Jack Cannon focuses on construction injuries, truck accidents, wrongful death, car crashes, and workplace injury cases.
Jack has won many cases in Illinois courts and at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, including setting new records in Cook, Will, Morgan, and Lake counties. Throughout his career, Jack has successfully tried hundreds of cases statewide and at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Admissions & Affiliations
- Licensed to practice law in Illinois, 1993
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Active Member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association (WCLA)
- The John Marshall School of Law & Loyola University Alumni
Experience
- President of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association (WCLA) in 2017
- Trial Attorney at Healy Scanlon Law Firm (16 years) and Shannon Law Group (4 years)
- Sat on Medical Billing Workers’ Compensation Committee
- Sat on Revision of the Rules of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
- Lectures Arbitrators and Commissioners on the rules of evidence and the Workers’ Compensation Act.
Recognition
- 2025 - Recognized by SuperLawyers for seventeen years and counting
- 2023 - Featured on Fox32 and Chicago Tribune for record verdict
- 2010 - Illinois Trial Lawyer Excellence Award from the Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter
- 2010 - Twice awarded the Verdict of the Month Award by the Verdict Search, a national publication
