Background
Kasserman, Shawn S. was born on May 28, 1965 in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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Shawn S. Kasserman
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Western Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, 1987). De Paul University College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1990).
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, 1990, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.
Company-author, "Jury Selection," 1993 Callahan"s Supplement.
Host, Midwest Sectional National Moot Court Competition, 1991, 1992. Member, Ad Hoc Committee for the First Annual Illinois State Bar Association Leadership Conference, 1993-1994.
Member, Organizational Committee for the Leadership Conference, Illinois State Bar Association, 1995-1996. Moderator, Illinois State Bar Association Leadership Conference, 1994, 1995.
Member, Homeless and Runaway Young Committee, Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, 1992-1993.
Member, Civil Practice Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member, Association Legal Aid Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member: Chicago (Member, Runaway Youth Program), DuPage County, Illinois State (Member, Young Lawyers Division Council.
Chair, Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division Assembly, 1997) Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Legislative Committee. Amicus Curiae Committee) American Trial Lawyers Association 9Member, Advisory Committee, New Lawyers Division).
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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Member, Ad Hoc Committee for the First Annual Illinois State Bar Association Leadership Conference, 1993-1994. Member, Organizational Committee for the Leadership Conference, Illinois State Bar Association, 1995-1996. Moderator, Illinois State Bar Association Leadership Conference, 1994, 1995.
Member, Homeless and Runaway Young Committee, Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, 1992-1993.
Member, Civil Practice Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member, Association Legal Aid Committee, DuPage County Bar Association, 1995-1996.
Member: Chicago (Member, Runaway Youth Program), DuPage County, Illinois State (Member, Young Lawyers Division Council. Chair, Young Lawyers Division) and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division Assembly, 1997) Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Legislative Committee.
Amicus Curiae Committee) American Trial Lawyers Association 9Member, Advisory Committee, New Lawyers Division).
