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Melvin L. Brooks

The Cochran Firm - Chicago 140 South Dearborn Street Suite 1020 Chicago, IL 60603 Practice Area(s): Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injuries call (312) 262-2880 fax (312) 262-2881 visit website

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions Education Honors & Awards Verdicts & Settlements

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Bar/Professional Activity:·         U.S. Supreme Court, 2009·         U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1992·         Illinois, 1985

·         Cook County Bar Association, Member

·         Federal Trial Bar, Member

·         Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member

·         American Trial Lawyers Association, Member

Education

·         Iowa State University, B.A. – 1982·         University of Iowa College of Law, J.D. – 1985

Honors & Awards

·         Leading Lawyers 2018-Personal Injury, Civil Rights ·         Top 100 Trial Lawyers (Selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association), 2008 – 2011, 2016-2017·         National Association of Distinguished Counsel-Nation’s Top One Percent, 2015-2017,

·         Board Chairperson: Habilitative Systems, Inc.(“HSI”), 2010 – Present

·         Illinois Super Lawyers 2013 – 2018

Verdicts & Settlements

  • Estate of Rekia Boyd v. City of Chicago, $4.5 million settlement for family of a young lady fatally shot by an off-duty, Chicago police officer
  • Marshall v. Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, $7.5 Million Verdict (Circuit Court, Cook County, IL)
  • Obtained a $4 million, confidential settlement where victim was struck by a municipal vehicle turning through an intersection. Witnesses interviewed by police and news media indicated that the victim was running in and across the street and through traffic when the accident occurred. The victim was survived by adult children
  • Salters v. City of Chicago, $3.5 Million Settlement (Circuit Court, Cook County)
  • Johnson v. Ford Motor Company, Confidential Settlement (Circuit Court, Cook County, IL)
  • Williams v. City of Chicago, $2.0 Million Verdict (Circuit Court, Cook County, IL)
  • Weatherspoon v. Martin, $1.8 Million Settlement (Circuit Court, Cook County)
  • Buckner v. Boy Scouts of America
  • Ford-Ott v. CTA , $1.1 Million Settlement (Circuit Court, Cook County)
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