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About Daniel Kirschner
Daniel S. Kirschner is a partner at Corboy & Demetrio. As a trial lawyer, Mr. Kirschner represents victims of catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice. He has successfully handled cases against many of the nation's largest insurance companies and corporations at the pretrial, trial and appellate levels in state and federal court in Illinois and throughout the United States.
- Mr. Kirschner concentrates his practice in cases involving aviation disasters
- trucking, motor vehicle and highway collisions
- railroad crossings and derailments
- construction
- premises liability
- product liability
- medical malpractice
- pedestrian and bicycle collisions
- school and governmental liability
- public transportation
- animal control
- toxic tort and chemical exposure
- crib, toy and other infant and children's safety recalls
- brain damage and spinal cord injury
- hospitality and tourism industry
- and liability for third-party criminal acts and sexual assault
Mr. Kirschner currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court's Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases, and previously served appointments to the Illinois Supreme Court's Rules Committee and Committee on Character and Fitness. He also currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court's Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) Hearing Board for the 2026-2027 term. A staunch advocate for children's safety, he was appointed by Governor Pat Quinn in 2010 to the Illinois Carnival Amusement Safety (CAS) Board, where he served for nine years, five of them as Chair.
Mr. Kirschner has received numerous accolades, including being named to The Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Illinois Leading Lawyers, and 40 Under 40 Attorneys to Watch in Illinois by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. He also earned the designation of Super Lawyer and Rising Star by Thomson Reuters. In 2005, he received the President's Award for Advocate of the Year from the American Cancer Society for his advocacy work in successfully advancing the Chicago Indoor Clean Air Ordinance, known as Smoke-Free Chicago.
A graduate of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Kirschner received the CALI Award from his alma mater for Excellence in the study of medical malpractice. He is a Past-President of the Chicago-Kent Alumni Board of Directors and a recipient of the Young Alumnus Award of the Chicago-Kent Law School Association. He is a past Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served as an investigator for the Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee. He has served on the boards and committees of numerous community, charitable and educational institutions, including the American Cancer Society, Chicago Community Trust, Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lawyers Lend-A-Hand, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Onward Neighborhood House, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Corboy & Demetrio
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A federal judge in Chicago entered a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran for a 2009 roadside bomb attack in Iraq that killed Army Sergeant Joshua Soto and injured his platoon leader, First Lieutenant Miles Murray. Iran never appeared, and the court heard the plaintiffs' proof at a four-day evidentiary hearing. Murray was awarded $28 million, Soto's widow $32 million, and the couple's minor son $20 million, each including punitive damages.
Thomas Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio represented seven of the people killed and injured when a suspended work platform fell from the John Hancock Center in 2002, part of a $75 million global settlement reached on the eve of trial.
A Cook County jury found Advocate Condell Medical Center responsible for the death of a 47-year-old quadriplegic father who suffered fatal baclofen withdrawal while waiting for a delayed surgery to replace his medication pump, and the verdict was later affirmed on appeal.
A Cook County jury awarded commuter Renea Poppel $29.6 million after a Metra Rock Island train took a 10 mph crossover at 69 mph and derailed, the largest Illinois verdict for one person injured in a mass-transit crash.
In May 1990 a Cook County jury awarded $22,358,814 to a 23-year-old flight attendant who was left an incomplete quadriplegic when a semitrailer struck her stopped car from behind in Highland Park, Illinois, in November 1987. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed in January 1997 but cut the future medical care award by $1 million, so $21,358,814 stood.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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