 | Daniel M. Kotin
Corboy & Demetrio
33 North Dearborn St.
21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
312-346-3191 (direct)
312-346-3191 (firm)
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Daniel M. Kotin is a partner and personal injury trial lawyer at the Chicago law firm of Corboy &
Demetrio. He is an experienced personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice attorney and his practice includes
representing individuals in transportation, product liability, and medical negligence cases. As a result of his vast
experience, he has attained leadership positions on Steering Committees and has been appointed Lead Counsel on mass tort
litigation arising from fires, train derailments, airplane accidents and other disasters.
Dan has achieved numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts on behalf of clients. Several of these verdicts have been
noteworthy for their amount and legal significance. Recently, he obtained a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who
suffered brain injuries in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual
injured in a mass transit crash. In 2008, he secured a $9.5 million verdict on behalf of the family of former Chicago
Blackhawk hockey player and coach Keith Magnuson who was killed in a Toronto car crash. That verdict is the largest award
for a personal injury or wrongful death case in the history of St. Louis County, Missouri. Several years earlier, he tried
a medical negligence case which resulted in a $10 million verdict, one of the ten largest medical malpractice verdicts ever
handed down in Cook County at that time. Another trial of note took place early in Dan's career when he obtained a jury
verdict in a negligence case against a nursing home that resulted in a significant appellate interpretation of the Illinois
Nursing Home Act. In 2008, Dan obtained a $17.5 million settlement on behalf of the family of a woman who was killed and
three others who were injured in the high-rise fire in the Cook County Administration Building. The lawsuit settled on the
day of jury selection.
Outside of the courtroom, Dan is involved in multiple legal and civic organizations. He is on the faculty at Loyola University School of Law where he teaches a course on Civil Procedure and serves as a coach of the School's National Mock Trial Team. He also sits on the Board of Governors for the law school and serves as a Co-Chair of its Circle of Advocates. He is on the faculty at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy where he teaches trial skills to lawyers in an annual program. He is very involved with the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), where he sits on the Board of Managers and serves on the Association’s Finance Committee. Over the years, he has chaired multiple committees of the CBA and served as the director of its Young Lawyers Section. Dan is also involved in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where he is a member of the Board of Managers and was previously the Chairman of the Association's Seminar Planning Committee. He is also a member of the prestigious Society of Trial Lawyers where he currently serves as secretary. Dan also serves on boards of various charitable organizations, including Catholic Charities of Chicago, and Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth.
Dan has testified at public hearings regarding proposed changes in Supreme Court Rules. He regularly lectures at various bar association and interest group seminars and has published chapters and articles in legal books, periodicals and newspapers. To date, he has presented at more than fifty legal programs and has been published more than a twenty times.
In addition to being frequently consulted by the media as a legal expert on contemporary legal issues and cases, Dan is
regularly interviewed about the lawsuits he has handled as a personal injury lawyer. He has appeared on numerous television
and radio news and talk programs, including, Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, WGN TV and Radio, and WBBM News Radio 780.
In 2002, Dan was recognized and profiled by Chicago's Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of "40 Illinois Attorneys
Under Forty to Watch," and honored by the Lawdragon as one of "500 New Stars, New World," in 2006. He is currently profiled
as one of the Top 5% of Civil Trial Lawyers in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network, has been designated an "Illinois
Super Lawyer" and maintains an AV rating - the highest possible rating for any attorney - from the Martindale-Hubbell Law
Directory.
Honors
- AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell - Highest level awarded for professional excellence
- Illinois Super Lawyers - Top 5% of all Illinois attorneys
- Leading Lawyers Network Member - Top 5% of all Illinois attorneys
- “New Stars, New World,” Honoree, Lawdragon, 2006
- “40 Under 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch,” 2002
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Board of Governors
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Circle of Advocates
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, President’s Society
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Association for Justice (AAJ) formerly known as
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
- Chicago Bar Association (CBA), Board of Managers,
2009-Present; Board of Directors of CBA Administrators, Inc., 2008-Present; Finance Committee, 2007-Present; Tort
Litigation Committee, Legislative Liaison, 2007-Present, Subcommittee on voir dire procedures, 1994; Judicial Evaluation
Committee, Investigator, 2003; Chicago Bar Foundation Fall Benefit, Steering Committee 2003; Television Committee,
Vice-Chair, 2000; Young Lawyers Section, Director, 1996-1998, Executive Council, 1994-1998, Planning Committee, 1995-1998;
Special Project Coordinator, 1995-1996; House Committee, 1995, Trial Techniques Committee, 1993-2001, Chairman, 1994-1995
- Chicago - Lincoln Inn of Court, 2010-Present
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), Board of Managers,
2001-Present; Board of Advocates, 2000, Seminar Planning Co-Chair, 2002-2004; Publications Committee, 1994-1996
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Adjunct Faculty, 1998-Present; Board of Governors, 2008-Present, Secretary
2010-Present; Circle of Advocates, 2002-Present, Co-Chairman, 2006-Present, Advisory Board, 2005-Present; President's
Society, 2006-Present; Dean's Circle, 2005-Present; Class Representative, 1996-Present
- Society of Trial Lawyers, 2002-Present; Secretary, 2010-Present, Treasurer, 2009-2010; Board of Directors, 2003-2006
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty, 2000-Present
- Public Interest Law Initiative, Board Member, 2010-Present
- Women's Bar Association of Illinois, 2009-Present
Community Involvement
- Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Chicago, Board of
Advisors, 2009-Present
- Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Chicago, North Regional Advisory Board, 2009-Present
- Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth, Secretary, 2010-Present,
Board of Directors, 2009-Present
- Sacred Heart School Board, President, 2010-Present, Secretary, 2008-2010
- Kenilworth Winnetka Baseball Association, Coach, 2008-Present
- AYSO Soccer, Coach, 2004-Present
Practice Areas
Education
Bar & Court Admissions
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