Illinois Mesothelioma Lawyer John D. Cooney is a partner in Cooney & Conway law firm and he regularly handles complex wrongful death and personal injury cases which have resulted in many record-setting settlements and judgment. To protect the rights of injured U.S. workers and their families in the reorganization proceedings of Armstrong World Industries, USG, Owens Corning, Halliburton, General Motors, Honeywell, and other corporations he has been appointed by several U.S. Trustees. Thousands of working families benefiting from the attorney Cooney's efforts and his recoveries resulting are more than 20 billion dollars.
Over the last three decades mesothelioma attorney John D. Cooney and the Cooney & Conway law firm have represented thousands of asbestos mesothelioma victims.
The Cooney & Conway law firm reported that he concluded the highest asbestos lawsuit as result of exposure to asbestos products in the history of State of Illinois, which resulted in obtaining over $200 million. That lawsuit topped the chart for its Million Dollar Settlement Survey. By the weekly Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter, that was also the largest ever reported settlement amount.
By Chicago Lawyer, Mr. Cooney has been identified each year as one of the TOP 10 lawyers obtaining multi-million dollar results. Many of his cases include asbestos litigation, medical malpractice, transportation and construction accidents, as well as product liability. Attorney John D. Cooney has also reached a record $12.3 million verdict (Barry v.Owens-Corning) for a pipe coverer, 60, exposed to asbestos-containing products, which is the largest compensatory asbestos judgment in State of Illinois.
Illinois asbestos mesothelioma lawyer John D. Cooney of Cooney & Conway law firm was the founding chairman of the American Bar Association's Mass Torts Litigation Committee. Mr. Cooney is an elected to the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and also an elected Governor of the American Association for Justice.
Mr. Cooney received his B.A. from Georgetown University, Washington D.C. in 1976 and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, Chicago in 1979, after which he spent five years as a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorneys Office in the Felony Trial Division.
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