Our lawyers represent national businesses such as Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors America, Hyundai Motor America, Jaguar Motor Cars, Mack Trucks, International Truck & Engine Corporation, American Honda Motor Company, Illinois State Medical Insurance Company, Loyola University Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC is one of Chicago’s pre-eminent trial practice boutiques. Founded in 1995, the firm successfully tries difficult, high exposure cases in the country’s most challenging jurisdictions. The firm is known as one of the “go to” firms in Chicago for particularly difficult or high stakes cases and, since its founding, no firm in Chicago has tried as many complex cases as successfully as DBMS. Two partners have been ranked by Chicago Lawyer magazine as among the top 20 tort defense lawyers in Chicago and four partners have been elected as Fellows of The American College of Trial Lawyers.

On February 19, 2013, a Cook County jury entered a verdict in favor of a podiatrist represented by Anthony M. Pinto and Laura E. Mallory. Read More.

On February 20, 2013 Katherine L. Dzik presented to students from the Health Law Institute at DePaul College of Law the topic of medical malpractice and the defense perspective.

Leading Lawyers Magazine recently featured Karen Kies DeGrand and her appellate practice. The article appears in the Women's Edition for 2012. Read More.

DBMS has been selected by our client, Ford Motor Company, to be included in ALM's listing of Go-To Law Firms at the Top 500 Companies for 2013. This honor is designated to firms delivering exceptional legal work for in-house legal departments at the Fortune 500 companies.

DBMS congratulates Donald J. Brown, Jr. for receiving the MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law

DBMS congratulates Sherri M. Arrigo, Stetson, F. Atwood, Norman J. Barry, Jr., Mark H. Boyle, Donald J. Brown, Jr., Mark M. Burden, Karen K. DeGrand, Richard H. Donohue, John J. Duffy, Richard B. Foster, John A. Krivicich, J. Kent Mathewson, Anthony M. Pinto and Robert W. Smyth, Jr. for being recognized by Illinois Leading Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in Illinois for 2013.

DBMS congratulates Sherri M. Arrigo, Norman J, Barry, Jr., Donald J. Brown, Jr., Mark M. Burden, Karen K. DeGrand, Richard H. Donohue, John J. Duffy, Richard B. Foster, John A. Krivicich, J. Kent Mathewson, and Robert W. Smyth, Jr. for being recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys in Illinois for 2013. Michael J. Borree, Cortney S. Closey and Todd J. Stalmack have been named 2013 Rising Stars by the same publication.