Bruce Pfaff
Pfaff, Gill & Ports, Ltd.Bruce Pfaff dedicates 100% of his practice to representing plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice, and all other types of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Bruce Pfaff has been a trial lawyer since 1979, representing people injured or killed by wrongful conduct. He received excellent training from two premier law firms before starting his own practice in 1991. Bruce has succeeded for clients in cases including those hurt by unsafe or defective products, medical malpractice by obstetricians, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons, other doctors and hospital personnel, careless driving, poor maintenance of property, sexual assault, legal malpractice, and other forms of personal injury cases in Chicago. In six cases, his clients have each received more than $10 million in jury verdicts. He is one of a handful of Illinois lawyers who have had similar trial success. In addition to representing clients and managing the law firm, Bruce writes Friend of the Court briefs for the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association and for the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates
- University of California Hastings College of the Law
- J.D. (1979)
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- Dartmouth College
- B.A. (1976)
- Founder and owner
- Pfaff, Gill & Ports, Ltd.
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- Founder and owner
- Pfaff & Gill, Ltd.
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- Founder and owner
- Bruce R. Pfaff & Associates, Ltd.
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- Lawyer
- Corboy & Demetrio
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- Lawyer
- Bostwick & Tehin
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- Top Ten Personal Injury Plaintiffs' Lawyers in IL
- Leading Lawyers Network
- Top Ten Consumer Lawyers in IL
- Leading Lawyers Network
- Access to Justice Award
- American Bar Association
- Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Award
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Chicago Product Liability Litigator of the Year
- Best Lawyers
- Top Ten Illinois Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Award
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
- Best Lawyers in America for personal injury, products liability, and medical malpractice law (2006-present)
- Best Lawyers
- President's Award
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- "10.0 Superb" Rating
- Avvo
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The American Trial Lawyers' Association
- AV Preeminent 5.0/5.0 Rating
- Martindale Hubbell
- Illinois State Bar
- Member
- Current
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Member
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- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
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- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Member
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- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ)
- Sustaining member
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- Leading Laywers Network Advisory Board
- Member
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- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- International Society of Barristers
- Fellow
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- The American Trial Lawyers' Association
- Invited member
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- Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases
- Committee member
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- Illinois
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
- Personal Injury (Plaintiff)
- English