Practice areas: Class Action & Mass Torts, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 1995
Education: DePaul University College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2009 Call today:
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Edward A. Wallace is a managing partner at Wallace Miller. While Edward’s litigation and trial experience is diverse, his principal areas of practice are mass tort litigation, antitrust litigation, and other complex multiparty matters. He is one of the few lawyers in the country who has tried both a class action case as well as a federal mass tort bellwether case (which was also the first of its kind in the nation to go to verdict). He has served as court-appointed lead counsel, co-lead counsel, and as an executive committee member in many large-scale complex cases around the country.
Edward’s work for his clients has led to numerous accolades over the years, including being named a Leading Lawyer in Illinois (he now serves on its advisory board), a Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Plaintiff, a Legal Lion by Law360 (as a result of the jury verdict in Kaiser v. Ethicon), the Litigator of the Week by American Lawyer (for his role in the Essure litigation), as well as a Super Lawyer in Illinois (2014-2024) (after having been named a Raising Star by that publication). Edward has also achieved the coveted AV Preeminent peer review designation from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2023, Super Lawyers named Edward as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Illinois.
With over 25 years of experience, Edward brings to the table extensive knowledge of, and experience in, complex, multiparty, class action and mass tort litigation. In fact, Edward has served as an expert and trial resource for other lawyers in their own complex litigation cases. Through his work, he has gained a national reputation for integrity, efficiency, strategic planning, and for having a firm understanding of the science and facts that make up complex multi-party trials.
Practice areas
Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Class Actions, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Toxic Torts
- 80% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1995, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://www.wallacemiller.com/attorneys/edward-wallace/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Chicago Bar Association
- Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- Co-Chair, AAJ Kugel Mesh Litigation Group, 2007 - Present
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Illinois, 1995
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- American Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)
- Public Justice, Class Action Preservation Project
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- On behalf of funeral directors in the State of Illinois, Ed serves as Lead Counsel in this class action aimed at restoring the trust monies that were dissipated from the IFDA Services, Inc. Preneed Trust (the Trust), which had more than $300 million in assets that were supposed to pay for funerals of Preneed planning customers. This matter recently settled for $41,250,000
Representative Clients
- In re C.R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2187)
- In re Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2327)
- Virginia M. Damon Trust v. Mackinac Financial Corp., f/k/a North Country Financial Corp., Case No. 2:03-CV-0135 (W.D. Mich.)
- In re Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2326)
- Toprol — In re Metroprolol Succinate End-Payor Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 06-071-GMS (D. Del.)
- In re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2325)
- In re Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1842 (D.R.I.)
- List v. List, Case No. 96-CH-845 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Cook County)
Honors
- National Moot Court Team, Rendig's National Product Liability Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio
- AV Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell
- Benchmark Plaintiffs' Local Litigation Star, 2011 - 2013
- Semi-finalist, Annual Moot Court Competition, DePaul University College of Law
Educational Background
- Eastern Illinois University, B.A., 1991
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Guest Lecturer on Class Actions and Mass Tort Practice at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Co-author, "Composix® Kugel® Mesh: A Primer", AAJ Newsletter for the Section on Toxic, Environmental & Pharmaceutical Torts, Spring 2008
- Accountability: "Believe it or not, Shutts allowed it", American Bar Association Consumer and Personal Rights Litigation Newsletter, Fall 2001
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2009
