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.

J. Kent Mathewson Receives Outstanding Attorney of the Year Award. Read more.

On July 2, 2008, a Cook County jury returned a verdict in favor of an otolaryngologist represented by Robert W. Smyth, Jr. and Kristin M. Gruss. Read more.

The Chicago Bar Association recently appointed John J. Duffy as the 2008 - 2009 Chairman of the Association's Attorney Malpractice Committee. Read more.

On June 27, 2008, a Cook County jury rendered a verdict in favor of an orthopedic surgeon represented by Richard H. Donohue and Anthony M. Pinto. Read more.

On May 23, 2008, a Cook County jury rendered a verdict in favor of a cardiothoracic surgeon represented by Anthony M. Pinto and Kristin M. Gruss. Read more.

On May 14, 2008, a Cook County jury returned a not guilty verdict in favor of a Cardiologist and Cardiologist group represented by Stetson F. Atwood. Read more.