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About Michael D. Mulvihill

Michael D. Mulvihill received his J.D. from DePaul University School of Law in 1988 and his B.A. from Marquette University in 1985. He joined the firm as a law clerk in 1986 and became an associate in 1989. Mr. Mulvihill's practice includes a wide variety of civil trial matters concentrated in asbestos litigation, product liability, medical malpractice, construction negligence, premises liability, and transportation liability. In addition to being trial counsel for Cooney & Conway in asbestos-related matters, he is often retained by other plaintiffs firms as trial counsel in mesothelioma and other asbestos-related injury and death cases. He has obtained over 425 verdicts and settlements in excess of a million dollars, including 40 matters in excess of 5 million dollars.

While Mr. Mulvihill's mesothelioma and asbestos practice is nationwide, it is concentrated in representing asbestos victims throughout the Midwest. He is admitted to practice before the Illinois State Bar, as well as the Federal Bar for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in the Northern District of Indiana, as well as St. Louis City in Missouri. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Fenwick Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cooney & Conway

These results are credited to Cooney & Conway. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$34.1 millionVerdict

A Madison County jury awarded James Hutcheson $34.1 million after he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during contract work at Shell Oil's Wood River, Illinois refinery in the 1950s and 1960s.

Madison County Circuit Court, Illinois · 2000Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$20 millionSettlement

Chicago agreed to pay $20 million to the families of Fausto Manzera and Andrew Cazares, two men killed in 2009 when off-duty detective Joseph Frugoli struck their disabled vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit, after trial evidence exposed the department's years-long failure to discipline Frugoli for prior suspected drunk driving.

Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois / Chicago City Council approval · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$9 millionVerdictTop 10 in Delaware · #6

A Delaware jury returned a unanimous $9 million verdict on July 23, 2025, in the first case ever tried over asbestos-contaminated shotgun shells, holding DuPont and Remington's successor liable for the mesothelioma death of Eugene Schoepke, an 84-year-old Illinois farmer and lifelong hunter.

Delaware Superior Court, New Castle County (asbestos docket); on appeal, Delaware Supreme Court · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

DePaul University School of Law
J.D., 1988
Marquette University in 1985
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Indiana

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