Chad Finley

Head of Litigation, Partner & Attorney at TorHoerman Law
Chicago, IL13 years experience

About Chad Finley

Chad Finley is the Head of Litigation, Partner, and Attorney at TorHoerman Law, focusing on complex pharmaceutical and product liability litigation. He earned his B.A. in Psychology from Wabash College in 2008 (with additional study at School for International Training in Melbourne in 2007) and his J.D. Cum Laude from Saint Louis University Law School in 2012. He started at TorHoerman Law as a law clerk in 2011 and has worked his entire career with the firm. He has played key roles in major mass-tort cases and led the strategy in Juul resulting in a confidential settlement, served on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in Paraquat, and was lead counsel in the Infant Formula NEC (Abbott) case that produced a $495 million verdict.

Proven verdicts and settlements at TorHoerman Law

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

Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to pay $650 million in May 2014 to resolve approximately 4,000 federal lawsuits claiming the blood thinner Pradaxa caused life-threatening bleeding injuries without adequate warnings, in an MDL presided over by Judge David Herndon in the Southern District of Illinois where the court appointed TorHoerman Law's Tor Hoerman as one of five plaintiffs' co-lead counsel.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois (MDL No. 2385) · 2014Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A St. Louis jury awarded $495 million against Abbott Laboratories after finding the company failed to warn that its Similac cow's milk formula could cause necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants.

22nd Judicial Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri (Case No. 2322-CC01251) · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $25 million to the parents of a two-year-old girl who drowned after climbing into a Bestway above-ground pool using an exterior nylon strap the manufacturer had built into the design.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (Case No. 4:22-cv-00050) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdict

A Los Angeles jury unanimously held Conagra Brands fully liable and awarded $25 million to Roland Esparza, who developed severe bronchiolitis obliterans after years of daily exposure to butter-flavored PAM cooking spray fumes.

Los Angeles County Superior Court · 2026Product LiabilityRead the full story →
~$2 millionVerdict

A St. Louis jury found diacetyl distributor Elan Chemical Company liable for the debilitating lung disease suffered by two food-flavoring plant workers, returning a $1 million verdict for each man in March 2023.

St. Louis City Circuit Court (Case No. 1722-CC01186) · 2023Workplace 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

Saint Louis University School of Law
B.A. Psychology, 2012
Wabash College
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Madison County Bar Association
The Injury Board
Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum
Saint Louis University School of Law Young Alumni Society

Awards & recognition

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in Illinois
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2019-2026)
Winner, Inaugural National Health Law Regulatory and Compliance Competition
Order of the Woolsack
Faculty Fellow
Dean's Scholar
Academic Excellence Awards in Torts, Products Liability, and FDA Drug and Device Regulations

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