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200 East Randolph Aon Center , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Aviation

Firm: Clifford Law Offices

120 N. LaSalle Street , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents, Aviation & Aerospace, Birth Injuries, Civil , Construction Accidents, Construction , Corporate , Head and Spinal Injuries, Health Care & Hospitalization, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Railroad/FELA, Transportation , Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Aviation

Kevin Durkin is a partner at Clifford Law Offices. Over a career that spans more than 35 years, Mr. Durkin has successfully represented clients in many practice areas, including:. Mr. Durkin has been named a top-tier attorney by U.S. News-Best Lawyers in the areas of personal injury litigation, aviation law and product liability since 2011. Most recently he was named the Lawyer of the Year in 2020 in the area of Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation. These accolades are based on peer reviews and his legal ability, professionalism and integrity. He has also been named an Illinois Super Lawyer and a Leading Lawyer since 2003, its inception in the state.. While he is an established attorney for personal injury, Mr. Durkin is perhaps best known for his work as an aviation accident attorney. He has been involved in nearly every major commercial airline crash of the last four decades, often serving as lead counsel.. With his experience and success as an aviation accident attorney, Mr. Durkin served for four years as the Co-Chair of the Aviation Committee for the 75,000-member American Bar Association's Section of Litigation. In that position, he chaired an annual program that brings together the best and the brightest to discuss cutting-edge issues in aviation litigation. He often still serves as a speaker for that annual program. Mr. Durkin served for two years as Co-Chair of the Mass Torts Litigation Committee and has served as Vice-Chair of the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.. After he graduated from DePaul University College of Law, Mr. Durkin served as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Chicago for eight years from 1980 to 1988. Since then, he has focused on civil litigation at Clifford Law Offices.

Firm: Rapoport Law Offices, P.C.

20 N. Clark Street , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Aviation

Matthew Sims is a partner with the firm and a trial lawyer who represents victims and their families in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. He has litigated cases in jurisdictions across the country and has tried cases to verdict in several states.. Some of Matthew's recoveries on behalf of his clients have included a $6,400,000 settlement in a case involving bleeding complications from a medical device, a $4,900,000 settlement in a slip and fall that resulted in significant injuries and death of a woman at work, a first-of-its-kind $3,000,000 jury verdict against a pharmaceutical company after a man committed suicide while on a mislabeled generic version of its anti-depressant medication, a $3,000,000 settlement in a case where a factory worker was killed while operating a machine, a $2,300,000 award in a case involving the malfunction of a service vehicle that pinned a worker against an aircraft, a $2,000,000 settlement in an ankle injury case that set a record as the highest ever for such an injury in that jurisdiction, and a $939,000 settlement for a broken ankle in a trucking accident that also set a record as the highest ever for such an injury in that jurisdiction.. Matthew has also handled numerous airplane and helicopter accidents that have resulted in substantial confidential recoveries on behalf of his clients.. Due to his experience in representing his clients, Matthew has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star for five years straight - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 - a distinction limited to only the top 2.5% of lawyers under the age of 40 in the State of Illinois. He has also been repeatedly selected by the National Trial Institute as a "Top 40 Under 40" attorney practicing in the field of plaintiff's personal injury, in both 2017 and 2018.. In addition to representing the injured and their families in the trial court, Matthew has experience with appellate matters in the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.. Matthew originally hails from the western suburbs of Chicago where he grew up and attended high school. He received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University, earning a Certificate of Superior Achievement from the Department of History, before returning to Chicago to attend law school.. Matthew graduated from The John Marshall Law School with his Juris Doctorate and a Certificate in Trial Advocacy, which was awarded to less than 3% of students. At The John Marshall Law School, he won the Dean Herzog Moot Court Competition, writing the award-winning Best Brief of the competition. Supplementing his education during law school, he clerked for the Cook County Public Defender's Office, as well as the Presiding Judge of the Fifth Municipal District of Cook County.

Firm: Hetherington, Karpel & Bobber, LLC

120 North LaSalle Street , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Aviation