Circuit Court / Winnebago County, Illinois
Medical malpractice / Birth injury
2017Medical malpractice / Birth injury
SwedishAmerican Hospital
Plaintiff's demand
$4,200,000
or tap the file
Prepared to wage it.
Trial defense for hospitals, physicians, and the insurers behind them.
Faulkner Spears & Chudoba LLC / Rockford, Illinois
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Courtroom imagery is illustrative.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
The best way to avoid war is to be fully prepared to wage it.”From the firm's published trial record
The office grew out of a Top 10 Chicago firm's Rockford branch. Its practice puts that trial experience to work for hospitals, physicians, insurers, and businesses across Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
Read about the firmThe record
goes before us.
A trial practice should be willing to put its results on the record. These are the figures the firm publishes.
36Not guilty verdicts
3Guilty verdicts
1Mistrial 11-1
Hung jury in our client's favor
Figures as published by the firm for its last 39 trials. The mistrial is reported separately.Source: Our Trial Record ↗
28 / 50
Suits resolved without payment in one client's review of a decade of the office's work.
One client's retrospective review77%
Of the typical average cost per file, in a major client's study of the firm's litigation costs.
Study period: 2004 to 2008A trial practice.
Four exhibits.
Medical knowledge runs through the work. Courtroom experience gives it a place to stand.
Healthcare
Liability Defense
The office has served as lead professional liability counsel to SwedishAmerican Hospital since 1983, defending hospitals and physicians in medical malpractice matters.
Hospital and insurer relationships published by the firm
Rockford Memorial Hospital · Kishwaukee Community Hospital · Mercy Health System · FHN Health Network / Freeport Memorial Hospital
ISMIE · CNA · Traveler's · St. Paul · Zurich · Medical Protective · OMIC · Illinois Provider Trust
Healthcare
Counseling
A litigator's view of hospital policies and medical staff decisions can address problems before they become a lawsuit.
Counseling scope
HIPAA and patient confidentiality; policies, procedures and consent forms; medical staff bylaws; National Practitioner Data Bank and state reporting; physician credentialing; contested medical staff hearings.
The firm's published scope excludes compensation and reimbursement issues.
General Business
Litigation
The firm brings its trial experience to business disputes. Its published client history includes General Motors, Dow Chemical, Remax, Navistar, and Adkins Energy LLC.
“There are a lot of people who call themselves trial lawyers who haven't had a verdict in a long time.”
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 24, 2004. Quoted on the firm's practice page.Meritorious
Injury Claims
The office also represents people with injury claims, bringing its knowledge of medicine and trial practice to cases it has evaluated for merit under the law.
Published areas of representation
Vehicular accidents, products liability, and other personal injury claims outside medical malpractice.
Each claim is evaluated on its facts and legal merit.
Prepared for trial.
Careful with
the file.
The office's published approach connects trial readiness to the daily decisions that determine a file's cost.
Assigned counsel
Two attorneys traditionally collaborate on each file. Continuity keeps the case with lawyers who know it and avoids the cost of new attorneys stepping in and out.
Necessary discovery
Discovery follows what the case needs. In one example, the office proposed taking no depositions, using a written request to admit the basic facts instead.
The working file
Video conferencing replaces travel for depositions and expert meetings. Paperless files make medical records, pleadings, and discovery searchable by term.
The people
on the file.
Chicago experience, Rockford roots. Meet the attorneys and staff listed by the firm.
Jeffry S. SpearsEquity PartnerIn practice since 1981.
Medical malpractice defense, health care, and commercial litigation. Brandi L. ChudobaEquity PartnerBegan at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
Returned to help establish FSC in 2017. Mindy R. ChudobaSenior AssociateMedical malpractice defense, business litigation, construction law, and insurance coverage. David P. FaulknerRetired from the FirmFounding PartnerStarted the Rockford office of Lord, Bissell & Brook in 1983.
Medical malpractice defense, health care, and commercial litigation. Brandi L. ChudobaEquity PartnerBegan at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
Returned to help establish FSC in 2017. Mindy R. ChudobaSenior AssociateMedical malpractice defense, business litigation, construction law, and insurance coverage. David P. FaulknerRetired from the FirmFounding PartnerStarted the Rockford office of Lord, Bissell & Brook in 1983.
At home in
these courts.
The firm sees its attorneys' resident status as an advantage in local practice and reports being well received in the courts where it appears.
The firm's published territoryIllinois 15 counties
- Boone
- Carroll
- Cook
- DeKalb
- Henry
- Jo Daviess
- Kane
- LaSalle
- Lee
- McHenry
- Ogle
- Rock Island
- Stephenson
- Whiteside
- Winnebago
Wisconsin 6 counties
- Green
- Lafayette
- Racine
- Kenosha
- Rock
- Walworth
Bring us the file.
Contact the Rockford office to discuss representation.
Faulkner Spears & Chudoba LLC
308 W. State Street, Suite 115
Rockford, IL 61101
308 W. State Street, Suite 115
Rockford, IL 61101
Fax (815) 963-8057
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The case results and historical studies above are reported by the firm. Each matter depends on its facts and the applicable law.
Faulkner Spears & Chudoba LLCRockford, Illinois