Lawrence Shulruff

Partner

Expertise

Mr. Shulruff joined the firm in 1993. He became a partner in 1999 and a Shareholder in January of 2002. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shulruff was a litigator for a couple of Chicago law firms handling commercial disputes. Before attending law school, Mr. Shulruff was a newspaper reporter for several papers across the United States, including The Denver Post.

Mr. Shulruff is A-V rated by Martindale Hubbell.

Mr. Shulruff concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance defense, bodily injury, fraud investigation, coverage, property loss and trucking litigation. He has tried more than 60 cases to verdict in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage Counties, and Lake County, Indiana. These include arson cases, coverage disputes and personal injury matters. He has arbitrated hundreds of cases through AAA, ADR and court-mandated programs. He has also prevailed on several cases reviewed by the Illinois Appellate Court. He has written extensively on law- and business-related issues for the New York Times, the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association Journal, Working Woman magazine and other publications.

Memberships/Presentations

He has also spoken to various insurance groups on such topics as spoliation of the evidence and identity theft. Mr. Shulruff is a member of the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

Mr. Shulruff graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana with a B.A. in 1981. He received an M.S.J. from Northwestern University in 1983 and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1988.