Partner
Senior Trial Attorney
Jeffrey J. Kroll is an award-winning attorney who has represented injured victims of negligence throughout the country for nearly three decades in the areas of trucking accidents, products liability, and medical malpractice. In 2017, Mr. Kroll was part of the trial team that obtained a record-breaking $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a dancer who was paralyzed when a shelter collapsed on her at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Overall, his verdicts and settlements have exceeded $1 million on 80 separate occasions.
Mr. Kroll has lectured on over 160 occasions throughout the country on personal injury and wrongful death matters. He has had more than 140 legal articles published on topics ranging from strategic jury selection and maximizing an injured client’s recovery, to successfully handling wrongful death cases and preparing and cross-examining expert witnesses. He is well known in Chicago media for countless segments and publications, and has taught Trial Advocacy and Medical Malpractice Law at DePaul University and Northwestern Law School. Mr. Kroll was the only Illinois attorney to be published in the Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, 4th Edition, released by Trial Guides and the American Association for Justice.
ACADEMICS
J.D., DePaul University College of Law. 1990
B.A., DePaul University. 1987
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Deposition Practicum, John Marshall School of Law
(Spring, 2010 – Spring 2011)
Trial Advocacy Northwestern School of Law
(Fall 2001, 2002, 2004 – 2007)
Trial Advocacy, DePaul University, College of Law
(Spring, 1999; Spring 2000)
Medical Malpractice Law, DePaul University, College of Law
(Fall, 1992; Spring, 1993)
BAR ADMISSIONS
U.S. Supreme Court. 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals, Northern District of Indiana. 2000
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1991
Illinois Bar. 1990
BAR COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
American Bar Association
Council Member, Section of Litigation (2008-2016)
Co-Chair, Podcast and Distant Learning Sub Committee, Section of Litigation, 2010
Co-Chair, Expert Witnesses, Section of Litigation (2005-2007)
Co-Chair (2005), ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Litigation, Chicago 2003-2005
Co-Chair, Trial Evidence Committee, Section of Litigation, 2002-2003
Co-Chair, Tips From the Trenches Publication, Section of Litigation, 1999-2002
Vice-Chair, Trial Techniques Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1999-2001
Member, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice, 1996
Co-Program Director, Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, 1995
Member, Task Force on the State of the Justice, System, Section of Litigation, 1993
Member, American Bar Association Long Range Planning, Group in Civil Justice System Improvements, 1993
Member, Public Relations Committee, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1993 – 1995
Liaison between the Public Relations Committee and the following Committees: Medicine and the Law; Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Charitable, Religious and Non-Profit Organizations; Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1993 – 1995
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member, Executive Committee, Product Liability Section, 1994 – 1997
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Elected Member, Board of Managers, 2000- present
Co-Chair, Seminar Planning, 1999-2001; 2018-2019
Member, Board of Advocates, 1993 – 2000
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1992 – 1994
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Publication Committee, 1992- 1995
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1993 – 1995
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Practice and Rules, 1997-1998
Illinois State Bar Association
Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1998-present
Member, Special Committee on Mentoring, 2003-2004
Member, ISBA, Assembly, 1998- 2001
Member, Tort Law Section Council, 1996-2000
Legislative Liaison, Tort Litigation Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1996
Chair, Admiralty and Maritime Section, 1995-1996
Member, Admiralty and Maritime Section Council, 1995-1997
Chicago Bar Association
Member, Public Affairs Committee, Chicago Bar Association, 1993 – 1995
Committee Member, Take Me Too Tickets for Kids Program, 1996
Core Group, CBA/YLS Health and Hospital Law Committee, 1995-1996
DuPage County Bar Association
Medical Legal Committee, 1997-1998
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
DePaul University, Board of Trustees (2008 – 2016)
DePaul University College of Law – Dean’s Council (2008 – present)
Chicago Inn of Court (1989 – 2008)
Polish American Association, Board of Directors (2003 -2005)
Board Member, Marist Brothers (1996 – 2000)
Marist High School, Building Task Team (2003)
DePaul Law Development Committee (1990 – 1992)
DePaul Alumni Special Gifts Task Force (1997)
Member, Host Committee for the 1993 American Inns of Court Annual Meeting
Member, Host Committee for the 1995 American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Annual Meeting
Symposium on the Future of the Civil Jury System in the United States (1992)
Illinois Supreme Court Subcommittee on Selection and Administration of Juries, 1993 – 1994
Member, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Associate Board, 1993
