Patrick Flaherty, Partner / Attorney

Mr. Flaherty limits his practice to all phases of personal injury, wrongful death, workers' compensation cases, including medical malpractice, auto accidents/truck accidents, construction accidents, defective products, premises accidents, train accidents, nursing home injuries and sexual abuse. His extensive experience in medical malpractice includes birth injuries, diagnosis errors, surgical errors and medication errors. He has been recognized by his peers as among the top five percent of all Illinois lawyers in personal injury, workers’ compensation and medical negligence litigation and has received the highest peer rating for skill and integrity. He has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements and is widely respected as a champion for the victims of negligence and wrongdoing.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Kinnally Flaherty Krentz Loran Hodge & Masur P.C.	Aurora, Illinois	Current

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Northern Illinois University College of Law	J.D.	Law School	1978
Loyola University	B.A.		1972

State / Court	Date
Illinois	1978

• He is a member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), the American Association of Justice (AAJ), the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ILTLA) (former member, Board of Managers), the Kane County Bar Association (KCBA) (President 2007-2008) and the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).

• Mr. Flaherty has been selected as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” in Illinois by the American Trial Lawyers Association and among the top 1 percent of all lawyers nationwide by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” since 2005 by survey of his peers, signifying that he is among the top 5 percent of all Illinois lawyers in the field of personal injury litigation. He has also been named a “Leading Lawyer in Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation and Medical Malpractice” by survey of his peers, a distinction likewise limited to the top 5 percent of all lawyers who practice in Illinois. He was selected by Law & Lawyers Magazine as one of the top five lawyers in all practice fields and one of the top four lawyers in Personal Injury Litigation/Workers' Compensation from Kane, Kendall and DeKalb counties in Illinois. Kinnally Flaherty Krentz Loran Hodge & Masur, P.C. is the only law firm with two members named among the top five lawyers in the tri-county area.
  
  Based on his extraordinary legal experience, competency, reputation and ethical standards, Mr. Flaherty has been selected a Best Attorney by the Best Attorneys of America. He has received the highest evaluation from AVVO with a “10.0 Superb” rating. He has also received the highest rating from his peers for skill and integrity with an AV Preeminent designation by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been voted to the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and to the Board of Directors of the Kane County Bar Association. He was president of the Kane County Bar Association in 2007 - 2008. He also has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to its Committee on Character and Fitness, Second District.

• Nelson v. County of DeKalb
  Unsuccessful zoning Challenge to DeKalb Zoning ordinance. 363 Ill.App.3d 206 (2005)

• Vaughan v. Westphal
  Plaintiff's jury verdict of $13 million tort case (unreported).

• Dawn Equipment Company v. Kentucky Farms
  Plaintiff's jury verdict in patent infringement case. 140 F.3d 1009 (C.A.Fed., 1998)

• Mull v. Kane County Forest Preserve Dist
  Plaintiff's judgment involving injuries sustained bicycling on a path reversed due to immunity under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. 337 Ill.App.3d 589 (2003)

• Valdovinos v. Gallant Insurance Co.
  Plaintiff's bad faith verdict for breach of insurance contract. 314 Ill.App.3d.1018 (2000)

• Navar v. City of Aurora
  Plaintiff is successful in constitutional challenge to municipal noise ordinance. 210 Ill.App.3d 126 (1992)

• In Re: Schweitzer
  Defense jury verdict in $2 million will contest case (unreported).

• A.D. ex rel. J.D. v. Forest Preserve District of Kane Co.
  Defense judgment in willful and wanton case. 313 Ill.App.3d 919 (2000)

• A.D. ex rel. J.D. v. Forest Preserve District of Kane Co.
  Defense judgment in willful and wanton case. 313 Ill.App.3d 919 (2000)

• Schultz v. Lord & Essex, Inc./Village of Oswego
  Plaintiff's permanent injunction against developer for changing watershed so as to increase water drainage onto Plaintiff's farm (unreported)

• "Advocating for and Being with the Powerless" by Paul Dailing, Law & Lawyers, April 2014
  "Yamirka," KCBA Bar Briefs, July, 2011
  “Turning Justice into a Business: The Perils of Private Mediation in Tort Cases,” KCBA Bar Briefs, April, 2010
  "How Judges Influence Advocacy," by Patrick M. Flaherty and Patrick M. Kinnally, KCBA Bar Briefs, February, 2009
  “Kane County Bar Association 1858-2008," Virginia Beach: Donning Publishers, Fall, 2008
  "Our Anniversary," KCBA Bar Briefs, January, 2008
  "Our Heritage," KCBA Bar Briefs, August, 2007
  "A Proud Legacy," KCBA Bar Briefs, July, 2007
  “Patrick Flaherty, KCBA President,” by P.J. Grubbins, KCBA Bar Briefs, July, 2007
  Wrongful Death Mediation Summary
  Personal Injury Mediation Summary

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1978) Licensed as Attorney in Illinois. Verified with Illinois State Bar Association.	March 11, 2017

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