Chicago, Illinois - For the fourth consecutive year, a Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP attorney has been selected as one of Chicago’s 40 most outstanding attorneys under the age of 40. Partner Thomas R. Mulroy, III was chosen out of 1,200 nominees to appear in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer’s esteemed “40 under Forty” list. last year, partner Craig T. Liljestrand was so honored. In 2004, partner Matthew T. Walsh, II received the honor, and in 2003, it was partner Robert T. Shannon.
Mr. Mulroy is a litigator with a wide-ranging practice. He has litigated in both federal and state courts in connection with a variety of substantive issues, including civil rights, construction and trucking, labor and employment, municipal laws, products liability, professional malpractice, real estate and school law. He is the youngest attorney in the firm to have successfully first-chaired medical malpractice trials in the Law Division of the Cook County Courts.
His professional memberships include the Chicago Bar Association, where he is a past chair of the YLS Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee.
According to attorney Michael Morrissey of Cassiday Schade LLP, "Tom has a way of connecting with a jury that is very impressive for a lawyer at his level of experience, or for any level, for that matter." In addition, Morrissey noted, "In my 30-plus years of trying cases, I have rarely seen someone so young handle himself so well in the courtroom."
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with 475 lawyers in 25 offices coast-to-coast. The firm offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, corporate, environmental, employment and construction law, as well as professional liability matters. The firm provides services to a range of clients in financial services, construction, health care, not-for-profit, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail, transportation and other industries. Firm clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.
Hinshaw was founded in 1934. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, and maintains offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.