Press Releases and News Coverage

The Winnebago County Court has recently granted the Firm's Motion for Class Certification stemming from the Chemtool fire and explosion in Rockton, Illinois. Judge Stephen Ballogh granted class certification to property owners and residents who resided within three miles of the Chemtool facility. Th...

A Cook County jury has found Sterigenics responsible for causing plaintiff Sue Kamuda’s breast cancer, awarding the Willowbrook woman a total of $363 million dollars in the first Sterigenics trial. Sue contracted an aggressive form of breast cancer after living 1/3 of a mile from Sterigenics’ st...

Naperville (November 17, 2022) - The Collins Law Firm has been recognized both nationally and regionally as a 2023 Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. Only a small fraction of firms--2071 law firms out of more than 400,000 in the U.S.--have earned national recognition fro...

Law360 (August 18, 2022, 11:22 PM EDT) -- Industrial sterilization company Sterigenics pumped excessive amounts of ethylene oxide into the air from its Willowbrook, Illinois, facility for decades without warning the community about the serious health risks of breathing in the known carcinogen, an Il...

Naperville (August 25, 2022) - The Collins Law Firm is proud to announce that three Collins Law Firm attorneys have been chosen by peers for inclusion in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected guide to the legal profession. This year's list r...

"On March 31, an attorney representing the Edgar County Watchdogs, as well as ECW cofounder Kirk Allen and government transparency and reform advocate Adam Andrzejewski, asked DuPage County Judge Bryan S. Chapman for permission to file a motion for partial summary judgment to end a big part of a law...

Naperville, IL, May 2, 2022 - The Collins Law Firm is pleased to announce that attorney John Risvold has been named a Partner at the Firm. John joined The Collins Law Firm as an associate attorney in 2017. Since that time he has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for injured v...

February 4, 2022 - The Collins Law Firm is proud to announce that five attorneys at the firm have been named to the Illinois Super Lawyers list this year. Partners Shawn Collins and Edward Manzke, and Of Counsel attorneys Norman Berger and John Sopuch have been named as 2022 Super Lawyers. Associate...

Naperville (November 12, 2021) - We are pleased to announce that The Collins Law Firm has been recognized as a Best Law Firm for 2022 by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. Firms included on the Best Law Firm list "are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ra...

Naperville (September 7, 2021) - The Collins Law Firm is proud to announce that three Collins Law Firm attorneys have been selected by peers for inclusion in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Senior partner Shawn Collins has been recognized by Best Lawyers for his work in environmen...