Corboy & Demetrio

Overview

<p>Corboy &amp; Demetrio P.C. is a Chicago plaintiff personal injury and wrongful death firm with more than seven decades of documented trial practice. Founded by Philip H. Corboy and Thomas A. Demetrio, the firm concentrates exclusively on representing injured individuals and their families against institutional and corporate defendants, with established practices in aviation, medical malpractice, product liability, construction, railroad, premises liability, and vehicular litigation across state and federal courts in Illinois and beyond.</p><p>The firm's aggregate recovery record, as reported on its public case disclosures, exceeds $5 billion in verdicts and settlements, with nearly 700 individual recoveries at or above $1 million. Among documented outcomes: a $110 million recovery arising from the 1994 American Eagle crash near Roselawn, Indiana; a $44 million Metra train derailment recovery inclusive of a $29.6 million jury verdict; and a $42.4 million hospital wrongful death jury verdict in 2024, reported by the firm as a Cook County record. A $22 million jury award in a truck-accident quadriplegia case was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court, and a separate $22 million medical malpractice verdict was recognized at the time of its issuance as the largest for a woman's death in Cook County.</p><p>Peer recognition has been sustained across multiple publications and professional bodies. U.S. News &ndash; Best Lawyers selected the firm to its Best Law Firms list for a sixteenth consecutive year in 2026, assigning Tier 1 standings in Plaintiffs' Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice for Chicago and a national ranking in Plaintiffs' Mass Tort Litigation. Ten partners appear in The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Edition; Thomas A. Demetrio has been listed in every edition since 1987. In 2026, nine partners received Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America designations, and both Thomas Demetrio (inducted 2021) and Philip Harnett Corboy Jr. (inducted 2025) hold Lawdragon Hall of Fame recognition.</p><p>Thomas Demetrio holds fellowship in the Inner Circle of Advocates &mdash; a body capped at one hundred plaintiff trial lawyers nationally &mdash; and in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has served on the American Association for Justice Executive Committee since 2008. All current partners carry AV Preeminent ratings from Martindale-Hubbell and Leading Lawyers Network selections, placing them among the top five percent of Illinois-licensed attorneys by peer review. The firm stands as the only Chicago practice to have produced four former Chicago Bar Association Presidents and four former Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Presidents.</p>

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