About Michael J. Lubeck

Michael John Lubeck became associated with the firm after graduating cum laude from Loyola University School of Law in 1994. He was a member of the Loyola Student Bar Association and the National Moot Court Team and was recognized intramurally for Best Brief and Best Oral Presentation. He was the recipient of several American Jurisprudence Awards in Appellate Advocacy. Mr. Lubeck has assisted in numerous mesothelioma cases involving many millions of dollars.

Mr. Lubeck’s practice is concentrated in automobile, premises, and construction negligence cases, as well as various probate procedures related to minors and decedent estates. He is currently counsel for a group of children suffering from birth defects as a result of their parents exposure to toxic chemicals at work. He has represented clients in nationally significant litigation arising from the E2 Nightclub tragedy, the Lincoln Park porch collapse, and the I-90 Marengo accident of 2003. He has secured several settlements in excess of a million dollars in premises liability cases, including 1.2 million dollars for a glazier who injured his back after slipping on ice.

He has acted as local counsel in association with national firms representing injured railroad workers in northern Illinois. He has also authored a number of successful appeals for the firm. Mr. Lubeck holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Western Illinois University. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cooney & Conway

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$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 →

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