Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth Managing Partner Karen Kies DeGrand will share insights on the privilege provisions in medical malpractice litigation under a recent Appellate Court of Illinois decision at a free CLE seminar later this month. Ms. DeGrand will discuss the distinctions between the litigation privileges under the federal Patient Safety Act and the…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth’s new Managing Partner Karen DeGrand was profiled in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin about her history with the firm and plans for the future. In the article titled “Donohue Brown names DeGrand as managing partner,” Ms. DeGrand discussed the firm’s growth and accomplishments since she joined as part of the…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is pleased to welcome Olivia Smith as an associate at the firm. This news closely follows the firm’s addition of three new associates in November. Ms. Smith concentrates her practice in professional negligence and has experience in conducting depositions, drafting and arguing motions, negotiating settlements and preparing for trial. Prior…
Kent Mathewson shared insights on medical malpractice litigation and the lifecycle of a case at the 15th annual joint conference for the Illinois Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons and the Chicago Ophthalmological Society on March 8, 2019. He has been an invited speaker at this conference for many years. To a large audience as…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is pleased to announce that Karen DeGrand has been named Managing Partner of the firm. She succeeds Mark Burden, who held the role since 2017, and joins the firm’s 3-partner Management Committee with Stetson Atwood and Michael Borree. “For nearly 25 years, Donohue Brown has maintained a reputation as a…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys were named to the 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers lists, including two Rising Stars. This news closely follows 20 firm attorneys receiving recognition as 2019 Illinois Leading and Emerging Lawyers. Illinois Super Lawyers · Sherri Arrigo · Stetson Atwood · Norman Barry · Michael…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is delighted to announce that 20 attorneys have been recognized as leaders in their field by Illinois Leading Lawyers 2019. Each of the firm’s 17 partners has been named either a Leading Lawyer or an Emerging Lawyer. Congratulations to all of the firm’s 2019 Leading Lawyers and Emerging Lawyers: Leading…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is delighted to announce that the firm has been recognized as a Metropolitan Tier 1 in Chicago in the 2019 “Best Law Firms” list for both Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants and for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants by U.S. News – Best Lawyers. The firm has been honored every…
Kent Mathewson was a featured speaker and Guest of Honor at the Meeting of the New England Ophthalmology Society in Boston on March 5-6, 2015. He spoke on issues of informed consent, evidence in medical malpractice trials, and physician/patient relationships.