Best Law Firms in Illinois for Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Cavanagh Sorich Law Group

Since our founding in 1997, Cavanagh Sorich Law Group has recovered more than $900 million in verdicts and settlements across the country — including record-breaking triumphs in Illinois. Our Chicago attorneys are nationally recognized as skillful litigators with a high success rate. We pursue challenging cases and win trial victories using sophisticated strategies, cutting-edge technology and an arsenal of nationally renowned experts.

Our award-winning attorneys have expertise in every facet of personal injury law — from medical malpractice and wrongful death cases to catastrophic railroad crashes. Our trial-tested team takes on claims of all sizes and believes in treating each client with the same attention, care and respect. We are aggressive advocates for victims and families who have suffered at the hands of negligent people, products and companies. Our dedicated attorneys know that nothing can turn back time or bring back a loved one — but we believe personal injury litigation can provide justice, a sense of closure and financial compensation following traumatic events.

Clients turn to Cavanagh Sorich Law Group when winning is the only option. We devote the firm’s full resources to every case and use cutting-edge technology to prove fault, negligence and recklessness. Our attorneys retain the nation’s top experts in diverse fields — from neurology to accident reconstruction — to create powerful imagery that resonates with jurors well into deliberation.

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Nationally ranked at the highest levels of professional excellence, the attorneys of Chicago‑based Cooney & Conway have been providing exceptional legal services to injured people and their families for more than 50 years. In addition to its acclaimed asbestos litigation practice, the law firm also handles complex personal injury matters including, medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, transportation accidents, construction accidents, and professional negligence. Fighting for those who have suffered catastrophic injuries or wrongful death, Cooney & Conway is known for aggressive, yet compassionate representation and for committed, responsive relationships with its clients. Understanding the devastation to clients brought by injury, illness, and death, the firm’s primary focus is ensuring that matters are resolved justly and expeditiously, so that future financial burdens can be relieved.

The attorneys of Cooney & Conway have mastered the complexities of mesothelioma and personal injury litigation, consistently and successfully helping thousands of injured clients and their families obtain fair compensation for injuries resulting from the negligence of others, including:

• $5.2 billion settlement agreement with the Owens Corning Asbestos Case
• $3.95 billion settlement agreement with USG Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
• $1.43 billion settlement agreement with the Combustion Engineering/ABB Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
• $1.2 billion settlement agreement with the Kaiser Aluminum Personal Injury Trust
• $35 million-dollar verdict against a major oil company in an asbestos death case
• $19.9 million-dollar verdict in a trucking accident death case
• $12.3 million verdict against an insulator who died of mesothelioma, whose case was tried to jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Cook County by Cooney and Conway attorneys John Cooney, William Fahey, and Jim Hopkinson. The verdict of compensatory damages of $12.3 million was reported as the largest single mesothelioma verdict nationwide ·
• $4.5 million settlement agreement in a wrongful death case resulting from drowning in a barge collision

The continued success of Cooney & Conway is a testament to its expertise, diligence, and dedication to its clients. This expertise and diligence has also earned Cooney & Conway the respect of judges, colleagues, and adversaries, alike. Serving the community with the highest standards of professionalism and ethics is what sets Cooney & Conway apart from other personal injury firms, and why it remains one of the most distinguished law firms in the nation.

Power Rogers LLP is a leading law firm with 10 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 6 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 1987. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that Power Rogers LLP has on their team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Civil Rights Law.

Power Rogers LLP is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 6 practice areas. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. Power Rogers LLP has 7 rankings in 6 practices. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.