Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is pleased to announce that Brian O’Kane has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Mr. O’Kane has extensive litigation and trial experience since his admission to the Illinois Bar in 1997. For more than two decades, he has defended hospitals, physicians, and other allied health professionals in Illinois medical…
Stetson Atwood inducted as Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers Donohue Brown is proud to announce that Stetson F. Atwood has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. The induction ceremony at which Stetson F. Atwood became a Fellow recently took…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth, LLC is pleased to announce that Scott Howie has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Howie concentrates his practice on appeals. In hundreds of civil appeals over more than 25 years, he has authored more than five hundred appellate briefs and delivered well over a hundred oral arguments, including…
Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth is proud to announce that Karen Kies DeGrand and Donald J. Brown, Jr. have been recognized by their peers as the Best Lawyers® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago for their area of practice. Karen Kies DeGrand – Appellate Practice Donald J. Brown, Jr. – Legal Malpractice Law –…
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…