Raymond Asher

A graduate of Bradley University and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, Ray has specialized in worker’s compensation litigation for almost four decades. He founded his own firm more than 30 years ago.

Ray is a sports aficionado and a former certified National Football League Players Association agent. He has represented professional hockey and football players, including members of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bears.

His involvement in youth athletics goes back for many years. He was a Little League President and coach, and he served as head baseball coach of the Ida Crown Jewish Academy High School team from 2009 to 2019 and as assistant baseball coach of the Holy Trinity High School team from 2019 to 2020. He wrote about his experiences as a coach for Chicago Jewish History in 2024.

For more than 20 years, Ray has been the President of the Little Heroes Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, an affiliate of Lurie Children’s Hospital and Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago. Little Heroes has raised more than $2 million since its inception.

Ray grew up in Calumet City in Chicago’s southern suburbs. For many years, he has lived in Skokie, where he and his wife, Elaine, raised their two sons.