Collins Law Group, P.C. was founded in 1992 by Shawn Collins with a straightforward premise: that when someone is seriously wronged, they deserve trial lawyers who will not back down. More than 30 years later, the firm has recovered over $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements for its clients. It remains one of the Chicago area's most accomplished plaintiff's trial firms.
The firm is now led by attorneys Ed Manzke, Rob Dawidiuk and John Risvold.
We take on cases where the injuries are serious, the stakes are high, and the opposition has significant resources. These are cases that demand experienced trial lawyers who are willing to see them all the way through. That willingness is not a marketing claim. It is the reason we have the results we have.
Our personal injury practice handles the most serious cases: commercial trucking and semi-truck crashes, medical malpractice and birth injury, defective and dangerous products, autonomous vehicle and rideshare crashes, construction and workplace accidents, and wrongful death. We represent injured individuals and families throughout Illinois and across the country. Our attorneys have recovered substantial verdicts and settlements for clients in cases that other firms declined to take to trial.
Collins Law Group is one of a small number of plaintiff-side firms in the country with deep experience in complex environmental contamination cases. Our environmental attorneys have secured landmark results for victims of toxic exposure, including the largest single-plaintiff verdict in Illinois history, a $363 million jury award for a cancer victim exposed to industrial air contamination for more than 20 years, and a $408 million class settlement for nearly 800 additional cancer victims arising from the same contamination. Our work has forced corporate polluters to clean up contaminated properties, filter vapor intrusion in affected homes, excavate contaminated soil in residential neighborhoods, and provide safe drinking water to tens of thousands of people.
The commercial team handles a range of matters for businesses and financial institutions, including complex transactions and all types of business and real estate litigation. Our commercial litigators are trial lawyers, not just negotiators.
Collins Law Group has been recognized nationally and regionally by U.S. News and Best Lawyers as a Best Law Firm, including Tier 1 National recognition in environmental litigation and Tier 1 recognition in the Chicago Metro market for both environmental litigation and personal injury litigation. Our attorneys hold Super Lawyers, Leading Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and Top 100 Trial Lawyers designations.
The firm's verdicts and settlements have been recognized by Top Verdict among the top results in Illinois and the United States across multiple years and practice areas, including the #1 jury verdict in Illinois and #2 personal injury verdict in the United States, the #1 settlement in the United States in 2024, and Top 20, Top 50, and Top 100 recognitions in Illinois verdicts, Illinois settlements, motor vehicle settlements, medical malpractice settlements, and wrongful death settlements spanning 2019 through 2024.
We are based in the Chicago area and litigate cases throughout Illinois and across the country. Attorneys and professionals with a serious case are welcome to reach out.
Collins Law Group, P.C. 1770 Park St, Suite 200 | Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 527-1595 | collinslaw.com
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