Gordon Ralph Broom

Bar/Professional Associations

•American Bar Foundation
•American Board of Trial Advocates (emeritus)
•American Board of Trial Advocates, Missouri/Southern Illinois Chapter President (2001)
•American College of Trial Lawyers (fellow, emeritus)
•Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (emeritus)
•President (2004-2005)
•Executive Committee (1999-2002)
•Officer (2002-2004)
•Bar Association of the Central and Southern Federal Districts of Illinois (inactive)
•Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
•President (1995-1996)
•Board of Directors (elected 1986)
•Illinois State Bar Association
•International Academy of Trial Lawyers Member (emeritus)
•Madison County Bar Association
•Seventh Circuit Bar Association (inactive)
•Board of Governors (representing Southern District of Illinois)

Recipient of the Albert Cassens Community Service Award, 2013

Published Legal Writing:

"The Evolution of Employment Practices Liability Insurance: What started out wasn't worth the paper it was printed on and what has developed may be too good to last," Declarations, winter 2003-04

"What's Good for the Goose: An Argument for the Symmetrical Application of the Petrillo Doctrine," IDC Quarterly, Vol 14, No. 4, 2004

"Suing Your Pet Iguana: Equitable Apportionment v. Indivisible Injury," Illinois Bar Journal, Vol 87, January 1999

Legal Lectures:

Mr. Broom has lectured on topics having to do with trial practice, usually representing the defense perspective. Programs in which he has been a participant in recent years include presentations for the IICLE Trial Evidence Seminar, the IICLE Civil Discovery Practice Seminar, the IICLE Third Party Practice Seminar, the ISBA Law Ed Series: Tort Reform Day to Day Issues; the ISBA Law Ed Series: Selecting and Preparing an Expert Witness; the ISBA Mutual Seminar: "Conflicts of Interest that Can Lead to Malpractice Claims: Multiple Representations; Unrepresented Parties; Outside Business Interests with Clients," and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys' Annual Meeting, Bermuda, 1997, "The Tri-Partite Relationship in Defending Insureds: Ethical Problems in Discovery and Client Communications."

He has made presentations to the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel's spring and fall seminars on closing arguments in comparative fault cases; use of rehabilitation expert witnesses to mitigate damages; trial strategies associated with contribution and apportionment; instructing juries in multiple party lawsuits; and on catastrophic injury and punitive damage cases. He presented "The Court's Wild Ride Through the Magic Kingdom of UM/UIM Coverage" presentation to ABA TIPS Section on Insurance at ABA Annual Meeting, 1996. He was a presenter at the DRI Joint International Conference, Barcelona, Spain in May 2004: "Class Actions in the United States: Lawsuit du Jour." He was a panelist for the ABOTA/FDCC Jury Trial Summit Program in April 2005 and a panelist for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Insurance Symposium "Who is the Client? The Tripartite Relationship." He has served as a member of the faculty for the IDC Trial Academy.