Thomas F. Londrigan, born in Springfield, Illinois on May 10th 1937; admitted to Illinois State Bar in 1962, admitted to
U.S. Supreme Court in 1972.
Education & Employment:
- University of Notre Dame (A.D., 1959)
- University of Illinois (LL.B., 1962)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1963-1965
- Law Clerk Fourth District, Illinois Appellate Court, 1965-1966
- Lincoln Land Community College, Instructor, Political Science (1972-1974)
- University of Southern Illinois School of Medicine (Adjunct Professor 1975-present)
Bar Association Membership
American Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section; (Chairman, Medicine and Law Committee 1986-1987)
- Presidential, Commission to Improve Tort Liability System, (1987-1990)
Illinois State Bar Association
- Civil Practice Procedure Section Council, (1973-1974)
- Uniform Circuit Court Rules Committee, Co-Chair, (1973-1978)
- Special Committee on Offer of Judgment, (1984-1985)
Sangamon County Bar Association
Professional Organizations:
- American College of Law and Medicine (Member, 1991-present)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President 1983-1984, Board of Directors 1976-1983)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Board of Directors 1984-1987)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, 1985-present)
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, 1998-present)
- Attorneys' Information Exchange Group (Executive Committee Member, 1980-2002)
- Lincoln-Douglas Inns of Court (1994-present)
Reported Cases:
- Sherman v. City of Springfield, 111 Ill.App.2d 391 (4th Dist. 1969).
- People ex rel. Scott v. Briceland, 65 Ill.2d 485 (1976).
- Churchill v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, 73 Ill.2d 127 (1978).
- Contractor Utility Sales Co., Inc. v. Certain-Teed Corporation, 748 F.2d 1151, (7th Cir.1984).
- Ogg v. City of Springfield, 121 Ill.App.3d 25 (4th Dist. 1984).
- Ballweg v. City of Springfield, 114 Ill.2d 107 (1986).
- Miller v. Solaglas California, Inc., 870 P.2d 559 (Colo.App. 1993).
- May v. Central Illinois Public Service Co., 260 Ill.App.3d 41 (5th Dist. 1994).
- Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Services, Co., 199 Ill.2d 63, (2002).
Practice Areas
- Serious Injury and Death
- Product Liability
- Professional Negligence
- Civil Trials and Appeals