Trucking crashes
Semis, delivery vans, buses and other commercial vehicles, where the insurance and the investigation are bigger from the start.
Most of the cases I handle start with a call from another lawyer.
I focus on trucking and commercial vehicle crashes, spine and brain injuries, and wrongful death. When your client has been seriously hurt or a family has lost someone, I prepare the case for a jury from the first day and try it when the other side won’t pay what it is worth. I work out of Naperville and handle cases across the Chicago area and throughout Illinois.
You don’t need to know what a case is worth before you call me. If your client or someone in their family was badly hurt, call and I will give you a straight answer within one business day, including when the answer is that it isn’t a case for us. Time limits in these cases can be short, so an early call is always better than a late one.
Semis, delivery vans, buses and other commercial vehicles, where the insurance and the investigation are bigger from the start.
Disc herniations, fractures and spinal cord injuries, especially those that end in a fusion, a discectomy or other surgery.
Traumatic brain injuries that leave lasting deficits.
A death caused by a crash, a fall, a hospital, a nursing home or a defective product.
Crashes involving Uber, Lyft and self-driving technology.
Vehicles, machines and products that failed in ways they never should have.
Falls, pressure injuries, abuse and neglect in nursing homes and assisted living.
Errors by doctors, nurses and hospitals that caused a death, a birth injury or other permanent harm.
Environmental contamination and exposure cases handled through Collins Law Group’s environmental practice.
A few results for injured people and families in cases I have handled.
DuPage County. A cancer patient fell during treatment and died as a result. The jury held the facility accountable for the full measure of its negligence.
Will County, 2026. A low-speed rear-end crash with no visible property damage left two people needing surgery, one a lumbar fusion and revision and the other a rotator cuff and labrum repair. I was brought in to try the case.
DuPage County. A rear-end crash led to four spine surgeries. State Farm refused to pay, so I sued for bad faith, and the total recovery exceeded $1.6 million.
Top 50 Verdict, Illinois, 2024My client was struck by a commercial vehicle while crossing the street and suffered a traumatic brain injury with permanent deficits. We recovered the full policy limits.
My client was rear-ended on I-55 by a truck driver who was texting. The trucking company’s owner testified that he didn’t believe texting while driving was unsafe.
I was hired as trial counsel, defeated every motion to dismiss and settled the case two weeks before trial.
Top 20 Settlement, Illinois, 2019My cases and commentary have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, ABC7 Chicago, NBC5 Chicago, CBS Chicago, WBBM Radio, the Huffington Post and Chicago Magazine.
You reach me, not an intake line, and I respond to referring lawyers within one business day.
I look at liability, damages and insurance, and I tell you plainly whether we should take the case.
Fee divisions follow Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(e). Your client agrees to the arrangement in writing, the total fee stays reasonable, and the division either tracks the work each of us does or rests on the referral with both of us taking on joint financial responsibility. Your client pays no fee unless we win.
Your client has a trial lawyer from the first day, and you hear from me as the case moves.
The referral fee comes out of the attorney fee at the end of the case.
Lawyers also bring me in as trial counsel on cases they built and want tried. If you have a case headed for trial and want a partner in the courtroom, call me early enough to prepare it right.
Call (630) 527-9618I am an equity partner and one of three owners of Collins Law Group, P.C., a Naperville trial firm that has recovered over $1.5 billion for its clients. I joined the firm in 2017 and became a partner in 2022. In my career I have recovered over $50 million for my clients.
I started my career defending insurance carriers and corporations. That work taught me how the other side values a case and why it pays more when it believes the plaintiff’s lawyer will actually try it. I have represented injured people and families ever since, and I prepare every case as if it is going to verdict.
I am a first-generation lawyer. I earned B.A. degrees in English and Political Science and my J.D. at the University of Missouri, and I live in Naperville, where I also serve as an elected Park District Commissioner.
I speak to bar associations and firms about trial work and the use of AI in practice. If your group is planning a program, call me.
Referring lawyers can call or email me any time. If it is after hours and you need the firm right away, the main line is answered around the clock.
Collins Law Group, P.C.
1770 Park St., Suite 200
Naperville, IL 60563