Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner, since 1984

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Cooney received his J.D. from the Loyola University School of Law in 1979 and his B.A. from Georgetown University in 1976, after which he spent five years as a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorneys Office in the Felony Trial Division.

Mr. Cooney regularly handles complex personal injury and wrongful death cases which have resulted in numerous record-setting verdicts and settlements. He recently concluded the largest personal injury settlement in the history of Illinois, which resulted in obtaining over $200 million for his clients who were fatally exposed to asbestos products.

His jury verdicts include a judgment of $12.3 million in Barry v. Owens-Corning, which is the highest compensatory asbestos verdict in Illinois and a record verdict of $3.4 million for a woman injured in a bus accident in Jorgenson v. Whiteside.

He has been identified each year by the Chicago Lawyer among the top ten attorneys obtaining multi-million dollar results in its Annual Settlement Survey, which analyzes cases involving transportation disasters, product liability and construction accidents. He has been elected to the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Consumer Protection
• Medical Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Construction Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Founding Chairman, Mass Torts Committee)
• American Bar Association, Section of Litigation (Civil Justice Institute)
• American Bar Association (TIPS Asbestos Task Force)
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers)
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• Children's Memorial Hospital (Board of Directors)
• Friends of Prentice Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Classes and Seminars

• Effects of Bankruptcy on Plaintiffs, Defendants and Insurers, Asbestos Bankruptcy Seminar, Mealey Publications, 2004
• Co-Chair, Asbestos Bankruptcy Seminar, Mealey Publications, 2003

Past Employment Positions

• Cook County State Attorney, Prosecutor/Felony Trial Division, 1979 - 1984

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1979
  J.D.
• Georgetown University, 1976
  B.A.

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Address

# 3000
120 N Lasalle St
Chicago, IL 60602-2415

Phones

(312) 236-6166

Faxes

(312) 236-3029

Emails

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Websites

http://www.cooneyconway.com