Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Wendell's extensive experience as an active trial attorney for both plaintiffs and defendants has resulted in many attorneys seeking his assistance as a mediator.  He has tried in excess of 100 cases to a jury verdict on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.  In addition, Mr. Clancy has negotiated countless settlements and obtained numerous verdicts in excess of one million dollars on behalf of clients in Illinois and other states in both federal and state courts.  He represents clients in all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases including products liability, medical negligence, auto/truck accidents, airplane accidents, and premise liability including construction accidents.  Mr. Clancy's experience includes litigating punitive damages on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants.

Wendell W. Clancy has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year, including 2008, as well as a Top Lawyer in Illinois.  In May of 2008, he was approved by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as a Dispute Resolution Arbitrator. In addition to authoring several articles in the field of products liability and general litigation, he has provided instruction to attorneys from thirty states on Advanced Trial Techniques at the invitation of the American Bar Association.  He has been chosen by the Illinois Supreme Court to be the Chair (1996 1998) of its Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction-Civil and was a committee member from 1995 to 2005.  In addition to membership in numerous bar associations, he is an invited member of both the American Board of Trial Advocates (he was the President of the Illinois Chapter, 2205 2006) and Scribes, The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.  He has been selected as a Fellow by the American Bar Association, an honor reserved for less than 1/3 of 1% of the practicing attorneys, judges and law school professors.

Areas of Practice

• Professional Negligence
• Doctor and/or Hospital
• Lawyer
• Injury/Death Claims
• Motor Vehicle Operation (Car, Truck, Airplane, Boat)
• Construction
• Slip and Fall
• Product Liability
• Defective Design/Manufacturing
• - Failure to Warn
• Insurance Claims
• Coverage
• Bad Faith
• Contract/Property Loss
• - Construction
• Real Estate
• Employment

Representative Cases

• Wilson v. Clark, 84 Ill.2d 186, 417 N.E.2d 1322 (Ill. Supreme Ct. 1981)

West Practice Categories

Construction Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1963
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1963
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1963
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1975

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois Supreme Court, 1996 - 1998 (Chair, Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction-Civil)
• The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter (Invited Member)
• The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2000 - 2002 (Treasurer, Progressing to President)
• The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2002 - 2004 (Vice-president)
• The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2004 - 2006 (President)
• Scribes - The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects (Invited Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Advanced Trial Techniques, American Bar Association
• Instructor Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting.

Education

• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
  J.D.
  Honors: National Merit Scholar
• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2005
  Certified Mediator
• Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1959
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

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Address

7 South 2nd Avenue
Saint Charles, IL 60174-1921

Phones

(630) 584-7666

Faxes

(630) 584-1649

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Websites

http://www.clancylaw.com