Background
Power, Margaret M. was born on September 16, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Margaret M. Power
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Saint Francis Hospital School of Nursing (Diploma in Nursing, 1964). Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). Loyola University (Juris Doctor, 1986).
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, 1986, Illinois. Seminars: "Birth Trauma," Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases, Atlanta Trial Lawyers Association, April 11-12, 1997.
"Medical Negligence Seminar," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, December, 1996.
"The Winning Brief," Law Prose Seminar presented by Bryan A. Garner, Chicago, Illinois, June 24, 1996. "Ontario Birth trauma Litigation Program," Company-chaired by Atlanta Trial Lawyers Association Birth Trauma Litigation Section and Ontario Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Section, Speaker on Preparing Plaintiff"s Experts for Direct Examination, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 21 and June 22, 1996.
"Ultimate Mentor Interactive Seminar," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, May 4, 1996. "Birth Trauma Litigation Group," Seminar, Atlanta Trial Lawyers Association, March 31 - April 1, 1995.
"Trial of an Obstetrical Malpractice Case," Law Journal Seminars Press, 1993.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1992. "Expert Witnesses - Courtroom Warriors: Their Weapons and Weaknesses," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1992. "Under the Jury"s Microscope: Medical Malpractice Scrutinized and the Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1990.
"Obstetrics/Gynecology Perinatal Medicine and the Law Including Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Surgery," American Society of Law and Medicine, 1989.
"Medical and Legal Frontiers in Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine," Boston University School of Medicine and the American Society of Law and Medicine, 1987. "College of Trial Advocacy," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1986.
"Obstetrics, Perinatal Medicine and the Law," Boston University and American Society of Law and Medicine, 1985. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. 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, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
