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Jeffrey Kroll

Kaveny + Kroll Trial Lawyers
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Jeffrey Kroll
Kaveny + Kroll Trial Lawyers
Chicago,
 IL

Partner

Senior Trial Attorney

Jeffrey J. Kroll is an award-winning attorney who has represented injured victims of negligence throughout the country for nearly three decades in the areas of trucking accidents, products liability, and medical malpractice. In 2017, Mr. Kroll was part of the trial team that obtained a record-breaking $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a dancer who was paralyzed when a shelter collapsed on her at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Overall, his verdicts and settlements have exceeded $1 million on 80 separate occasions.

Mr. Kroll has lectured on over 160 occasions throughout the country on personal injury and wrongful death matters. He has had more than 140 legal articles published on topics ranging from strategic jury selection and maximizing an injured client’s recovery, to successfully handling wrongful death cases and preparing and cross-examining expert witnesses. He is well known in Chicago media for countless segments and publications, and has taught Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Law at DePaul University and Northwestern Law School. Mr. Kroll was the only Illinois attorney to be published in the Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 4th Edition, released by Trial Guides and the American Association for Justice.

ACADEMICS

J.D., DePaul University College of Law. 1990

B.A., DePaul University. 1987

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Deposition Practicum, John Marshall School of Law

(Spring, 2010 – Spring 2011)

Trial Advocacy Northwestern School of Law

(Fall 2001, 2002, 2004 – 2007)

Trial Advocacy, DePaul University, College of Law

(Spring, 1999; Spring 2000)

Medical Malpractice Law, DePaul University, College of Law

(Fall, 1992; Spring, 1993)

BAR ADMISSIONS

U.S. Supreme Court. 2008

U.S. Court of Appeals, Northern District of Indiana. 2000

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1991

Illinois Bar. 1990

BAR COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

American Bar Association

Council Member, Section of Litigation (2008-2016)

Co-Chair, Podcast and Distant Learning Sub Committee, Section of Litigation, 2010

Co-Chair, Expert Witnesses, Section of Litigation (2005-2007)

Co-Chair (2005), ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Litigation, Chicago 2003-2005

Co-Chair, Trial Evidence Committee, Section of Litigation, 2002-2003

Co-Chair, Tips From the Trenches Publication, Section of Litigation, 1999-2002

Vice-Chair, Trial Techniques Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1999-2001

Member, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice, 1996

Co-Program Director, Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, 1995

Member, Task Force on the State of the Justice, System, Section of Litigation, 1993

Member, American Bar Association Long Range Planning, Group in Civil Justice System Improvements, 1993

Member, Public Relations Committee, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1993 – 1995

Liaison between the Public Relations Committee and the following Committees: Medicine and the Law; Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Charitable, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations; Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1993 – 1995

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member, Executive Committee, Product Liability Section, 1994 – 1997

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

Elected Member, Board of Managers, 2000- present

Co-Chair, Seminar Planning, 1999-2001; 2018-2019

Member, Board of Advocates, 1993 – 2000

Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1992 – 1994

Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Publication Committee, 1992- 1995

Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1993 – 1995

Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Practice and Rules, 1997-1998

Illinois State Bar Association

Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1998-present

Member, Special Committee on Mentoring, 2003-2004

Member, ISBA, Assembly, 1998- 2001

Member, Tort Law Section Council, 1996-2000

Legislative Liaison, Tort Litigation Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1996

Chair, Admiralty and Maritime Section, 1995-1996

Member, Admiralty and Maritime Section Council, 1995-1997

Chicago Bar Association

Member, Public Affairs Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 1993 – 1995

Committee Member, Take Me Too Tickets for Kids Program, 1996

Core Group, CBA/YLS Health and Hospital Law Committee, 1995-1996

DuPage County Bar Association

Medical Legal Committee, 1997-1998

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

DePaul University, Board of Trustees (2008 – 2016)

DePaul University College of Law – Dean’s Council (2008 – present)

Chicago Inn of Court (1989 – 2008)

Polish American Association, Board of Directors (2003 -2005)

Board Member, Marist Brothers (1996 – 2000)

Marist High School, Building Task Team (2003)

DePaul Law Development Committee (1990 – 1992)

DePaul Alumni Special Gifts Task Force (1997)

Member, Host Committee for the 1993 American Inns of Court Annual Meeting

Member, Host Committee for the 1995 American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Annual Meeting

Symposium on the Future of the Civil Jury System in the United States (1992)

Illinois Supreme Court Subcommittee on Selection and Administration of Juries, 1993 – 1994

Member, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Associate Board, 1993


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