Stephen Prout Email & Phone Number

Accomplished senior defense trial attorney with experience in high exposure severe personal injury, general liability, professional liability, transportation and medical malpractice lawsuits. Successfully tried over 20 Cook and DuPage County lawsuits to jury verdict, with multiple not guilty verdicts and one directed verdict. Experienced in financial and business analysis, and marketing strategies.

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  Chief Attorney

  Chicago Transit Authority

  2000 - 2016 - Chicago, Il

  • Managed concentrated litigation practice in defense of the Authority in various tort actions.• Mentored junior attorneys in all aspects of tort litigation including motion practice, oral and written discovery, obtaining liability and damages experts, and conducting jury trials. These attorneys were then capable of assuming direct litigation responsibility for high exposure lawsuits. • Tried over 20 personal injury cases successfully to jury verdict. • In 2015, had four consecutive jury verdicts of not guilty saving the Authority in excess of $1.8 million. • Received the only directed verdict ever for the Authority in a Law Division personal injury lawsuit in 2014.