Hofeld & Schaffner

­­­Attorney Howard Schaffner

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 1964

Education: 

• The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
  • J.D. - 1970
• Roosevelt University
  • B.A.

Professional Memberships and Achievements: 

• Board of Managers- Illinois Trial Lawyers (Member Board of Managers)
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association International Society of Barristers

­­­Attorney Albert F. Hofeld

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 1970

Education: 

• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
  • J.D. - 1964
• Harvard University
  • B.A.

­­­Attorney Brian Murphy

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 1989
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1989

Education: 

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1989
  • J.D.
  • Honors: American Jurisprudence Award for the Study of Business Corporations
• St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota, 1986
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Dean’s List

Professional Memberships and Achievements: 

• AV Rated, Martindale Hubble, 1999 - Present
• Illinois SuperLawyer, 2006 - Present
• Illinois Leading Lawyer, 2017 - Present
• Who's Who in America, 2012 - Present
• Who's Who in American Law, 2015 - Present
• AVVO Rating: 10.0, 2012 - Present
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Associations, 1991 – Present (Board of Managers and Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association, 1989 – Present (Member)
• Society of Trial Lawyers , 2007 – Present (Member and Board Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 2017 – Present (Member)

­­­Attorney John J. MacInerney

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 1996

Education: 

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
  • J.D. - 1996
• State University of New York College at Oneonta
  • B.A. - 1996

$24,000,000.00 Verdict: Nursing negligence in a community hospital allowed a patient with a disc injury in his neck to progress to permanent quadriplegia.

$18,000,000.00 Settlement: Construction worker was severely burned and left permanently disabled when a crane which he was guiding contacted high power lines.  The plaintiff and his team were advised that the lines were de-powered when it actuality, they were not.

$12,000,000.00 Settlement: Trucking accident where the plaintiff was rear-ended and sustained spinal cord injuries.

$10,000,000.00 Settlement: Three railroad workers were killed by electrocution when a loader being operated by one of the workers contacted high power lines.

$10,000,000.00 Verdict: Pathology case.

$10,000,000.00 Settlement: Newborn child contracted a fungal infection and the care providers failed to timely diagnose the infection causing the child to sustain brain damage from the infection and permanent disability.

$9,000,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence by an obstetrician at a University medical center resulted in a 7 minute delay in delivering a child. This delay was crucial and caused brain damage and permanent disability.

$8,000,000.00 Verdict: Heart attack by lawyer.

$7,700,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence in a down state Illinois community hospital by obstetrician and nurses resulted in the delay in delivery of child causing brain damage and permanent disability.

$6,800,000.00 Verdict: Construction negligence resulted in the death of an ironworker who fell two stories on a high-rise building construction site in downtown Chicago.

$5,000,000.00 Settlement: Labor and delivery negligence by an obstetrician in a University medical center resulted in a delay in delivery of a child which resulted in permanent cognitive and learning disabilities.

$4,400,000.00 Settlement: Construction negligence resulted in head injuries and permanent disability to an elevator constructor working on the construction of a high rise building in downtown Chicago.