About Tod Lewis

Tod Lewis is of counsel at SL Chapman LLC. He earned his B.A. in Accounting from Western Michigan University in 1990 and his J.D. with Honors from Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1998. Before practicing law, Lewis earned his CPA certification and worked as an auditor for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Texas. Lewis is a first-generation college graduate who represents consumers injured by businesses under federal and state consumer protection laws, handling class actions, individual claims in federal and state courts, and arbitrations. He has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars for consumers through his consumer protection litigation work.

Proven verdicts and settlements at SL Chapman LLC

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$16.75 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded Teddy and Melanie Scott $46.75 million after a nitrogen oxide gas cloud from Dyno Nobel's nitric acid plant in Louisiana, Missouri engulfed Teddy at a neighboring worksite. In 2024 the Eighth Circuit affirmed liability and all $16.75 million in compensatory damages but reversed the $30 million punitive award.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · 2022Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D., Honors, 1998
Western Michigan University
Undergraduate, 1990

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Texas

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