Thomas A. Demetrio Explained

Thomas A. Demetrio
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Lawyer
Years Active:1960s – present
Alma Mater:IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1973
University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1969
Boards:Corboy & Demetrio,
See Later Career and Boards

Thomas A. Demetrio (born 1947) is a Chicago, Illinois-based trial lawyer.

Career

The National Law Journal named him one of the top ten lawyers in the nation [1] and one of the top ten trial lawyer in Illinois [2] and since its inception in 2005, Lawdragon has named him one of the top 500 Leading Lawyers in America.[3] He served as the president of the Chicago Bar Association and president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.[4] He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, and the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Later Career and Boards

Demetrio was featured in USA Today,[5] in the American Bar Association Journal[6] and was the cover story in the Leading Lawyers Network Magazine [7] the Illinois Super Lawyer Magazine.[8] and again in the American Bar Association's April 2005 Issue "Catch A Rising Star"[9] Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago-Kent College of Law has honored him with its Distinguished Service Award and its Professional Achievement Award. Demetrio is on the Board of Directors for Big Shoulders, the Center for Disability & Elder Law, and the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Demetrio is also an IIT Trustee.

Notes and References

  1. "Winning – Successful Strategies from 10 of the Nation's Top Litigators," Margaret Cronin Fisk, The National Law Journal, February, 1990
  2. "The NLJ Visits Illinois: Big Shoulders – The State's Top 10 Litigators," Margaret Cronin Fisk, The National Law Journal, November, 1999.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191604/http://www.lawdragon.com/images/uploads/pdf/issue11_updated.pdf . 2011-07-13 .
  4. Web site: ITLA Past Presidents . 2010-07-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090710023701/http://www.iltla.com/past-presidents.asp . 2009-07-10 .
  5. "Tragedy's Bottom Line: When a plane crashes, lawyers embark on a painstaking and often gruesome exercise to decide who should pay for lost lives," Blake Morrison, USA Today, January, 2000.
  6. "The 10 Largest Jury Verdicts of 1988," Marshal Sella, American Bar Association Journal, March, 1989
  7. "Continuing the Tradition, Tom Demetrio – the Next Chapter from the Legendary Firm that Wrote the Book on Civil Trial Law," Keith Picher, Leading Lawyers Network Magazine, March 2007.http://www.corboydemetrio.com/assets/attachments/ContinuingtheTradition.pdf
  8. "The Everyman's Lawyer – Thomas Demetrio Studied the Masters, Then Became One," Kevin Davis, Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009.
  9. Web site: Catch a Rising Star. abajournal.com.

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