Corboy & Demetrio Managing Partner Ken Lumb named to Crain's 2026 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law
Crain's Chicago Business has named Corboy & Demetrio Managing Partner Ken Lumb to its prestigious 2026 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law. Ken is one of 135 professionals whose work shapes business, civic life, and the courts. The elite list includes firm leaders, trial lawyers, tax advisers, corporate dealmakers and others guiding clients through litigation, transactions, regulatory change and growth strategy.
“It’s truly an honor to be selected alongside so many of the city’s esteemed corporate leaders and fellow lawyers,” said Lumb.
Ken’s selection by Crain’s comes five years after he was named to its Notable Gen X Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, and Law in 2021.
Ken has received numerous accolades over his three decades at Corboy & Demetrio.
Since 2019, Ken has been selected to the Best Lawyers in America and is recognized in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Mass Torts-Class Actions. He's been selected to Illinois Super Lawyers since 2012. Ken has been selected to the elite Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, as well as Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers since 2019.
In 2026, Ken was selected to Lawdragon’s 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know by Lawdragon for the second year in a row. Also in 2026, Lawdragon gave Ken the elite designation of Legend for being selected to Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America for a decade.
The National Law Journal selected Ken to its elite Trailblazers -Plaintiffs' Lawyers in 2022.
Ken has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements as a plaintiffs’ trial lawyer and is a proud U.S. Army veteran. As a captain in the Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps), Ken served four years as the Medical Claims Judge Advocate at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. His experience included medical malpractice defense and hospital law. In 2003, he was mobilized in support of operation "Enduring Freedom" and spent six months on active duty at Walter Reed for which he received a Meritorious Service Medal. Ken is currently a retired major in the U.S. Army Reserve.
