Background
Willer, Edward G. was born on August 17, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Edward G. Willer
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Bachelor, DePaul University, Chicago, 1970. Juris Doctor, DePaul University, Chicago, 1973.
Career
Worked at Corboy & Demetrio, Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Plaintiff"s Personal Injury Litigation, Aviation Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Negligence, Professional Negligence, FELA, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Law, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Construction Accidents, Structural Work Acting, Wrongful Death Law, Vehicular Accident Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Illinois. 1992, United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois.
United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Blue Key. Member: Chicago (Member: Circuit Court Committee, 1990. Civil Practice Committee, 1991).
Illinois State and American (Vice-Chair, Committee on Product General Liability and Consumer Law, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, 1989-1990) Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Judicature Society. Corboy & Demetrio was founded by nationally acclaimed personal injury trial lawyer Philip H. Corboy.
The firm represents individuals and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from aviation and vehicular accidents, medical and professional negligence, product liability, premises liability and construction accidents.
Since 1974, Corboy & Demetrio has attained nearly 300 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more for its clients. Eighteen of those were received in the first half of 1997 alone. A $25 million settlement in a case brought on behalf of the family of a passenger killed in the 1989 crash of a United Airlines jet in Sioux City, Iowa, is the largest settlement for compensatory damages, for one person, in an aviation wrongful death action.
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Membership
Member: Chicago (Member: Circuit Court Committee, 1990. Civil Practice Committee, 1991). Illinois State and American (Vice-Chair, Committee on Product General Liability and Consumer Law, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, 1989-1990) Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Judicature Society.
