Colin H. Dunn, LLC

Headquartered in Chicago, Colin H. Dunn, LLC represents individuals and businesses in tort litigation. Our firm specializes in all aspects of litigation, including appellate practice.

Colin Dunn has been practicing law for over a decade. He was named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s “40 under 40” attorney list, recognizing Illinois’ top up and coming lawyers in 2010. He was also named a Super Lawyers’ “Rising Star” from 2009-2013. Since 2013, he has been named both a Super Lawyer and a Leading Lawyer. He was named a Best Lawyer of 2017. And he is listed in Who’s Who in Law Higher Education for his class on aviation law.

He has litigated and tried a number of high profile, complex cases, including:

$112 million dollar verdict for two men injured in a grain bin explosion at a ConAgra mill in southern Illinois (11th highest verdict by National Law Journal’s The Top 100 Verdicts of 2012 )
$100 million dollar settlement from litigation stemming from a 2003 fire at the Cook County Administration Building
$22.7 million dollar verdict for the family of a husband and father killed by an intoxicated driver (90th highest verdict by Top Verdicts for 2016)
$18.5 million settlement on behalf of two workers who suffered severe burns after an explosion at a train derailment clean-up site in Kentucky
$11 million settlement for a family of a father of three who was killed when a building under construction partially collapsed
$10 million dollar verdict in a premises liability case for the family of a 22 year old woman murdered in her apartment due to the landlord’s negligent security practices
$9 million settlement for a family whose parents were killed when their car was struck by a news van

HONORS & AWARDS

• Leading Lawyers, 2013-present
• Super Lawyers, 2013-present
• 2017, Best Lawyers, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Top 100 Verdicts of 2016 (#90)
• Best Lawyers® in America, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2018
• Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009 – 2012
• Law Bulletin’s 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch 2010
• National Law Journal’s The Top 100 Verdicts of 2012 (#11)
• Trial Excellence Award, Jury Verdict Reporter, 2012
• William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Award from the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association 2010, 2011, 2017

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Lichaw, et al., v. 69 West Washington, et al. Litigation stemming from the fire at the Cook County Administration Building ($100 million settlement)
• Jentz v. ConAgra, et al. 38-year-old suffered 75% burns to his body after grain bin in which he was working exploded ($71 million verdict)
• Schmidt v. ConAgra, et al. 36-year-old suffered burns to hands after grain bin in which he was working exploded ($36 million verdict)
• Dorner v. Wilmette Real Estate & Management Co., et al. 22-year-old woman was murdered in her apartment by a co-tenant ($10 million verdict)
• Beemsterboer v. Joseph J. Duffy Co., et al. Husband and father of three killed in partial collapse of building during construction ($11 million settlement)
• Allie v. Frontline. Married couple was killed while driving on I-57 after their car was struck by a news van ($9 million settlement)
• Naras v. Flextronics, et al. A husband and father of two was crushed by a punch press at a factory ($6.85 million settlement)
• Bazik v. Hoekstra, et al. Woman suffered multiple fractures after her car was struck by truck in Will County ($3.9 million settlement)
• In re Air Crash Disaster at Lexington, Kentucky on August 27, 2006. Litigation stemming from the crash of Comair Flight 4191 in 2006. (Confidential settlement)
• Woods v. Southwest, et al. Boy killed when Southwest plane crashed through the barrier at Midway Airport and struck the car in which he was a passenger (Confidential settlement)
• Swenson v. Hussman Corp. & Adam Troy. Young husband and father is killed by a speeding trucker. ($22.7 million verdict)
• Powers & Carillo v. CSX Transportation, Inc.; Paducah & Louisville Railway Co.; and Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health. Two workers severely burned in a flash fire during a derailment cleanup in Kentucky. ($18.5 million settlement)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• State of Illinois
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky