William T. Gibbs

Associate

33 N. Dearborn Street
21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60602

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William T. Gibbs is a trial attorney at the Chicago personal injury and medical malpractice law firm of Corboy & Demetrio and concentrates his practice on cases arising from automobile collisions, construction negligence, medical negligence, premises liability, product liability, and railroad negligence.

Bill has obtained record-setting and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. Recently, he obtained a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual injured in a mass transit crash. In a Federal District Court case, he obtained a $6.6 million verdict for a family injured in an automobile collision. It was the largest verdict ever in that Court. He has also secured a $1.25 million settlement for the family of a realtor who was killed by a drunk driver and a $1.5 million settlement where a health club member sustained serious injuries to his wrist when pushed to the ground by another member. Bill also settled a case for over a quarter of a million dollars when a young boy’s face was cut while he played at an outdoor twirling tunnel at Chicago’s Navy Pier.

He is a member of numerous legal organizations including the American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the Notre Dame Law Association. In 2008, Bill authored an article, "A Quick Guide to the Illinois Dead Man’s Act," which was published in the Illinois Bar Journal, a publication of the Illinois State Bar Association.

In October, 2009, Bill was named by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, which publishes the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine, to its list of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch," and for the last two years, he has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer, Rising Star. 

Active in many community organizations, Bill is co-chair of "St. Clement Dads," a group that volunteers throughout the community and provides activities for parents and their children. Through the St. Clement Legal Aid Clinic, Our Lady of Mercy Legal Clinic and Mercy Home for Boys he provides pro bono legal assistance to individuals who are unable to afford private counsel.

Bill was a high school computer science teacher and varsity football, basketball, and baseball coach prior to his legal career. While at the University of Notre Dame, he was a defensive back on the varsity football team.

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