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Timothy J. Cavanagh

Cavanagh Law Group
Illinois
Medical Malpractice LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationProduct Liability LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
161 N. Clark St., Ste. 2070, Chicago, IL 60601

Timothy J. Cavanagh

Cavanagh Law Group
Illinois
Medical Malpractice LitigationPersonal Injury LitigationProduct Liability LitigationWrongful Death Litigation
161 N. Clark St., Ste. 2070, Chicago, IL 60601
312-425-1900
tjc@CavanaghLawGroup.com
www.CavanaghLawGroup
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Timothy J. Cavanagh is the founding partner of Cavanagh Law Group in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cavanagh is a nationally known trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in plaintiff’s personal injury trial work and handles catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. His firm is included in U.S. News & World Report 2018 Best Law Firms listing and received a “Tier 1” ranking. Mr. Cavanagh is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named one of the top 500 leading plaintiffs' lawyers in the country by Lawdragon Magazine. He was named a Super Lawyer by Key Professional Media, Inc. through the research of Law & Politics in the years 2005–2018. Leading Lawyers, a Division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company, has named him a Leading Lawyer every year since its inception in 2003 – an honor that is limited to the top 5% of lawyers in Illinois. Mr. Cavanagh has been consistently named one of the top 100 consumer lawyers in Illinois and was named to the prestigious Irish Legal 100 by The Irish Voice Newspaper, from 2010 to present. He has received two Trial Lawyers Excellence Awards by the Jury Verdict Reporter for one record-setting verdict and one record-setting settlement. In 2001, he was selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of the "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch." He has appeared on all local television stations and as a guest on "The Today Show" on NBC, "The Abrams Report" on MSNBC, "The O'Reilly Factor" on FOX and the cable television program "Illinois Issues in Review." He is a frequent lecturer and speaker at legal seminars in Illinois and around the country. Mr. Cavanagh has obtained over fifty verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million in his career, including the following recent results:

$55 million railroad crossing verdict (recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the top 100 verdicts in the country in 2002);
$20.2 million code of silence-wrongful death settlement
$14 million medical malpractice settlement;
$13.7 million wrongful death verdict;
$10 million tractor trailer truck crash settlement;
$9.75 million trucking settlement;
$9.1 million railroad crossing settlement;
$7.5 million medical malpractice settlement;
$7.5 million settlement against railroad that caused injury to pedestrian;
$6.65 million wrongful death verdict;
$6.3 million wrongful death settlement;
$5.9 million wrongful death settlement;
$5.75 million auto-pedestrian settlement (highest reported uninsured motorist award in Illinois history);
$5.5 million wrongful death settlement;
$4.5 million product liability settlement;
$4.5 million wrongful death settlement;
$4.1 million automobile crash settlement;
$3 million premises liability settlement;
$3 million product liability settlement;
$2.7 million wrongful death settlement;
$2.5 million birth injury settlement;
$2 million wrongful death settlement;
$2 million verdict against the City of Chicago in police pursuit case; and
$1.5 million trucking crash settlement.

Mr. Cavanagh earned a BA from John Carroll University in Ohio, and a JD from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where he currently serves on its Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Regents of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, the Board of Directors of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, and is a director of the Western Golf Association Evans Scholars Foundation.

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