Member at the firm The Healy Law Firm
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Truck Accidents; Medical Malpractice; Railroad Accidents and Injuries; Aviation Accidents
Admitted
1968, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Loyola University, J.D.
College
University of Notre Dame, B.A., honors
Membership
Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Tort Litigation Committee) and Illinois State Bar Association (Chair, Tort Law Section Council); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1998-1999; President-Elect, 1997-1998; 2nd Vice President, 1996-1997; Third Vice-President, 1995-1996; Parliamentarian, 1994-1995; Secretary, 1993-1994; Treasurer, 1992-1993; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1992-1995; Member, Executive Committee, 1993; Seminar Planning Chair); American Association for Justice (Member, Executive Committee, Interstate Trucking Litigation Group; Chair-Elect, Product Liability Section, 2007; Chair, Product Liability Section, 2008; Executive Committee, 2005; Board of Governors, 2002; President's Club, 2002; Chair, Truck Underride Litigation Group); Society of Trial Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Board of Directors); Celtic Legal Society of Chicago (President, 2002-2003).
Biography
Associate Editor, Law Review, Loyola University School of Law. Recipient: Law Alumni Scholar; Judge Geary Scholar. Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Illinois. Included: Leading Lawyers of Illinois, 2004; Super Lawyers of Illinois, 2005. Counsel, Democratic Leadership, Illinois House of Representatives. Associate, James A. Dooley Associates. Chief of General Counsel Division and First Assistant Corporation Counsel, Corporation Counsel's Office, City of Chicago. Chair, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, 2004. Member, Supreme Court Committee, Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, 1998. Commissioner, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. Author: "Scope of the Discovery of Documents is Significantly Enlarged," 55 Illinois Bar Journal 530; "Intersectional Collisions," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1997-2001, 2007; "Sunshine is Vital to Public Safety," Illinois Bar Journal, March 2004; "A Trial Lawyer's Introduction to SUV Rollover Claims," Illinois Bar Journal, December, 2001; "Silent Killer on the Highway," Trial ATLA, August, 2000; "A Voyage of Discovery," Truck Underride Trial Journal, ITLA, Spring 1999. Moderator: "Insurance Law: Insights and Update"; "Update and Review Seminar"; "More Than an Evidence Seminar"; "Persuasion at Trial"; "Point/Counterpoint," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Lecturer: Chicago Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers. Board of Directors: Chicago Community Bank; Plaza Bank. President Chairman, Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago. Director, St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee of Chicago. President, Board of Governors, Loyola University School of Law, 2006.
Born
Chicago, Illinois
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