LARRY SHULRUFF
Partner
LARRY SHULRUFF
Managing Partner
“The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.”
– Nelson Algren
“The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.”
– Nelson Algren
ABOUT LARRY
Mr. Shulruff concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury defense, insurance coverage, property loss, fire and arson investigation and commercial litigation. He has tried more than 80 cases to verdict in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Dupage and Kane Counties, and in Lake County, Indiana. He is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where he teaches advanced trial practice.
He has written extensively on law- and business-related issues for The New York Times, the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association Journal, Working Woman magazine and other publications.
Before attending law school Mr. Shulruff was a newspaper reporter for various newspapers, including the Denver Post.
ABOUT LARRY
Mr. Shulruff concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury defense, insurance coverage, property loss, fire and arson investigation and commercial litigation. He has tried more than 80 cases to verdict in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Dupage and Kane Counties, and in Lake County, Indiana. He is an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where he teaches advanced trial practice.
He has written extensively on law- and business-related issues for The New York Times, the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association Journal, Working Woman magazine and other publications.
Before attending law school Mr. Shulruff was a newspaper reporter for various newspapers, including the Denver Post.
CONTACT LARRY
(312)-541-3297
CONTACT LARRY
(312)-541-3297
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Personal injury defense
- First-party insurance coverage
- Fire and arson cases
- Commercial litigation
- Property loss
EDUCATION
- University of Illinois, Urbana – 1981
- Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism – 1983
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law – 1988
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois
PAST SUCCESSES
- January 2018: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a rear-end car accident case with admitted negligence. Plaintiff’s medical specials totaled $57,781.
- November 2017: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a rear-end car accident case on the Kenned Expressway. Plaintiff’s medical specials totaled $42,174.
- March 2016: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a car accident case with admitted negligence and the defendant failed to appear at trial.
- February 2016: Mr. Shulruff received a directed verdict in a conversion case. The court struck plaintiff’s bad faith and consumer fraud count before trial.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Personal injury defense
- First-party insurance coverage
- Fire and arson cases
- Commercial litigation
- Property loss
EDUCATION
- University of Illinois, Urbana – 1981
- Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism – 1983
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law – 1988
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois
PAST SUCCESSES
- January 2018: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a rear-end car accident case with admitted negligence. Plaintiff’s medical specials totaled $57,781.
- November 2017: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a rear-end car accident case on the Kenned Expressway. Plaintiff’s medical specials totaled $42,174.
- March 2016: Mr. Shulruff received a not guilty verdict in a car accident case with admitted negligence and the defendant failed to appear at trial.
- February 2016: Mr. Shulruff received a directed verdict in a conversion case. The court struck plaintiff’s bad faith and consumer fraud count before trial.