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Injury lawyer Dennis DeCaro is committed to advocating for his clients in all cases where an individual has been injured, or where an individual’s civil rights have been violated. Mr. DeCaro has represented injured individuals in a wide variety of situations: car accidents; slip and falls; trucking collisions; medical malpractice; product liability; and premise liability.
Mr. DeCaro is especially proud of his experience representing union members and their families throughout the State of Illinois. Mr. DeCaro’s substantial settlements, while financially benefiting his clients, have also benefited society through safer workplaces, increased police and paramedic training, improved construction oversight, the removal of dangerous conditions and many other positive changes.
COURTS WHERE HE IS LICENSED AND HAS PRACTICEDGood Housekeeping Magazine - Discussing a case where Mr. DeCaro represented a young man, following a seizure, was allegedly suffocated to death by police and paramedics.
Trial Magazine - Discussing the settlement of a case where a municipal garage staircase collapsed killing his teenage client.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESMr. DeCaro was the former Board Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago, and is a Board Member of the Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund of the National Epilepsy Foundation.
Illinois, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1996
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2009
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2000
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2006
U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
District of Columbia, 2012
Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida B.A., Bachelor of ArtsMajor: PsychologyMajor: English
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1989 M.S.I.R., Master of Science in Industrial Relations
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois J.D., Juris Doctor