Dennis M. Lynch Bar Service Qualifications

Continued Commitment to the ISBA and the Illinois Legal Community

Illinois State Bar Association Leadership

• Board of Governors
• Tort Law Section Council
• Chair, Special Committee on Election Procedures
• Member, Special Committee on Statute of Repose
• Multiple terms serving on the Assembly
• Civil Practice Section Council
• Bench and Bar

Illinois Bar Foundation Leadership

• Gold Champion

Honors

• 40 Under Forty Illinois Attorneys to Watch, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2021
• Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyers Excellence Award for highest settlement in a Will County injury case, 2023

Other Associations

• Illinois State Trial Lawyers Association
• Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association
• Justinian Society of Lawyers
• DuPage County Bar Association
• Peoria County Bar Association
• Society of Trial Lawyers

Publications & Presentations

• Useful Rules and Applying Rules of the Road in Interstate Trucking Cases, AAJ Annual Convention, 2008 (written materials only)
• Litigation at Sunrise: Motorcycles, AAJ Annual Convention, 2008 (presentation only)
• Supreme Court Rule 213, ITLA Update and Review, Oct. 2008
• Law of Experts II – Daubert, Joiner, Frye & Their Progeny, ISBA Expert Witnesses – A Primer Seminar, 2008 (written materials only)
• Frequently Unpursued Claims: Tractor-Trailer Defects, AITLA America (n/k/a APITLA) Seminar, May 2008 (written materials only)
• Defeating the Open and Obvious Defense in Swimming Pool Cases, AAJ Products Liability Section Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 3, Spring 2009
• Litigation at Sunrise: Pool Safety: Drain Entrapment, AAJ Winter Convention, 2010
• Identifying Defects in Crashworthiness and other Unusual Cases, ITLA Update and Review 2009 (written materials only)
• Looking Beyond the Driver and Motor Carrier for Liability in Trucking Accidents, APITLA, March 2010
• Recovering the Value of “Free” Caretaking Expenses by an Adult’s Parents, ISBA Tort Trends, Vol. 45, no. 5, March, 2010
• Discovery and Procedure Update 2010, IICLE Personal Injury Practice Update, 2010 (written materials only)
• Medical Liens, ISBA, Don’t “Lien” on Me: A Comprehensive Overview of Liens, April, 2011
• Colella v. JMS: A good review of evidentiary issues, jury instructions and damages at trial, ISBA Tort Trends, May 2011
• Motor Vehicle Cases Involving a Motorcycle: It’s Not Your Typical Wreck Case, AAJ Annual Convention, 2011
• Bad Faith Refusal to Settle Personal Injury Cases, ITLA Settlement Seminar, Feb. 2012
• Litigating Interstate Trucking Cases: Know your Federal Regs, APITLA Lawyer’s Logbook, 2012
• Useful Federal Regulations in Interstate Trucking Litigation, AAJ Annual Convention, 2012
• Res Ipsa Loquitur, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Medical Malpractice Seminar, Dec. 2011 & Dec. 2012
• Interstate Trucking Litigation – Deposing the Safety Director, ISBA Tort Trends, Feb. 2014
• Moderator, ISBA Tort Law: Back to Basics, Feb. 2014
• Motions for Summary Judgment and Post-Trial Motions: Plaintiff’s Perspective, ISBA Tort Law: Back to Basics, Feb. 2014
• Ethical Issues Involving Personal Injury Litigation, ISBA Tort Law: Back to Basics, Feb. 2014
• Intersection Collisions, IICLE Proving Fault in Auto Accidents, 2014, 2020
• Bad Faith Failure to Settle Considerations in Interstate Trucking Cases, AAJ Journal of Trucking Litigation, 2015
• Low-Ball: An Insider’s Look at How Insurers Can Manipulate Computerized Systems to Broadly Underpay Injury Claims, AAJ Annual Convention, 2014 (presentation only)
• Guest Lecturer, Construction Law, multiple sessions, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Spring 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
• Evidence Update, WCLA, Apr. 2015 (with Jack Cannon)
• Trucking Litigation, ITLA Update and Review, Oct. 2015
• Transportation Accidents Involving Trucks, Buses and Cars, ISBA Preparing for Trial Seminar, Nov. 2015
• Written Objections: Motions in Limine, ISBA Foundations, Evidence & Objections Seminar, Feb. 2016 (presentation only)
• Liability Experts, ITLA Nuts & Bolts, 2016
• Overlooked Claims Involving Motorcycles, AAJ Annual Convention, 2016
• Practice Tip: Opening Statement in Powell v. Dean Foods Co., ITLA Trial Journal, 2016
• Opening Statements, ITLA Update and Review, Oct. 2017
• Discovery Sanctions, ITLA Ethics Seminar, 2018, 2020
• Investigation, Pleadings and Discovery, ISBA Anatomy of Trucking Litigation, 2022
• Confusing Duty and Breach of Duty in Motion Practice, ISBA Tort Trends, 2022