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About Christopher Hurley
Christopher T. Hurley has been a trial lawyer since 1984 and founded Hurley McKenna & Mertz, P.C. in 1992 after beginning his career at Baker and McKenzie, where he represented corporations. He founded the firm on the principles of respect for clients, sensitivity to their needs, and aggressive protection of their interests, choosing to represent injured individuals rather than corporate defendants. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for clients throughout Illinois and the country. Hurley is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Society of Trial Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He served as President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association from 2016 to 2017 and is the past President of the Alumni Board of Governors of Loyola University of Chicago Law School, his alma mater.
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A Cook County jury awarded $41,149,942 to Craig Pierce, a former Bushnell, Illinois lawyer, and his wife Susan after finding that OSF HealthCare, Fresenius Medical Care of Illinois, RenalCare Associates, and Dr. Sudha Cherukuri failed to manage his Coumadin therapy, leading to a massive stroke in 2016. The firm reports it as the largest stroke-related verdict in Illinois history.
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