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Christopher T. Hurley | Attorney

Christopher T. Hurley

Christopher T. Hurley

Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C.

Nursing Home, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Mass Torts

Experience: 41 years
Language(s): English
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About Christopher

At Hurley McKenna & Mertz, Christopher is proud of the firms reputation as one of the top personal injury law firms in Chicago, Illinois. At Hurley McKenna & Mertz we practice in the areas of medical malpractice, product liability, vehicle collisions and other negligence cases.

If you do decide to work with us, we work on a contingency fee. You pay nothing unless we win a financial recovery for you.

Hurley McKenna & Mertz does not charge you anything unless we win and we offer free consultations.

Experience

Partner / Attorney

Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C.

1992-Present

Chicago, Illinois

Trial Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie

1988-1992

Chicago, Illinois

Admission

Verified U.S. District Court District of Mi nnesota

2013

Verified U. S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin

1997

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

1997

Verified U. S. District Court District of Utah

1990

Verified Illinois

1984

Verified U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

1984

Education

Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

B.A. (Political Science, Economics)

1981

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member Since:
    1984
  • 3rd Vice President:
    2013
  • Executive Committee:
    2010-present
  • Board of Managers:–
    1996 / present
  • Board of Advocates:
    1994-1996
  • Chairman-Legislative Relations Committee:
    2010-present
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Elected to Board of Governors:
    2011-2014
  • American Association for Justice (AAJ)
  • Member Since:
    1991
  • Leaders Forum
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Legislative Committee:
    1998-2002
  • Tort Law Committee:
    1992-1998
  • Civil Practice Committee,
    1998-2002
  • Society of Trial Lawyers
  • Member Since:
    2006
  • Elected to membership (invitation only organization)
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
  • Member Since:
    2007
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Member Since:
    2003
  • Member Upstate Illinois Committee:
    2003-2009
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Honors / Awards
  • Leadership and Service Award, Loyola University School of Law
    1984
  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow since
    2002
  • Leading Illinois Lawyer since
    2003
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow since
    2006
  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member since
    2006
  • Jury Verdict Reporter Award for Highest Wrongful Death Verdict in the history of DuPage County
    2013

Notable Work

Publications

Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy: Statute of Limitations and Repose Challenges, Illinois Bar Journal, November

2012



Wrongful Birth: Plaintiffs Can Recover for Emotional Distress, Illinois Bar Journal,November

2013


Practice Tips: Hill v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital – A birth injury case, ITLA Journal Winter

2014


Proximate Cause, ITLA Medical Malpractice Notebook,

2011


The Plaintiff Lawyer's Perspective on Contingency Fees, CBA Record, October


1994


Taking Control, Law Practice Management, May

2002

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