J. Matthew Dudley

Attorney J. Matthew Dudley is co-founder of Dudley & Lake law firm in Libertyville, Illinois. A top-ranked trial lawyer with more than 27 years of total legal experience, Mr. Dudley provides invaluable counsel and support to clients across the greater Chicago metro area who have legal needs involving any of the following:

• Personal injury
• Workers' compensation
• Medical malpractice
• Sexual abuse
• Wrongful death
• Construction accidents
• Trucking accidents
• Other motor vehicle accidents
• Brain injuries
• Birth injuries

Over the course of his legal career advocating on behalf of innocent injury victims and their families, Mr. Dudley has achieved remarkable success fighting for the rights and entitlements of those suffering needlessly as a result of someone else's negligence. Focusing primarily on medical malpractice and other serious personal injury claims, he has recovered millions of dollars in total compensation for his plaintiff clients, and he has secured some of the largest verdicts and settlements ever awarded in the state.

Honored for his outstanding professionalism and service, Mr. Dudley has earned a Leading Lawyers designation along with perennial recognition as among the top 100 trial lawyers in Illinois. He has also received numerous testimonials and referrals from his satisfied clients, and he finds great reward in being able to help so many in his community during their times of dire need.

A 1989 graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a dean's list scholar, Mr. Dudley obtained his Juris Doctor from The University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993. He currently serves on the executive committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where he has also served as vice president of the organization as well as a member of its board of managers.

Among his other professional affiliations, Mr. Dudley is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Lake County Bar Association, where he has also served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee.