yale University as an undergraduate studying political science. Zosel holds an MA in Public Policy from Middlebury Institute of International Studies, a JD from Mercer University, and LLM in Taxation from Villanova University.
Now a member of the Haxel firm, Zosel is looking forward to working closely with individual clients who need a strong voice to advocate for them.
When not working on behalf of Haxel clients or teaching, Zosel can be found spending time with her family or outdoors running. Depending on the night, you may even find Zosel facing off against Martin Haxel in the weekly Springfield senior hockey league.
Education
Villanova University - Charles Widger School of Law | Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law | Juris Doctor
Middlebury Institute of Internation Studies - Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies | Master of Arts in Internation Policy Studies
Yale University | Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Memberships
- Illinois Long Term Care Council, Illinois Department of Aging | 2020 - Present
- Missouri Bar | 2019
- Illinois Bar | 2023