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Wendell W. Clancy 
Saint Charles, Illinois
Managing Partner
phone 630-584-7666
fax 630-584-1649
email Email Me

Wendell's extensive experience as an active trial attorney for both plaintiffs and defendants has resulted in many attorneys seeking his assistance as a mediator.  He has tried in excess of 100 cases to a jury verdict on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.  In addition, Mr. Clancy has negotiated countless settlements and obtained numerous verdicts in excess of one million dollars on behalf of clients in Illinois and other states in both federal and state courts.  He represents clients in all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases including products liability, medical negligence, auto/truck accidents, airplane accidents, and premise liability including construction accidents.  Mr. Clancy's experience includes litigating punitive damages on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants.

 

Wendell W. Clancy has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year, including 2008, as well as a Top Lawyer in Illinois.  In May of 2008, he was approved by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as a Dispute Resolution Arbitrator. In addition to authoring several articles in the field of products liability and general litigation, he has provided instruction to attorneys from thirty states on Advanced Trial Techniques at the invitation of the American Bar Association.  He has been chosen by the Illinois Supreme Court to be the Chair (1996 1998) of its Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction-Civil and was a committee member from 1995 to 2005.  In addition to membership in numerous bar associations, he is an invited member of both the American Board of Trial Advocates (he was the President of the Illinois Chapter, 2205 2006) and Scribes, The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.  He has been selected as a Fellow by the American Bar Association, an honor reserved for less than 1/3 of 1% of the practicing attorneys, judges and law school professors.

 

Areas of Practice:
Professional Negligence
Doctor and/or Hospital
Lawyer
Injury/Death Claims
Motor Vehicle Operation (Car, Truck, Airplane, Boat)
Construction
Slip and Fall
Product Liability
Defective Design/Manufacturing
- Failure to Warn
Insurance Claims
Coverage
Bad Faith
Contract/Property Loss
- Construction
Real Estate
Employment
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1963
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1963
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1963
U.S. Supreme Court, 1975
Education:
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
J.D.
Honors: National Merit Scholar


DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2005
Certified Mediator


Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1959
B.A.
Major:  Economics


Representative Cases:
Wilson v. Clark, 84 Ill.2d 186, 417 N.E.2d 1322 (Ill. Supreme Ct. 1981)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Instructor, Advanced Trial Techniques, American Bar Association


Instructor Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting.


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Illinois Supreme Court, 1996 - 1998
Chair, Committee on Pattern Jury Instruction-Civil


The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter
Invited Member


The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2000 - 2002
Treasurer, Progressing to President


The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2002 - 2004
Vice-president


The American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, 2004 - 2006
President


Scribes - The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
Invited Member


Clancy Law Offices

St. Charles
7 South Second Avenue
St. Charles, Illinois 60174

Chicago
70 W. Madison, Suite 3750
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Phone: 630-584-7666
Fax: 630-584-1649

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