Our lawyers represent national businesses such as Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors America, Hyundai Motor America, Jaguar Motor Cars, Mack Trucks, International Truck & Engine Corporation, American Honda Motor Company, Illinois State Medical Insurance Company, Loyola University Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is one of Chicago’s pre-eminent trial practice boutiques. Founded in 1995, the firm successfully tries difficult, high exposure cases in the country’s most challenging jurisdictions. The firm is known as one of the “go to” firms in Chicago for particularly difficult or high stakes cases and, since its founding, no firm in Chicago has tried as many complex cases as successfully as DBMS. Two partners have been ranked by Chicago Lawyer magazine as among the top 20 tort defense lawyers in Chicago and four partners have been elected as Fellows of The American College of Trial Lawyers.

DBMS congratulates Karen Kies DeGrand on her June 30, 2009 election as Treasurer of the Appellate Lawyers Association ("ALA"). Ms. DeGrand, previously a Director of the ALA, will continue to serve as Editor of The Brief, a publication regarding ALA events, recent decisions affecting appellate practice, and supreme court rule changes pertaining to appellate procedure.

On June 3, 2009 a Cook County jury returned a defense verdict in favor of the firm's client, an obstetrician-gynecologist represented by Sherri M. Arrigo. Read more.

On May 15, 2009, a Winnebago County jury awarded a verdict in favor of defendant ophthalmologist represented by J. Kent Mathewson and Timothy L. Hogan. Read more.

On May 5, 2009, a Lake County, IL jury awarded a verdict in favor of defendant obstetrician represented by J. Kent Mathewson and Bryan J. Kirsch. Read more.

On May 5, 2009, a Cook County jury awarded a verdict in favor of defendant obstetrician represented by Sherri M. Arrigo and Richard H. Donohue. Read more.

On April 24, 2009, a Cook County jury awarded a verdict in favor of defendant surgeon represented by Stetson F. Atwood and Edward E. Fu. Read more.

John J. Duffy was an invited speaker at the American Bar Association’s National Legal Malpractice Conference in Miami, Florida. Mr. Duffy spoke about defense lawyers handling legal malpractice cases when the insurance carrier has asserted a complicated coverage issue. Mr. Duffy authored a paper on the topic that was included with the seminar materials and is available by emailing Mr. Duffy at john.duffy@dbmslaw.com.

On March 12, 2009, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, affirmed the entry of summary judgment in favor of a product manufacturer represented by Richard B. Foster, Karen Kies DeGrand and Bryan J. Kirsch. Read more.

On February 27, 2009 Kent Mathewson spoke at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Las Vegas. This presentation addressed expert testimony in medical cases.

DBMS congratulates Norman J. Barry, Jr., Donald J. Brown, Jr., Richard H. Donohue, Richard B. Foster, John A. Krivicich, J. Kent Mathewson, and Robert W. Smyth, Jr. for being named top lawyers in Illinois for 2009 by Leading Lawyers Network magazine.

DBMS congratulates Norman J. Barry, Jr., Donald J. Brown, Jr., Mark M. Burden, Karen K. DeGrand, Richard H. Donohue, John J. Duffy, Richard B. Foster, J. Kent Mathewson, and Robert W. Smyth, Jr. for being named by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in Illinois for 2009. They are featured in the February issue of Chicago Magazine.