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Adam C. Kruse

Wheaton, Illinois


phone	(630) 462-1980
fax	(630) 462-1984
email	Email Me

Adam Kruse has been working at Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Chartered since 2004. Adam works extensively with other attorneys in all stages of the litigation process, from meeting with potential clients, to developing cases for trial, assisting with trial, and doing appellate work. Adam works to thoroughly research legal issues for the benefit of the firm's clients.

Adam attended law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, from which he graduated in May 2004. While in law school, he served as the editor in chief of the Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review, for which he also wrote two published articles. Adam also received several awards for earning the highest grades in his law school classes.

Before coming to the firm, Adam worked as a law clerk at the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C. He has also been employed with the general counsel s office of a large insurance company, and during college, he spent a summer as a legislative intern at the United States Senate in Washington D.C.

During his free time, Adam volunteers with a not-for-profit organization to provide free legal advice to low-income tenants facing eviction from their homes.

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 2004; Missouri, 2005; U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

Education:: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2004
J.D.
Law Review: Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review, Editor in Chief; University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 2001
A.B.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; DuPage County Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:: United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C., Law Clerk; United States Senate in Washington D.C., Legislative Intern

Anderson v. Thompson, MD Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.5 Million Settlement.

Doe v. SuperFlow Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $5.25 Million Settlement

Cann v. Life Products, Inc., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $10 Million Jury Verdict

Bechtol v. Campbell, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $7.3 Million Jury Verdict

Liporini v. Westlake Hospital, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $6.1 Million Award

Kilgore v. Heggen, Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois $5.7 Million Award

LoCoco v. Garbowski, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.6 Million Jury Verdict

Knauerhaze v. Allen, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.485 Million Jury Verdict

Krywokulski v. Wilbur, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.2 Million Award

Garcia v. Horwitz, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.775 Million Award

Compton v. Ubilluz, M.D. and Nour, M.D., Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $1.73 Million Jury Verdict

Enyart v. Rahn, MD, Circuit Court of DuPage Country, Illinois $1.550 Million Settlement

Janetis v. Christensen, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.1 Million Award

Licastro v. Rowley, M.D., Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $710,000 Award

Murray v. R. A. Bright Construction Company, Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois $1.9 Million Award

Out of State Automobile Accident - Death, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.1 Million Award

Bus/Automobile Collision - Fracture & Hip Dislocation, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $800,000 Award

Automobile/Van Collision - Herniated Disc, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $480,000 Award

Car/Truck Collision - Fractures, Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois $420,000 Award

Truck/Automobile Collision - Spleen Injury, Circuit Court of Dupage County, Illinois $245,000 Award

Callahan v. Bernz-O-Matic, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.7425 Million Award

Rader v. City of Chicago, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.9 Million Award

Personal Injury : Boat : Leg Injury, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.5 Million Award

Wrongful Adoption, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $780,000 Settlement

Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Chartered
2150 Manchester Road, Suite 200
Wheaton, IL 60187
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Phone: 630-462-1980
Facsimile: 630-462-1984

From our law offices in Wheaton, Illinois, the personal injury, medical malpractice and business litigation attorneys at Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Chartered, represent clients throughout Chicagoland and west Chicago. Many clients come to us from Naperville, Bolingbrook, Plano, Yorkville, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Romeoville, Rockford, Aurora, Batavia, Evanston, Winnetka, Waukegan, Lake Forest, Barrington Hills, DeKalb, Freeport, Elgin, Springfield, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Cook County, Kane County, Will County, Kendall County, IL.