DBMS Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is proud to announce that ten of the firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2023. Those ten attorneys, and their recognized areas of practice, are: Sherri M. Arrigo Medical Malpractice…
DBMS Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in 2023 Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is proud to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in 2023. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in practice for less than ten…
In July 2022, Karen Keis DeGrand and Christina D. Ketcham co-authored a chapter entitled “Postjudgment Motions” in the IICLE reference work, Civil Appeals: State and Federal (2022 Edition). The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), an independent not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the professional development of Illinois attorneys, publishes a comprehensive series of practice handbooks…
DBMS congratulates Karen DeGrand and Laura Ieremia for their successful attack on a 2021 amendment to the Illinois interest statute, 735 ILCS 5/2-1303. The amendment imposed a prejudgment interest obligation on defendants in lawsuits alleging personal injury or wrongful death. In the fall of 2021, the DBMS team joined the briefing and argument in a medical malpractice case…
Plaintiffs V. Defendant Auto Manufacturer and Conversion Van Company Mark Boyle participated as a member of the two-person trial team for an auto manufacturer sued in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, for enhanced injuries resulting from an alleged roof design defect that left the 61 year-old plaintiff paralyzed from a t-5 compression fracture. The plaintiff was a…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is pleased to announce that Christina D. Ketcham, Jeffrey E. Eippert and Zachary A. Kutsulis have joined the firm. Christina, who joined the firm as senior counsel, focuses her practice on commercial, class action, insurance coverage and bad faith matters in state and federal courts around the country. Ms….
Trial Over Teenager’s Permanent Blindness Begins Monday, January 31, 2022 A medical malpractice lawsuit accusing an eye clinic and hospital of failing to refer a teenager suffering from gradual vision loss to a neurosurgeon soon enough to prevent permanent blindness heads to trial Monday in Montana state court, and the proceedings will be webcast gavel-to-gavel by…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC Announces the Election of Daniel J. Cozzi as Equity Partner Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is excited to announce the election of Daniel J. Cozzi as an equity partner in the firm. Mr. Cozzi’s practice concentrates on the representation of health care networks, hospitals, physicians and attorneys in malpractice…
Sherri M. Arrigo and Ashley Dus co-author, “Duties to the Court” in the IICLE reference work, Attorneys’ Legal Liability In November 2021, Sherri M. Arrigo and Ashley Dus co-authored, “Duties to the Court” in the IICLE reference work, Attorneys’ Legal Liability (2022 Edition). The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), an independent not-for-profit corporation…