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Bar Admissions

  • Illinois Supreme Court, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1990
  • Federal Trial Bar, 1994

Education

  • Wake Forest University, J.D., 1988
  • Coe College, B.A., 1985

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gregory D. Conforti
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Phone (312) 984-0249


Fax (312) 372-9818


E-Mail confortig@jbltd.com

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Gregory D. Conforti is co-chair of Johnson & Bell's Transportation group. He concentrates his practice in general negligence, as well as transportation and retail litigation. Mr. Conforti supports an active civil trial practice and enjoys an exceptional record of predominately not-guilty verdicts. He has successfully tried cases to verdict in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County as well as the surrounding municipal districts and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As a result of his accomplishments, Mr. Conforti has received numerous awards, including being named as one of the 40 Attorneys Under 40 in Illinois to Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in 2003. His success as a trial attorney has also been recognized by his peers who have awarded him with an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Conforti is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Justinian Society of Lawyers. He serves on the Steering committee for the American Law Firm Association's (ALFA) Transportation Practice Group and served as the Chair for the Transportation Practice Group in 2007-2008. He also served as the 2006 ALFA Transportation Group Program Chair for the seminar held in Las Vegas, Nevada and is currently serving as Chair Emeritus for ALFA in 2008-2009. Mr. Conforti is also frequently requested as a lecturer and has given presentations across the country.

For more information on Mr. Conforti, please click here.

Lectures/Presentations

  1. Speaker - Settlement Negotiations and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Using ADR to Minimize the Inpact of Trucking Litigation, American Conference Institute, Trucking Litigation, Orlando, FL, December 5-6, 2011.
  2. Speaker - Accident Response Team Best Practices, Republic Services National Claims Counsel Litigation Conference, Lowes Hotel and Spa in Lake Las Vegas, NV, October 16, 2009.
  3. Speaker - Handling Ethical Dilemmas, ATA Litigation Center's Forum for Motor Carrier General Counsels, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 26, 2009.
  4. Moderator - Medicare-Medicaid Mandatory Reporting/Set Aside, ALFA International Transportation Practice Group Tele-Seminar, June 24, 2009.
  5. Trading Places: Coordinating Claims & Safety Department Activities, American Trucking Association Litigation Center's Forum For Motor Carrier General Counsels, Dana Point, CA, 2008.
  6. ECM'S and Reconstruction - The Digital Witness, American Trucking Association Litigation Center's Forum For Motor Carrier General Counsels, La Jolla, CA, 2005.
  7. Moderator - Accident Reconstruction Animations & Juries: Hindsight Bias and Counterfactual Thinking by the Jury?, ALFA Transportation Practice Group Seminar, Amelia Island, Florida, 2005.
  8. Tort Law Update, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Fall Seminar, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 2004.
  9. How'd Everybody Get in my Room? The Basics of Working a Room, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group Seminar, Newport Beach, California, 2004.
  10. ECM's and Airbag Modules: Thinking Outside the Black Box, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group Seminar, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, 2003.
  11. Trial Strategies: Give Me 40 Acres to Turn This Rig Around, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2002.
  12. The Carrier's Perspective on Preventable Accidents: Causes and Countermeasures, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
  13. Liens and Subrogation Interests: Dealing with Road Blocks to Settlement, Illinois Association of Defense 35th Annual Spring Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 1999.
  14. Effective Deposition Taking, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
  15. Permissible Attorney Advertising, Transportation Law Institute, Washington D.C., 1998.
  16. Creative Defense Strategies in Product Liability, Scaffolding, Forming and Shoring Institute, Orlando, Florida, 1996.
  17. Trial of General Negligence and Premises Liability Claims, Chicago Bar Association, 1995.

Articles

  1. Co-Author, Liability of a Carrier for Property Damage or Personal Injury Caused by Debris from the Truck Becoming Loose and Striking Another Vehicle, May 2011.
  2. Co-Author, Johnson & Bell, Ltd. Transportation Law Update, April 2011.
  3. Editor, Go Team Manual, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group, 2005.
  4. Editor, Go Team Manual, American Law Firm Association, 2004 and 2001.
  5. Beware the Company You Keep:  You May Be Liable for an Independent Contractor's Employees' Actions, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group Seminar, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, 2003.
  6. Co-Author, DUIC: Driving Under the Influence of Cell Phones, American Law Firm Association Transportation Practice Group newsletter Transport Update, Spring 2002.
  7. Co-Author, Spoliation of Evidence, an Illinois Perspective, American Law Firm Association Compendium, 2001.

Publications

  1. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Grants Summary Judgment In A Negligent Entrustment Case, ALFA International Transportation Update, Volume 2011, Issue 1, (Winter). Click here for the article featured on page 8.

Reported Cases

  1. Fernando Corral, Jr. Personal Representative of the Estate of Fernando Corral, Sr., deceased, v. Mervis Industries, Inc., a corporation
  2. Happel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 9782 (N.D. Ill., Feb. 9, 2008). Click here for verdict report.
  3. Hoa Nguyen v. F. L.  Smithe Machine Company, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. Lexis 9857 (N.D. Ill. 2000).
  4. Robert Suzik and Roxanne Suzik v. Sea-Land Corporation, Sea Land Services, Incorporated, and CSX Corporation, 89 F. 3d 345 (7 Circuit 1996).
  5. John Flynn and Carolyn Flynn v. Allis Chalmers Corporation, 262 Ill. App. 3d 136 (2 Dist 1994).
  6. Estelle Cohn v. The Northern Trust Company, 250 Ill. App. 3d 222 (1 Dist 1993)
    Myriam Diehl v. Heinz Company and Metromail Corporation, 901 F.2d 73 (7 Circuit 1990).