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Larry R. Rogers , Sr.
Founding Partner
E-mail: lrogers@prslaw.com
Phone: (312) 236-9381
Position: partner |
A native of Chicago's South Side and one of the founding partners of the Cook County law firm, Power Rogers & Smith, Larry R. Rogers, Sr. has dedicated more than two decades of his career to representing the most difficult personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Putting his heart and soul in his work, Mr. Rogers has excelled as a trial attorney, winning numerous multimillion dollar personal injury settlements and verdicts for his clients in many types of cases, including wrongful death, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, and aviation accident negligence.
Attorney’s impressive record of success started early on in his career. After conducting his very first trial in Cook County, Mr. Rogers won $27 million in a product liability case for his client, which in 1985 was the largest personal injury verdict in Illinois history. Since then, Mr. Rogers has recovered many multimillion dollar personal injury verdicts and settlements, including recently winning $55 million for a brain-damaged woman, Illinois' largest medical malpractice verdict in the last decade.
A leader in the personal injury field, Mr. Rogers was elected president of both the Cook County Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, serving as the latter's first African American president. Recognized nationally as a highly skilled personal injury litigator, he was named one of the "Ten Most Influential Illinois Lawyers" by American Lawyer Media in 2000, and one of the nation's top 10 litigators by the National Law Journal in 1999. During his distinguished career, Mr. Rogers has been honored with numerous awards, including the Richard E. Westbrook Award for legal excellence from the Cook County Bar Association and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Black Law Students Association of DePaul University.
Education
- 1983 Admitted to Illinois Bar
- 1983 Admitted to United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- 1985 Admitted to United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Federal Trial Bar
- 1988 Admitted to United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- 1988 Admitted to United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- 1989 Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States of America
- 1990 Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Professional Memberships
- Chicago Bar Association
- Cook County Bar Association
President, 1991-1992 President-Elect, 1990-1991 Second Vice President, 1989-1990 Third Vice President, 1988-1989 Board of Directors, 1985-1994 Nominating Committee, 1985, 1991 Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1986-1987
- Illinois State Bar Association Ad Hoc Committee on Judiciary, 1994
- American Bar Association
- National Bar Association Board of Governors, 1990-1991 (CCBA Affiliate Rep.)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
President, 2000-2001
President Elect, 1999
Second Vice President, 1998
Third Vice President, 1997
Treasurer, 1989-1990
Board of Managers, 1987-present
Membership Committee, 1992
Executive Committee, 1996-present
Nominating Committee, 1995
Legislative Committee - Co-Chair 1996-present
Participated in legislative lobbying efforts to oppose Medical Malpractice
Act of 1985 and Civil Justice Reform Act of 1995
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Sustaining Member
Public Affairs Committee - 1995-present
Public Action Management Committee - 1995
Committee on Courts - 1996
Minority Caucus - 1994 - present
Appointments
- Commissioner -Illinois Supreme Court Special Commission on the Administration of Justice (1991 - 1995).
- Commissioner - United States Senate Judicial Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois (1993 - 1996).
- Appointee - Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (1995-2003).
- Appointee - Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Sexual Orientation Awareness in the Circuit Court of Cook County (1997).
- Member - Board of Directors, South Side Help Center (1994 - 2000).
- Member - Board of Trustees, St. Xavier University (2000 - 2007).
- Member - Board of Trustees, PUSH for Excellence, Inc. (1996 - 2000).
- Member - Board of Trustees, Providence-St. Mel School (1995-2000).
- Member - Board of Directors, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago (1996-2001).
- Member - Board of Directors, Center for Disability and Elderly Law (2001 - 2004).
- Member - Board of Trustees, John Marshall Law School (2008 - present).
- Member - DePaul University, College of Law, Dean's Advisory Council (2008 - present).
- Chairman - Chairman, Illinois Criminal Justice Infomration Authority (2009 - June 2010).
- Member - Board of Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (2010)
Honors and Awards
- Earl Burrus Dickerson Award, Chicago Bar Association, (2010).
- Honorary Dotor of Humane Letters - DePaul University College of Law (2009).
- Honary Doctor of Public Service - St. Xavier University (2010).
- Distinguished Alumni Award - St. Xavier University, College of Arts and Sciences (2008).
- Outstanding Service To the Legal Profession Award, DePaul University College of Law (2003).
- Listed by Harvard Law Graduates Naifeh and Smith in their book The Best Lawyers in America (2001-2002).
- American Lawyer Media, 2000. Listed as one of the Ten Most Influential Illinois Lawyers
- National Law Journal, 1999. Listed as one of the Nation's Top Ten Litigators
- Richard E. Westbrook Award in recognition of legal excellence, presented by the Cook County Bar Association (1987 and 1999).
- BLSA Distinguished Alumni Award, presented by Black Law Students Association, DePaul University, College of Law (1995).
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Monarch award, presented for excellence in the legal profession (1995).
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