CHICAGO — Philip Harnett Corboy Jr. was installed as the 55th president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) at its annual convention in Oak Brook, Ill., on June 6.

Corboy, 57, has held numerous positions in ITLA, including serving on the Board of Managers, Legislative Committee, Nominating Committee and Executive Committee.  He was elected second vice president in 2005, first vice president in 2006 and president-elect in 2007.

Corboy will be the fourth member of the law firm of Corboy & Demetrio to serve as president of ITLA.  Four Corboy & Demetrio partners currently serve on ITLA’s Board of Managers.

ITLA is a statewide organization of attorneys whose members specialize in representing injured consumers and workers.  Founded in 1952, the organization has more than 2,000 members.

Corboy’s professional life has been devoted to protecting the rights of all citizens.  As an assistant states’ attorney, he represented victims of crimes.  Now, as a partner at Corboy & Demetrio, he represents people and their families who have been injured or killed in personal injury and wrongful death cases.  During his time as a civil trial lawyer, he has settled or tried to verdict more than 37 cases in which plaintiffs have recovered $1 million or more.

In addition to his work with the ILTA, he has been a member of the American Association for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, for more than 20 years.  He has served that organization as an Illinois State delegate and as a member of its National Board of Governors.  He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where he served on its Board of Managers from 1994 to 1996, and is a long-standing member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Corboy is a trial attorney who was inducted into the invitation-only American College of Trial Lawyers, the country’s preeminent organization of trial lawyers that limits its membership to those trial lawyers who are considered the best in their state. 

A frequent panelist and lecturer on matters relating to civil justice and courtroom issues, Corboy has been interviewed and quoted in every print and broadcast media outlet in Chicago and the greater Chicagoland area.  He has also made appearances and offered commentary on legal issues nationally on many television shows and has been quoted on legal topics in many magazines and newspapers.

Corboy received his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in 1977 and his Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University in 1973.

Corboy & Demetrio represents people and their families in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases.  The firm has acquired more than $3 billion in settlements and verdicts and has attained more than 500 settlements and verdicts in excess of $1 million.