William T. Gibbs is a trial attorney at the Chicago personal injury and medical malpractice law firm of Corboy & Demetrio and concentrates his practice on cases arising from automobile collisions, construction negligence, medical negligence, premises liability, product liability, and railroad negligence.

Bill has obtained record-setting and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. He, along with his partners, secured a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual injured in a mass transit crash. In a Federal District Court case, he obtained a $6.6 million verdict for a family injured in an automobile collision. It was the largest verdict ever in that Court. He also secured a $1.5 million settlement for a health club member who sustained injuries to his wrist when pushed to the ground by another member and settled a case for over a quarter of a million dollars when a young boy’s face was cut while he played at an outdoor twirling tunnel at Chicago’s Navy Pier.

He is a member of numerous legal organizations including the American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the Notre Dame Law Association. In 2008, Bill authored an article, "A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man’s Act," which was published in the Illinois Bar Journal, a publication of the Illinois State Bar Association.

In October, 2009, Bill was named by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, which publishes the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine, to its list of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch," and for the last two years, he has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer, Rising Star.

Active in many community organizations, Bill is a member of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board and the "St. Clement Dads," a group that volunteers throughout the community and provides activities for parents and their children. Through the St. Clement Legal Aid Clinic, Our Lady of Mercy Legal Clinic and Mercy Home for Boys he provides pro bono legal assistance to individuals who are unable to afford private counsel.

Bill was a high school computer science teacher and varsity football, basketball, and baseball coach prior to his legal career. While at the University of Notre Dame, he was a defensive back on the varsity football team.

Honors

• "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch," Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2009
• Illinois Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2009, 2010
• CALI, Excellence for the Future Award, Philosophy, 2004
• CALI, Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Writing, 2002

• American Association for Justice (AAJ) formerly known as American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)
• Chicago Bar Association (CBA), Civil Practice Committee, Tort Litigation Committee
• Notre Dame Law Association
• Fenwick Bar Association, Treasurer, 2005-2008

• Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board Member
• St. Clement Dads
• St. Clement Legal Aid Clinic
• Our Lady of Mercy Legal Clinic
• Mercy Home for Boys

• Aviation Litigation
• Construction Negligence
• Medical Negligence
• Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
• Premises Liability
• Product Liability
• Railroad Negligence & FELA
• Vehicular Negligence

• IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, J.D., 2004
• University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, M.A., 1999
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, B.A., 1997

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court of Nebraska
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

• Corboy & Demetrio Files Civil Lawsuit in Death of Pedestrian Killed by Bus
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio Lawyers Secure $44 Million for Victims in Metra Train Derailment
  
  
• $29.6 Million Record-Setting Verdict for Passenger in Metra Train Crash
  
  
• C&D's Record of Success Representing Brain Damaged Personal Injury Victims
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio Files Civil Lawsuit in Death of Pedestrian Killed by Bus
  May 2011
  
  
• Metra to Pay $11 Million in 2005 Train Crash Derailment
  May 2011
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio - The Leaders in Medical Malpractice
  
  
• Record-Setting $6.6 Million Verdict in Nebraska Crash Reported
  February 2011
  
  
• 11 Corboy & Demetrio Lawyers Named to 2011 Super Lawyers List
  January 15, 2011
  
  
• $1.38 Million Kane County Auto Accident Settlement
  October 2010
  
  
• Attorney Gibbs Guest Lecturer at John Marshall Law School
  October 28, 2010
  
  
• $1.45 Million Settlement for Injured Metra Train Passenger
  September 2010
  
  
• William Gibbs Selected in "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch"
  October 2009
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio Wins $29.6 Million Record-Setting Verdict for Chicago Metra Train Crash Passenger
  2009
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio - The Leader in Aviation Litigation
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio - Leaders in Bridge and Structural Collapse and Defect Litigation
  
  
• Thomas Demetrio and William Gibbs Featured in Article "Becoming a Trial Lawyer"
  March 2009
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio Chicago Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Lawyers Named to Illinois Super Lawyers
  January 2009
  
  
• Metra to Pay $11 Million in 2005 Train Crash Derailment
  November 2008
  
  
• Corboy & Demetrio Named One of Chicago's Top Law Firms
  August 2008
  
  
• Record-Setting Settlement by William Gibbs for Three Year-Old Injured at Outdoor Twirling Tunnel
  July 2008
  
  
• William Gibbs' article, "A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man's Act," Published
  July 2008
  
  
• Tom Demetrio Files Lawsuit Against Hyatt Corporation for Death of Internationally Renowned Hollywood Director Moustapha Akkad by Suicide Bomber in Jordan
  September 10, 2007
  
  
• $1.25 Million Settlement Secured by Michael Demetrio and William Gibbs for Family of Realtor Killed by Drunk Driver
  August 2007

• A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man's Act
  July 2008

• "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch," Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2009

• "Confidentiality of Special Medical Records and Electronic Medical Records," Medical Records Law Seminar, 2010
  
  
• "Motion Practice," Update & Review Seminar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2008
  
  
• "Illinois Evidence: The CSI Effect," Criminal and Civil Evidence Issues Seminar, 2008
  
  
• Judge, National Collegiate Trial Advocacy Competition, Indiana, 2005, 2006
  
  
• Judge, American Trial Lawyers Association Student Trial Advocacy Competition, 2005