Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is delighted to announce that 20 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers to be listed by the Leading Lawyers Network as being among the top lawyers in the State of Illinois. These attorneys have been named as leading lawyers in several specialty areas including commercial litigation, civil appellate law, insurance, insurance coverage and reinsurance law, medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense, products liability defense, professional malpractice defense and toxic tort defense. Nominations for this honor were obtained by surveying all Illinois lawyers and asking the question: “If a family member or friend needs legal help and you cannot take the case, which lawyers would you recommend within your area of law or geographic area?” Lawyers could not nominate themselves or anyone at their firm. All nominations were subjected to three additional phases of review before the final selection for the listings were made. The total number of members in the Leading Lawyers network will never exceed five percent of the total number of lawyers in the state.
The following partners, of counsel and senior counsel were recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in the State of Illinois:
Sherri M. Arrigo (medical malpractice defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Stetson F. Atwood (general personal injury defense; medical malpractice defense)
Michael J. Borree (medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Mark H. Boyle (products liability defense)
Mark M. Burden (general personal injury defense; insurance/insurance coverage/reinsurance law; medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Thomas W. Cushing (general personal injury defense; transportation defense (including aviation/FELA/maritime))
Karen Kies DeGrand (civil appellate law)
Richard H. Donohue (ADR law: personal injury; class action/ mass tort defense; medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Timothy L. Hogan (medical malpractice defense; products liability defense)
J. Kent Mathewson (commercial litigation; medical malpractice defense; products liability defense)
John M. McGarry (medical malpractice defense)
Anthony M. Pinto (general personal injury defense; medical malpractice defense; products liability defense)
James D. Sloan (medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Robert W. Smyth, Jr. (medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial); toxic tort defense)
In addition, two partners and three associates have been recognized as Emerging Lawyers. Emerging Lawyers identifies the top 2% of the lawyers in Illinois who are under 40 years old or have been practicing for 10 years or less. These attorneys were recognized as Emerging Lawyers in the following fields:
Amanda L. Balen (products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Daniel J. Cozzi (professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
David K. Duffey (product liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Edward E. Fu (commercial litigation; medical malpractice defense; products liability defense; professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))
Curtiss S. Schreiber (professional malpractice defense (including legal/technical/financial))