Background
Crisham, Thomas M. was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Crisham, Thomas M. was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1962. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1965).
Worked at Quinlan & Crisham, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice. Complex Litigation, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Product Liability, Insurance/Reinsurance Coverage, Labor and Employment, Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation, Professional Liability, Construction Law, Constitutional and Local Government Law, Banking and Finance, Corporate Investigation, White Collar/Criminal Litigation and International Representation, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Admitted to the bar, 1965, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1971, United States. Supreme Court.
1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Alpha Sigma Nu. Recipient, Medal of Excellence, Loyola Law Alumni Association, 1993. Associate Editor, Loyola Law Review.
Member: Editorial Advisory Board, Insurance Outlook, 1989-1990. Board of Advisors, Expert Evidence Reporter, 1989-1990.
Contributing Author: Architects/Engineers Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals, John Wiley & Sons, Spring 1987, Second Edition, June 1995.
Prosecuting and Defending Insurance Claims, John Wiley & Sons, 1989. President, Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago, 1975-1976. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers for Civil Justice, 1988-1990.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Appellate Lawyers Association.
Product Liability Advisory Council. Defense Research Institute (President, 1989-1990.
Chairman of the Board, 1990-1991.
Honorary Chairman, 1991-1992). Society of Trial Lawyers of Illinois. Law Club of Chicago; International Association of Defense Counsel.
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, International Society of Barristers.
Master of the Bench, Judge Howard T. Markey Chapter, 1989.
American Inn of Court. Quinlan & Crisham, Limited. is a mid-sized firm of experienced trial and appellate lawyers. lieutenant was founded in 1996 by William R. Quinlan, formerly a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court and a trial judge in Cook County, and Thomas M. Crisham, a 30-year veteran of Hinshaw & Culbertson and a member of its executive committee for more than 15 years.
Quinlan & Crisham lawyers have tried numerous cases to juries and federal and state court judges with a consistent history of success.
The firm is committed to the highest professional standards and to the efficient and cost-effective representation of clients in trial and appellate proceedings, as well as in alternative dispute resolution matters.
Architects/Engineers Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals, John Wiley & Sons, Spring 1987, Second Edition, June 1995. Prosecuting and Defending Insurance Claims, John Wiley & Sons, 1989. President, Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago, 1975-1976.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers for Civil Justice, 1988-1990.
Member: Editorial Advisory Board, Insurance Outlook, 1989-1990. Board of Advisors, Expert Evidence Reporter, 1989-1990. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Master of the Bench, Judge Howard T. Markey Chapter, 1989.
American Inn of Court.