Background
Harnett Corboy, Junior, Philip was born on November 11, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
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Philip Harnett Corboy, Junior.
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Philip Harnett Corboy, Junior, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Plaintiff"s Personal Injury Litigation, Aviation Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Negligence, Professional Negligence, FELA, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Law, Product Liability, Premises Liability. Member of Corboy & Demetrio, Professional Corporation
Education
Villanova University (Bachelor of Science, Political Science, 1973). DePaul University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
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, 1978, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1994, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Listed in, Oxford"s "Who"s Who", 1992. Instructor: American Trial Lawyers Association, National Law School Trial Advocacy Competition, 1989 (Judge).
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, National Program, Boulder, Colorado, 1980.
Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, John Marshall Law School, 1984. Student Intern Program, Kent College of Law, 1984-1985.
American Bar Association Annual Convention, New York City, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1986;T rial Practice Course, Chicago Bar Association, 1988. Speaker: Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Update Seminar, 1988.
Moderator, "Trial By Jury," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1988.
Speaker, "Proof of Damages," Chicago Bar Association Seminar, 1989. DePaul University Moot Court Competition, 1984-1989. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, Increasing Damages through Closing Arguments, July 1989.
NALI Regions II and V Seminar, "Airline Accidents," October 1989.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Notebook Seminar, Demonstrative Evidence, 1989. Chicago Bar Association, "Tort Litigation: Important Answers to Questions," 1990.
Northwestern Moot Court Competition Judge, 1990. Continuing Legal Education Satellite Network, Video Presentation, "Litigation Trends in the 1990"s, February 1990.
Chicago Cable Access Television, "Judicial Evaluation," March, 1990.
Chicago Bar Association, "Proof of Facts," speaker on Proving Injury, May 1991. DePaul University "Career Day Programs," speaker on Personal Injury Litigation, September 1991. John Marshall Law School Moot Court Judge, March 1992.
American Bar Association National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Program, March, 1992.
American Bar Association. "Emerging Issues in Automobile Product Liability Litigation," April, 1992.
Chicago Bar Association, "Summation in a Civil Case," May, 1992. DePaul University "Career Day Programs" Seminar, speaker on Personal Injury Litigation, September 1992.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, speaker "Evidence" May 1993.
DePaul University "Carer Day Programs" Seminar, speaker on Personal Injury Litigation, September 1993. Chicago Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Workshop, speaker, "Products Liability" March 1993. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Shotgun Seminar, speaker, "Taking the Defendant"s Deposition" February 1994.
DePaul University College of Law, Lecture on "The Art of Persuasion" February 1996.
"Enhancing Your Practice Through Public Speaking," Chicago Bar Association, YLS Group, May 1996. "A Christian Perspective on Litigation in America," Business Executives for Economic Justice, Panel, Chicago, Illinois, November 1996.
Appointee, Cook County Circuit Court Committee to Recommend Local Rules for Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration, 1988. Mediator, Cook County Circuit Court/Chicago Bar Association Settlement Program, 1988-1989.
Variety Club, Tent Number.
26, (Vice President, 1987-1994. Board of Trustees, Presidents Club, DePaul University, 1987. Member, Democratic National Committee, Credential Committee, 1992.
Member, Cook County State"s Attorney" General’ s Office, Criminal Division, 1978-1985.
Member, Board of Managers, Chicago, Bar Association, 1994-1996. Vice Chairman, 1984-1987, Chairman, 1987-1990, General Chairman, 1989-1990, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Chicago Bar Association.
Chairman, House Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 1990-1991. Member, Law Advisory Council, DePaul University College of Law, 1996.
Appointed Special Assistant States Attorney representing Cook County (Illinois) in Tobacco Related Litigation, 1997.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Society of Trial Lawyers Associations.
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Democratic National Committee, Credential Committee, 1992. Member, Cook County State"s Attorney" General’ s Office, Criminal Division, 1978-1985. Member, Board of Managers, Chicago, Bar Association, 1994-1996.
Vice Chairman, 1984-1987, Chairman, 1987-1990, General Chairman, 1989-1990, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Chicago Bar Association.
Chairman, House Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 1990-1991. Member, Law Advisory Council, DePaul University College of Law, 1996.
Appointed Special Assistant States Attorney representing Cook County (Illinois) in Tobacco Related Litigation, 1997. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Society of Trial Lawyers Associations.
