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- Part I — Pleadings
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Chapter 1 — Pleadings - Part II — Intentional Torts
- Chapter 2 — Assault and Battery
- I. [2.1] Cause of Action
- II. [2.2] What Law Controls
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III. [2.3] Elements - IV. [2.7] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [2.8] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [2.9] Parties
- VII. [2.10] Special Considerations
- VIII. [2.11] Checklist for Complaint
- IX. [2.12] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [2.13] Related Actions
- XI. [2.14] Sample Form
- Chapter 3 — Defamation
- I. [3.1] Cause of Action
- II. [3.2] What Law Controls
- III. [3.3] Elements
- IV. [3.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [3.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [3.6] Personal Jurisdiction
- VII. [3.7] Parties
- VIII. Special Considerations
- IX. [3.12] Remedies — Special Issues
- X. [3.13] Checklist for Complaint
- XI. [3.14] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XII. [3.15] Related Actions
- XIII. [3.16] Sample Form
- Chapter 4 — Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
- I. [4.1] Cause of Action
- II. [4.2] What Law Controls
- III. [4.3] Elements
- IV. [4.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [4.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [4.6] Parties
- VII. [4.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [4.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [4.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [4.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [4.11] Related Actions
- XII. [4.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 5 — Medical Battery
- I. [5.1] Cause of Action
- II. [5.2] What Law Controls
- III. [5.3] Elements
- IV. [5.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [5.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [5.6] Parties
- VII. [5.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [5.8] Checklist for Complaint
- IX. [5.9] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [5.10] Related Actions
- XI. [5.11] Sample Form
- Part III — Personal Injury
- Chapter 6 — Aviation
- I. [6.1] Causes of Action
- II. [6.2] What Law Controls
- III. [6.3] Elements
- IV. [6.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [6.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [6.6] Parties
- VII. Special Considerations
- VIII. [6.11] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [6.12] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [6.13] Federal Preemption
- XI. [6.14] Sample Form
- Chapter 7 — Civil Conspiracy
- I. [7.1] Cause of Action
- II. [7.2] What Law Controls
- III. [7.3] Elements
- IV. [7.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [7.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [7.6] Parties
- VII. [7.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [7.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [7.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [7.10] Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [7.11] Related Actions
- XII. [7.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 8 — Construction
- Chapter 9 — Dog Bite
- I. [9.1] Cause of Action
- II. [9.2] What Law Controls
- III. [9.3] Elements
- IV. [9.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [9.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [9.6] Parties
- VII. [9.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [9.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [9.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [9.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [9.11] Sample Form
- Chapter 10 — Dramshop
- I. [10.1] Cause of Action
- II. [10.2] What Law Controls
- III. [10.3] Elements
- IV. [10.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [10.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [10.6] Parties
- VII. [10.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [10.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [10.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [10.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [10.11] Related Actions
- XII. [10.12] Sample Forms
- Chapter 11 — Loss of Consortium
- I. [11.1] Cause of Action
- II. [11.2] What Law Controls
- III. [11.3] Elements
- IV. [11.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [11.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [11.6] Parties
- VII. [11.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [11.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [11.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [11.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [11.11] Related Actions
- XII. [11.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 12 — Motor Vehicle Actions: Automobiles and Heavy Trucks
- I. [12.1] Cause of Action
- II. [12.2] What Law Controls
- III. [12.3] Elements
- IV. [12.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [12.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [12.6] Parties
- VII. [12.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [12.8] Checklist for Complaint
- IX. [12.9] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [12.10] Related Actions
- XI. [12.11] Sample Form
- Chapter 13 — Motor Vehicle Actions: Railroad
- I. [13.1] Cause of Action
- II. [13.2] What Law Controls
- III. [13.3] Elements
- IV. [13.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [13.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [13.6] Parties
- VII. [13.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [13.11] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [13.12] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [13.13] I.P.I. — Civil No. 60.01
- XII. [13.14] Sample Form
- Chapter 14 — Negligence: General
- I. [14.1] Cause of Action
- II. [14.2] What Law Controls
- III. [14.3] Elements
- IV. [14.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [14.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [14.6] Parties
- VII. [14.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [14.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [14.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [14.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [14.11] Related Actions
- XII. Sample Forms
- Chapter 15 — Negligence: Professional — Medical Malpractice
- I. [15.1] Cause of Action
- II. [15.2] What Law Controls
- III. [15.3] Elements
- IV. [15.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [15.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [15.6] Parties
- VII. [15.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [15.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [15.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [15.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [15.11] Related Actions
- XII. Sample Forms
- Chapter 16 — Negligence: Professional — Legal Malpractice
- I. [16.1] Cause of Action
- II. [16.2] What Law Controls
- III. [16.3] Elements
- IV. [16.8] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [16.9] Statutes of Limitations and Repose; Accrual
- VI. [16.10] Parties
- VII. [16.11] Special Considerations
- VIII. [16.12] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [16.13] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [16.14] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [16.15] Sample Form
- Chapter 17 — Negligence: Professional — Accountant Malpractice
- I. [17.1] Cause of Action
- II. [17.2] What Law Controls
- III. [17.3] Elements
- IV. [17.7] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [17.8] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [17.9] Parties
- VII. [17.10] Special Considerations
- VIII. [17.11] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [17.12] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [17.13] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [17.14] Related Actions
- XII. [17.15] Sample Form
- Chapter 18 — Negligence: Professional — Real Estate Malpractice
- I. [18.1] Cause of Action
- II. [18.2] What Law Controls
- III. [18.3] Elements
- IV. [18.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [18.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [18.6] Parties
- VII. [18.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [18.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [18.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [18.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [18.11] Related Actions
- XII. [18.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 19 — Negligence: Professional — Appraiser Malpractice
- I. [19.1] Cause of Action
- II. [19.2] What Law Controls
- III. [19.3] Elements
- IV. [19.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [19.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [19.6] Parties
- VII. [19.7] Remedies — Special Issues
- VIII. [19.8] Checklist for Complaint
- IX. [19.9] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [19.10] Sample Form
- Chapter 20 — Premises Liability: Against Landowner/Homeowner
- I. [20.1] Cause of Action
- II. [20.2] What Law Controls
- III. [20.3] Elements
- IV. [20.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [20.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [20.6] Parties
- VII. [20.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [20.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [20.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [20.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [20.11] Related Actions
- XII. [20.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 21 — Premises Liability: Against Business Owner
- I. [21.1] Cause of Action
- II. [21.4] What Law Controls
- III. [21.5] Elements
- IV. [21.6] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [21.7] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [21.8] Parties
- VII. [21.9] Special Considerations
- VIII. [21.10] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [21.11] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [21.12] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [21.13] Related Actions
- XII. [21.14] Sample Form
- Chapter 22 — Premises Liability: Against Landlord
- I. [22.1] Cause of Action
- II. [22.2] What Law Controls
- III. [22.3] Elements
- IV. [22.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [22.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [22.6] Parties
- VII. [22.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [22.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [22.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [22.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [22.11] Related Actions
- XII. [22.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 23 — Strict Products Liability
- I. [23.1] Cause of Action
- II. [23.2] What Law Controls
- III. [23.3] Elements
- IV. [23.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [23.5] Statutes of Repose and Limitations
- VI. [23.6] Parties
- VII. [23.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [23.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [23.9] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [23.10] Related Actions
- XI. [23.11] Sample Complaint
- Chapter 24 — Railroad — FELA, Safety Appliance Act, Locomotive Inspection Act, Etc.
- I. [24.1] Cause of Action
- II. [24.2] What Law Controls
- III. [24.3] Elements
- IV. [24.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [24.5] Causation
- VI. [24.6] Statute of Limitations
- VII. [24.7] Parties
- VIII. [24.8] Special Considerations
- IX. [24.9] Remedies — Special Issues
- X. [24.10] Checklist for Complaint
- XI. [24.11] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XII. [24.12] Related Actions
- Chapter 25 — Electrical Injuries
- Chapter 26 — Spoliation of Evidence
- I. [26.1] Cause of Action
- II. [26.2] Legal Framework
- III. [26.3] Elements
- IV. [26.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [26.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [26.6] Parties
- VII. [26.7] Special Considerations — Electronically Stored Information
- VIII. [26.8] Remedies — Special Issues — Sanctions
- IX. [26.9] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- X. [26.10] Related Actions
- [26.11] Certificate of Merit in Spoliation Cases Arising from Medical Negligence
- [26.12] Duty of Employer To Preserve Evidence in Spoliation Cases Arising from Workers’ Compensation Claim
- [26.13] Spoliation and Purely Economic (Nonpersonal Injury) Losses
- [26.14] Insurance Coverage for Spoliation Claims
- XI. Sample Forms
- Chapter 27 — Nursing Home Care
- I. [27.1] Cause of Action
- II. [27.2] What Law Controls
- III. [27.3] Elements
- IV. [27.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [27.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [27.6] Parties
- VII. [27.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [27.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [27.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [27.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [27.11] Related Actions
- XII. [27.12] Sample Form
- Chapter 28 — Damages to Personal Property
- Chapter 29 — Child Sexual Abuse
- Part IV — Federal Claims
- Chapter 30 — Federal Actions in Illinois State Courts
- I. [30.1] Introduction
- II. [30.2] Substantive or Procedural
- III. [30.3] Presumption of Concurrent Jurisdiction
- IV. [30.4] The Colorado River Doctrine and Abstention
- V. [30.5] Common Examples of Federal Actions Subject to Concurrent Jurisdiction
- VI. [30.6] Exclusive Federal Court Jurisdiction
- VII. [30.7] An Illustration of How a Mixed Claim Can Be Addressed
- Chapter 31 — The Federal Tort Claims Act
- I. [31.1] Cause of Action
- II. [31.2] What Law Controls
- III. [31.3] Elements
- IV. [31.4] Relevant Standard Jury Instructions
- V. [31.5] Statute of Limitations
- VI. [31.6] Parties
- VII. [31.7] Special Considerations
- VIII. [31.8] Remedies — Special Issues
- IX. [31.9] Checklist for Complaint
- X. [31.10] Affirmative Defenses Specific to Cause of Action
- XI. [31.11] Sample Form
- Part V — Injunctions
- Chapter 32 — Injunctions
- List of Forms by Chapter
- Mitchell W. Bild
Mitchell W. Bild
Mitchell W. Bild is an associate at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago. He concentrates his practice in personal injury and wrongful-death law. From November 2020 to September 2022, he served as a judicial law clerk to Hon. James N. O’Hara and Hon. Kathy M. Flanagan of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division. Bild received his BA from Michigan State University and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Michael F. Bonamarte IV
Michael F. Bonamarte IV
Michael F. Bonamarte IV is a Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago, concentrating his practice in catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, birth injury, group home abuse, and wrongful death. He recently secured a $40 million birth injury verdict, the highest verdict in Coles County history, for which he received a Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Excellence Award. He serves on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Managers and is a member of the American Association for Justice, where he previously chaired its Nursing Home Litigation Group. He has been named to the Leading Lawyers Top 250 Attorneys in Illinois list for 2026, the Best Lawyers in America, and Illinois Super Lawyers and was featured in Modern Luxury’s Power Players (June 2026). Bonamarte earned his BS with academic distinction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was named to the Dean’s List.
- John A. Bruegger
John A. Bruegger
John A. Bruegger is a Partner at Parafinczuk Wolf, P.A., in St. Louis, where he focuses on plaintiff’s mass tort litigation, products liability, and appeals. He is AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell in Litigation, Toxic Torts, and Personal Injury and is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. He received his JD from the Saint Louis University School of Law and his LLM and JSD from the Washington University School of Law.
- Amelia S. Buragas
Amelia S. Buragas
Amelia S. Buragas is an assistant professor and director of legal studies at Illinois State University. She received her BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, her MA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and her JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
- Timothy J. Cavanagh
Timothy J. Cavanagh
Timothy J. Cavanagh is a Founding Partner at the Cavanagh Sorich Law Group in Chicago, where he concentrates in personal injury litigation. He is a member of the International Society of Barristers and President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He has been included in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2019 – 2026). Cavanagh received his BA from John Carroll University and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Bret P. Coale
Bret P. Coale
Bret P. Coale is a Partner at Hughes Tenney Postlewait Coale, LLC, in Decatur. His practice focuses on medical malpractice defense. He is member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Defense Counsel, and the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association. He received both of his bachelor’s degrees from University of Illinois and his JD from Rutgers Law School–Camden.
- Kristen A. Cooke
Kristen A. Cooke
Kristen A. Cooke is a Partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in product liability and FELA litigation. She is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and the American Bar Association’s TIPS Product Liability Committee. She received her BA summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Saint Louis University and her JD from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law, where she was on the Dean’s List and an editor for the UMKC Law Review.
- David N. Damick
David N. Damick
David N. Damick is the Owner of the Law Offices of David N. Damick in St. Louis. His practice focuses on litigating medical and professional negligence cases, the Federal Tort Claims Act, and birth injuries. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and the American Association for Justice. He received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis and his JD cum laude from the Saint Louis University School of Law.
- Christopher H. Dietmann
Christopher H. Dietmann
Christopher H. Dietmann is a Partner at the Cavanagh Sorich Law Group in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on personal injury litigation. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association and has been included in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2026). Dietmann received his BA from Fordham University and his JD from the Quinnipiac University School of Law.
- Robert R. Duncan
Robert R. Duncan
Robert R. Duncan is the Founder of and Principal at Duncan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago. His practice focuses on litigating cases in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and consumer protection class action. He has been recognized by Leading Lawyers (2017 – 2026), in Illinois Super Lawyers Top 100 (2016, 2018, 2020 – 2026), and by Top Verdict for one of the Top 50 Class Action Settlements in the United States (2020). He received his BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.
- Ehsan Eftekhari
Ehsan Eftekhari
Ehsan Eftekhari is the Founder of Eftekhari Law Offices LLC in Evanston and Park Ridge. His practice focuses on litigating cases in the areas of personal injury, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, labor and employment, construction, and civil rights. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Gerry Spence Method Association. He received his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, his MA from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and his BS from Loyola University.
- David C. Flosi
David C. Flosi
David C. Flosi is an attorney at Duncan Law Group, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in transportation and premises liability and intentional tort litigation. He has been recognized as a Rising Star (2011 – 2017) by Super Lawyers and made the Super Lawyers list in 2024. Flosi received his JD with honors from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
- William T. Gibbs
William T. Gibbs
William T. Gibbs is a Partner at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful-death law. He is a member of the I.P.I. Committee on Jury Instructions (Civil); the Board of Managers, Executive Committee, and Nominating Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; and the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association. Gibbs received his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Collin J. Gill
Collin J. Gill
Collin J. Gill is an associate at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago. His practice focuses on wrongful conviction, police misconduct, and malicious prosecution litigation. He has been recognized as a Rising Star (2026) by Super Lawyers and as an Emerging Lawyer by IL Leading Lawyers (2025, 2026). He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Gill received his BS cum laude and his MS from Creighton University Hider College of Business and his JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
- David R. Gray, Jr.
David R. Gray, Jr.
David R. Gray, Jr., is the owner of Gray Law Offices, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates in real estate and civil litigation. He is a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Estate Taxation Committee and a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, and the Illinois Creditors Bar Association. He received his BA from the College of Charleston and his JD from the Valparaiso University School of Law.
- Charles C. Hughes
Charles C. Hughes
Charles C. Hughes is a Partner at Hughes Tenney Postlewait Coale, LLC, in Decatur. His practice focuses on defense of medical malpractice claims. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Illinois Bar Association and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He received his BBA from the University of Kentucky and his JD from the Drake University Law School.
- Nicholas P. Kelly
Nicholas P. Kelly
Nicholas P. Kelly is Partner at Wallace Miller in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in plaintiffs’ personal injury. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice. He received his BA from the University of Illinois Chicago and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.
- Daniel S. Kirschner
Daniel S. Kirschner
Daniel S. Kirschner is a Partner at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago, where his practice focuses on personal injury and wrongful death. He is Commissioner of the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission’s Hearing Board and a Past Chair of the Illinois Carnival and Amusement Ride Safety Board. He served on the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee’s I.P.I. Committee on Jury Instructions (Civil) and Committee on Character and Fitness. Kirschner received his BA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- A. Jay Koehler
A. Jay Koehler
A. Jay Koehler is a Managing Partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, in Chicago. His practice focuses on FELA, crossing, and wrongful-death litigation; commercial and residential construction disputes; products liability; commercial; transportation; and fire and explosion litigation. He is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, and the Construction Lawyers Society of America. He received his BA cum laude from Morehead State University and his JD cum laude from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was an Executive Editor of The John Marshall Law Review (1990 – 1991).
- Lawrence R. Kream
Lawrence R. Kream
Lawrence R. Kream has recently retired. Before retirement, he owned the Law Office of Lawrence R. Kream, L.L.C., in Chicago, where he focused on medical and other professional negligence, product liability, and construction injuries. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Medical Negligence and Amicus Curiae Committees of the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the Amicus Curiae Committee of the American Association of Justice. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Mr. Kream received his JD with distinction from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
- Kenneth T. Lumb
Kenneth T. Lumb
Kenneth T. Lumb is Managing Partner at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago, where his practice focuses on medical negligence. He is a member of the American Association of Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his BA from the University of Notre Dame and his JD from the DePaul University College of Law.
- Marc McCallister
Marc McCallister
Marc McCallister is a Partner at the Cavanagh Sorich Law Group, where he focuses his practice on personal injury litigation. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Society of Trial Lawyers. McCallister received his BA from Pennsylvania State University and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Kathleen B. McGivney
Kathleen B. McGivney
Kathleen B. McGivney is an associate at Wallace Miller in Chicago, where her practice focuses on plaintiffs’ personal injury. She is a member of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. She received her BA from Loyola University Chicago and her JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
- Michael K. Muldoon
Michael K. Muldoon
Michael K. Muldoon is a Partner at Muldoon & Muldoon, LLC, in Chicago. His practice focuses on personal injury and wrongful death. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and he is a recipient of the Excellence in the Field of Law Award from the Saint Ignatius College Prep Law Society. He received his BA from the University of Notre Dame and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Conrad C. Nowak
Conrad C. Nowak
Conrad C. Nowak is a Partner at Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in personal injury, products liability, toxic tort, construction, aviation, trucking, and commercial litigation. He has been recognized in the area of personal injury litigation — plaintiffs by The Best Lawyers in America (2026) and Super Lawyers (2026). Since 2024, he had been recognized by Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Nowak received his BA with honors from DePaul University and his JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he served as Features Editor of The Loyola University Forum of International Law and as Assistant Features Editor of The Public Interest Law Reporter.
- Matthew S. Sims
Matthew S. Sims
Matthew S. Sims is a Shareholder at Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers) and the American Association for Justice (Past Chair of the Aviation Section). He has been recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 Illinois Attorneys (2022) by Chicago Daily Law Bulletin/Chicago Lawyer Magazine. He received his BA from Purdue University, where he received a Certificate of Superior Achievement, and his JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he received a Certificate in Trial Advocacy, First Place and Best Brief at the Dean Herzog Moot Court Competition, Second Place at the American Association of Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, and recognition for Trial Advocacy at The Honorable Society of the King’s Inn in Dublin, Ireland.
- Andrew J. Thut
Andrew J. Thut
Andrew J. Thutis a Partner and Owner of Thut Law Group in Chicago. His practice focuses on plaintiff’s personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful-death litigation. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. Since 2022, he has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Illinois, and in 2017, he was recognized as one of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch. He received his BS from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
- Melanie J. VanOverloop
Melanie J. VanOverloop
Melanie J. VanOverloop is an attorney at Rapoport Sims Perry & VanOverloop, P.C., in Chicago. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. She is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Society of Trial Lawyers. She received her BA from Purdue University and her JD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
- Molly C. Wells
Molly C. Wells
Molly C. Wells is a Partner at Wallace Miller in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on complex products liability and institutional negligence litigation. She has been recognized as a Rising Star (2018 – 2026) by Super Lawyers, an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers (2024 – 2026), and as One to Watch by Best Lawyers (2023 – 2026). Wells received her BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her JD cum laude from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Tort Actions 2026 Edition
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