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Phillips Law OfficesManaging Partner
Stephen Duane Phillips

Stephen Duane Phillips

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161 North Clark Street, Suite 4925, Chicago, IL 60601-3296

Personal Injury, Accidents, AIDS Litigation and 148 more

About Stephen Duane Phillips

Stephen Duane Phillips is a lawyer practicing personal injury, accidents, aids litigation and 148 other areas of law. Stephen Duane received a B.A. degree from University of Iowa in 1981, and has been licensed for 41 years. Stephen Duane practices at Phillips Law Offices in Chicago, IL.

Stephen Duane Phillips (Chicago, Illinois)

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AV Preeminent Peer Rated
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Champion Badge Silver

At least three reviews and a score of 4.0 or higher.

Champion Badge Gold

At least six reviews and a score of 4.2 or higher.

Champion Badge Platinum

At least ten reviews and a score of 4.5 or higher.

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Stephen Duane Phillips got this award in 2021

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Personal Injury 6
    • Boating Accidents
    • Dog Bites
    • Motorcycle Accidents
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Slip and Fall
    • Wrongful Death
  • Whiplash
  • Airbag Injury
  • Medical Malpractice 2
    • Dental Malpractice
    • Failure to Diagnose
  • Aviation Law 1
    • Airplane Crash Litigation
  • Helicopter Crash Litigation
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery Malpractice
  • Torts 2
    • Mass Torts
    • Negligence
  • Construction Law 1
    • Construction Accidents
  • Lasik Surgery Malpractice
  • Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility 1
    • Legal Malpractice
  • Mesothelioma
  • Products Liability 2
    • Drug and Medical Device Litigation
    • Food Products Liability
  • Professional Liability 1
    • Accountants Liability
  • Securities 1
    • Securities Fraud
  • Other 124
    • Accidents
    • AIDS Litigation
    • Animal Attacks
    • Aquatic Injuries
    • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
    • Automobile Negligence
    • Bicycle Accidents
    • Bodily Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Bus Accidents
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Commercial Vehicle Liability
    • Cumulative Trauma
    • Electrical Injury
    • Head Injury
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
    • Neurolaw
    • Pedestrian Injuries
    • Personal Injury Arbitration
    • Personal Injury Mediation
    • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
    • Power Line Contact Injury
    • Psychological Injury
    • Rental Vehicle Litigation
    • Repetitive Stress Injury
    • School Bus Accidents
    • Severe Burns
    • Spinal Injury
    • Subway Accidents
    • Third Party Wrongful Death
    • TMJ Dysfunction
    • Tourist Injuries
    • Transfusion Associated AIDS
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Unintended Acceleration
    • Breast Implant Litigation
    • Defective Defibrillators
    • Birth Trauma
    • Chiropractors Malpractice
    • Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice
    • Gynecology Malpractice
    • Medical Disciplinary Proceedings
    • Medical Liability
    • Medical Malpractice Defense
    • Medical Negligence
    • Medical-Legal Law
    • Medication Errors
    • Mental Health Professionals Malpractice
    • Nursing Liability
    • Nursing Malpractice
    • Nursing Negligence
    • Obstetric Malpractice
    • Oncology Law
    • Optometric Malpractice
    • Orthopedic Malpractice
    • Pediatric Malpractice
    • Pharmacists Liability
    • Physicians Professional Liability
    • Physicians Rights
    • Podiatric Malpractice
    • Physicians Risk Management
    • Psychiatric Malpractice
    • Psychology Malpractice
    • Psychotherapy Law
    • Surgeons Liability
    • Wrong Site Surgery
    • Aviation Accidents
    • Aviation Liability
    • Aviation Litigation
    • Aviation Products Liability
    • Erb's Palsy
    • Duragesic Patch
    • Fen-Phen Litigation
    • Fentanyl
    • Defective Hip Implants
    • Tort Liability
    • Civil Liability
    • Intentional Torts
    • Truck Accidents
    • Truck Overweight Violations
    • Trucking Law
    • Trucking Liability
    • Transportation Liability
    • Construction Claims
    • Construction Liability
    • Construction Products Liability
    • Construction Safety
    • Scaffolding Liability
    • Roof Industry Liability
    • Structural Work Act
    • Legal Negligence
    • Legal Professional Liability
    • Automotive Crashworthiness
    • Automotive Restraints
    • Diet Drug Litigation
    • Chemical Products Liability
    • Elevator Liability
    • Escalator Liability
    • Gas Explosions
    • Heart Device Litigation
    • Heavy Equipment Products Liability
    • Motorcycle Products Liability
    • Propane Products Liability
    • Recreational Products Liability
    • Tire Defect Litigation
    • Tire/Rim Mismatch
    • Tobacco Litigation
    • Vaccine Injury
    • Vehicle Rollovers
    • Accountants Malpractice
    • Auditors Malpractice
    • Clergy Malpractice
    • Clergy Sexual Misconduct
    • Professional Conduct
    • Professional Discipline
    • Professional Errors and Omissions
    • Professional Malpractice
    • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Sexual Misconduct
    • Viagra
    • Dram Shop Liability
    • Elder Care
    • Dental Malpractice Defense

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Free initial consultation
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Managing Partner
    Firm Name
    Phillips Law Offices
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    ___ v. McCalla, M.D., Associated Surgical Group,
    Methodist Medical Center, Case number 06 L 117. Medical malpractice. $17.5 million settlement.
    ___ v. Price Waterhouse Coopers, Case No. 03 L 11042, recovery of $10.0 million
    ___ v. Suburban Lung Associates, et. al., Court No. 02 L 04984, recovery of $7.4 million
    ___ v. Loyola University Hospitals, Court No. 96 L 04665, recovery of $7 million
    ___ v. Mercy Hospital
    Medical Center, et al., Court No. 90 L 6080, recovery of $5.6 million
    ___ v. Watts, et. al., Court No. 93 L 04210, recovery of $5.1 million
    ___ v. Frezza, M.D., et. al., Court No. 02 L 008907, recovery of $5 million
    ___ v. St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, et al., Court No. 86 L 11283, recovery of $4.25 million
    ___ v. FSC Paper Corp., et. al., Court No. 00 L 6154, recovery of $4.032 million
    ___ v. Confidential Defendant. No suit filed, recovery of $4.1 million
    ___ v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 09L14479, recovery of $4.0 million
    ___ v. Rush Trucking
    Gary Turner et al., Court No. 97 L 5791, recovery of $4 million
    ___ v. Pace Suburban Bus Co., et al., Court No. 96 L 2566, recovery of $3.5 million
    ___ v. Metrick,Court No. 84 M4 273126, recovery of $3.45 million
    ___ v. Little Company of Mary Hospital, et al., Court No. 85 L 18457, recovery of $3.4 million
    ___ v. Confidential Defendant, Court No. 05 L 855, recovery of $3.25 million
    ___ v. Stephen Behnke, M.D., et al., Court No. 02 L 002309, recovery of $3,052,283
    ___ v. Columbia Michael Reese Hospital, et al., Court No. 99 L 03453, recovery of $2.8 million
    ___ v. Circle W Tractor & Equipment, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2.7 million
    ___ v. ABK Construction, Court No. 04 L 14157 recovery of $2.7 million
    ___ v. Pace, Court No. 01 L 012443, recovery of $2.7 million
    ___ v. Children's Memorial Hospital, et, al., Court No. 04 L 008717, recovery of $2.5 million
    ___ v. Holy Cross Hospital, et. al., Court No. 96 L 13007, recovery of $2.5 million
    ___ v. Shipley Co., Court No. 87 L 22709, recovery of $2.5 million
    ___ v. Zadeh, et. al., Court No. 95 L 00840, recovery of $2,425,000.00
    ___v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 08 L 009157, recovery of $2,400,000.00
    ___ v. Harrison, et.al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2,000,000.00
    ___ v. Hunter, et.al., Court No. 02 L 16138, recovery of $1,950,000.00
    ___ v. Loyola, et al., recovery of $1,875,000.00
    ___ v. Moore, et al., Court No. 86 L 02240, recovery of $1.8 million
    ___ v. St. Francis, et al., Court No. 81 L 28974, Court No. 96 L 12855, recovery of $1.575 million
    ___ v. Double D Express, et al., Court No. 09 L 53, recovery of $1,500,000
    ___ v. Multack, et al., Court No. 08 L 004117, recovery of $1,210,000
    ___ v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Court No. 93 L 02134, recovery of $1.35 million
    ___ v. Abrams, et al., Court No. 01 L 05374, recovery of $1.3 million
    ___ v. Miczuga, et al., Court No. 84 L 25597, recovery of $1.25 million
    ___ v. Gardner, et. al., Court #99 l 141251, recovery of $1.125 million
    ___ v. Rosi, et al., Court No. 90 L 10323, recovery of $1,085,000.00
    ___ v.Cohen, M.D., Court No. 81 L 3025, recovery of $1.1 million
    ___ v. Werner Troesken, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $1,090,000.00
    ___ v. Rosel
    , et al., Court No. 01 L 14480, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Ahmadian, Court No. 93 L 9802, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Todd, et. al., Court No. 94 L 14442, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. St. Joseph's Hospital, Court No. 95 L 05838, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Clark Court, No. 98 L 02047, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Subramanian, Court No. 97 L 02951, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Deerbrook Medical Associates, Court #00 L 44, recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. BlueSky Taxi, et al., recovery of $1 million
    ___ v. Wilson, et al., Court No. 08 L 010107, recovery of $1 million

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1985, Illinois
    1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    Memberships

    • Illinois State Bar Association
    • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
    • American Trial Lawyers Association
    • American Bar Association

    Other associations and honors
    • Fellow — Illinois Bar Foundation (1995)
    • Justinian Society of Lawyers — Mentor for Mentor Program
    • Justinian Society Scholarship Committee
    • John G. Phillips Scholarship Chairman
    • Loyola University — Presidents Club
    • University of Iowa Alumni Association — Lifetime Member
    • Elected to Consumer Guide Book — Leading Attorneys in Illinois 1995 —present (Determined by a state-wide survey of lawyers.) Published by American Research Corporation.
    • International Who’s Who of Professionals (1995), Published by Gilbralter Marketing
    • Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry (1999 -2000 Edition)
    • Society of Trial Lawyers (1999 to present)
    • Illinois Network of Leading American Attorneys (2000 to present)
    • Recognized in the Chicago Lawyer Magazine as resolving the most million dollar plus cases than any other lawyer in Illinois in 1999 survey.
    • Martindale-Hubbell Rating
    AV — Legal Ability Very High to preeminent.
    Ethical Standards — Very High.
    Highest Rating for Both
    • 2005 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award
    • 2004 — 2009 Law and Leading Attorneys Statewide Survey Lawyers.
    • Advisory Board — Top 5% of Lawyers in the State of Illinois
    • 2005 — 2013 Recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in a statewide survey of lawyers.
    • 2006 — 2008 Loyola University School of Law — Adjunct Professor — Illinois Civil Litigation Prior to Trial
    • 2009 — 2013 Loyola University School of Law — Adjunct Professor — Illinois Personal Injury Law
    • 2007 — 2013 Highest rating for Personal Injury Lawyer in Illinois by Avvo.com Also highest ratings for Trucking Lawyer, Brain Injury Lawyer and Birth Trauma Lawyer.
    • 2008 — 2013 Voted Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois. American Trial Lawyers Association — Now National Trial Lawyers
    • 2010-2011 “Who’s Who in Collegiate Faculty” Montclair Publishing
    • April 2011 Inducted as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Academy is limited to 500 lawyers worldwide.)
    • Included in 2012 Top Rated Lawyers Guide to Transportation Law
    The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel Magazine
    • 2013 Reelected as Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois by the National Trial Lawyers Association

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Loyola University School of Law
    J.D.
    1985 Adjunct Professor of Law - Illinois Civil Litigation Prior to Trial and Personal Injury Law 2006-2013
    Other Education
    University of Iowa
    Class of 1981
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1959
    Dearfield, Illinois, April 7, 1959

Stephen Duane Phillips

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161 North Clark Street, Suite 4925Chicago, IL 60601-3296U.S.A.

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