Sean P. Murray
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago, IL
Selected to Rising Stars: 2008 - 2010, 2012 - 2015
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Personal injury attorney Sean P. Murray is a founding partner at the law firm Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC, in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Murray has over 20 years of experience representing clients throughout the Chicago metropolitan area as well all over the United States. He handles significant cases involving automobile negligence, civil rights, construction injury, explosions, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, trucking negligence, workplace injuries and other issues.
After graduating cum laude from Western Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree, Mr. Murray earned his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He is qualified to appear before all Illinois state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar and the Illinois Supreme Court.
Over his years in practice, Mr. Murray has secured major amounts in verdicts and negotiated settlements in injury cases. He is committed to protecting the rights of his clients and aggressively pursues justice on behalf of them. In honor of his accomplishments, he was awarded the Trial Lawyer Excellence Award by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and named an Illinois Leading Lawyer by the organization Leading Lawyers.
Outside of the office, Mr. Murray stays involved in his legal community through participation in various professional organizations. He is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He sits on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers and is the author of articles for the association’s publication, Trial Journal, as well as the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
- 60%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20%Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20%Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Wrongful Death, Construction Accident, Brain Injury, Trucking Accidents
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2016 - 2023
- Rising Stars: 2008 - 2010, 2012 - 2015
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About Sean P. Murray
First Admitted: 2001, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://tpmblegal.com/our-team/sean-murray/
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- IICLE 2012 Edition, Illinois Civil Practice: Opening the Case, Chapter 6 Limitations
Bar/Professional Activity
- Illinois
- Member, American Association for Justice
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- Member, Illinois State Bar Association
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- Board of Managers, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
Educational Background
- Western Illinois University, B.A., Honors: Cum Laude, 1998
Honors/Awards
- Mr. Murray received the Trial Lawyer Excellence Award recognizing his $67,000,000 record jury verdict in the matter of Becker v. ConAgra et al., Trial Lawyer Excellence Award, Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter, 2012
- , Top 100: 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers List, Super Lawyers, 2022
Verdicts/Settlements
- $8.6 million settlement on behalf of 4 nurses who were involved in a hostage incident at Delnor Hospital. One of the nurses was raped and beaten, and the others sustained psychological injuries., 2018
- $3.2 million policy limits settlement during trial for an ironworker that injured his ulnar nerve while starting a gas saw at the O’Hare expansion project. The defendants made a token offer prior to trial; however, after five days of testimony, the Defendant tendered its policy., 2015
- $5 million for a woman who lost two fingers while using a circular with no guarding., 2019
- $5.25 million policy limit settlement for a longshoreman who lost his leg in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Indiana., 2018
- $8.5 million settlement for a truck driver who fell 12’ while tarping a load of steel fracturing both ankles. This settlement is higher than any ankle injury jury verdict or settlement ever achieved in the State of Illinois., 2019
- $407,545 verdict against the City of Chicago for a woman that broke her elbow after tripping and falling on a cracked sidewalk
- $2,500,000 settlement for a female ironworker who fell 12' and broke both of her wrists due to the general contractor failing to provide proper fall protection
- $67,191,333.33 jury verdict including punitive damages in a federal lawsuit arising from a ConAgra grain bin explosion that caused extensive burn and inhalation injuries to a union laborer
- $810,315 record LaSalle County verdict for an ironworker who injured his ankle after tripping on debris
- $2,950,000 settlement for the family of a union ironworker who fell 19' and died on a jobsite due to inadequate fall protection
- $1,000,000 settlement for a man severely injured after he contacted a live overhead power line while carrying a ladder
- $600,420 record Kankakee County verdict for a drywaller that broke his wrist when he tripped and fell over an electrical cord on a jobsite
- $2,756,441.82 state record jury verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a girl who suffered an injury to her middle finger at a hospital the day of her birth following a c-section delivery
- $1,950,000 settlement for an ironworker after a crane operator flipped the wrong switch on a crane causing him to fall and fracture both wrists and injure his shoulders
- $6,000,000 settlement for a union concrete laborer that fell 22' from a deck that collapsed causing career ending injuries
- $616,788 verdict for a 75 year old woman that slipped and fell and injured her ankle and shoulder in a parking lot
Industry Groups
- American Association For Justice
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Last Updated: 8/25/2022