Corboy & Demetrio, one of nation's top law firms founded by nationally acclaimed Chicago trial lawyers Philip H. Corboy and Thomas A. Demetrio, is renowned for its achievements in litigating serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. Its exceptional success - the firm has acquired more than $3 billion in settlements and verdicts, of which nearly 600 were in excess of $1 million - has gained it recognition. Corboy and Demetrio has ranked first in the Chicago Lawyer Settlement Survey for the highest settlements in Illinois eight out of the past sixteen years, leading all other firms, and has ranked in the top four positions for all sixteen years. All twelve partners and two associates are members of the Leading Lawyers Network, a peer reviewed selection which recognizes only the top 5% of all Illinois lawyers. In addition, all twelve partners have been selected by peer review to the Illinois Super Lawyers list and three of our young attorneys are Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Stars.
Corboy & Demetrio is the only Chicago law firm to include four former Chicago Bar Association Presidents. It is also the only law firm to include four attorneys who have served as President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Philip Corboy has been named one of the country's 100 most influential lawyers in the National Law Journal "Profiles in Power" survey in every listing since 1985, when the Journal began the triennial survey. One of only 13 lawyers nationwide to hold that distinction, Mr. Corboy has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America since its inception in 1987.
Tom Demetrio is a fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers, The International Academy of Trial Lawyers and The Inner Circle of Advocates. He was named one of the nation's top 10 trial lawyers by the National Law Journal in 1990 and, in 1999, was listed first for the top ten trial lawyers in Illinois. He has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America since its inception. Since 2003, Tom has been voted by his peers in the top ten of the top 5% of all lawyers in Illinois and in 2007, was named in the top five of the state's 80,000 lawyers. He is Past President of the Chicago Bar Association and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is hailed by the prestigious Lawdragon as the "powerhouse of aviation and medical negligence law. In the windy city, he's the name for everything from medical malpractice claims to aviation disasters." Lawdragon also said that Tom is "Chicago's top trial lawyer who stands alone atop the Chicago trial bar for 100 million reasons, including the biggest injury verdict ever upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court."
Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr., like Tom and their Corboy and Demetrio partner, David R. Barry, Jr., is a member of the invitation-only American College of Trial Lawyers, the country's pre-eminent organization of trial lawyers that limits its membership to the top 1% of all trial lawyers. Phil is also profiled in the invitation-only, peer selected list, Best Lawyers in America. He is a past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and immediate past President of the Board of Directors for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.
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