A Passionate Voice For Client Rights

As an ardent lecturer and published author, Robert Kreisman has brought the crucial significance of "The Jury" to the forefront of his peers and  his own practice because...

Unfortunately the careful and studied science of "jury selection" and "jury guidance or management" is something that far too many inexperienced lawyers simply don't appreciate or fully understand but...

Bob has pioneered key critical work in the area of the most singular, most important aspect of any successful suit and...

That is the the crucial essentials of selecting the 'right jury' for the 'right trial' and of course - Kreisman's demonstrated acumen ensures his client's voice is heard and felt - in the minds and hearts of the jury throughout trial.

And Kreisman's exceptional talent in that regard routinely delivers a masterful and successful outcome because...

Robert Kreisman has the passion and the drive to understand that juries must hear the voice of the human soul in court. Robert Kreisman knows that people make decisions about other people - not based upon slight of hand or unnecessary theatrics - Instead the very heart and soul of each and every case must come alive in the minds of the jury and move them to act on behalf of his client's story - with certainty and conviction and...

It's is so very rare that a lawyer understands these crucial things so well.

The Client's Story Is All That Matters

When a 33 year old roofer fell from a scaffold and severely fractured his lower right leg, he was taken to an area hospital and diagnosed with a pilon fracture of the tibia and a comminuted fracture of the fibula.

And although clearly injured, he had no loss of sensation while in the emergency room but...

Following surgery he was diagnosed with an injury to the posterior tibial nerve. Suddenly there was no feeling in his foot

Within days, this 33 year old working man had an infected fracture blister. The infection took hold over the surgically placed metal implants and...

It was just weeks before complete nerve death spread throughout the entire injured foot. Tragically, just as the surgery had been negligent, the infection itself went untreated. Faced with uncontrolled infection that had reached deep into his bones, this 33 year old man required an immediate emergency amputation of his entire lower right leg.

Robert Kreisman ensured that the jury heard this one man's story. Robert Kreisman ensured that the right jury heard the painful truth and made certain that the jury fully understood his client's loss.

And because Robert Kreisman fought tirelessly to have this story heard, his client was awarded $2,812,000.00 because when Bob speaks to a jury, they in turn move to action.

Justice Comes From The Human Heart

Bob is clearly moved when he recalls the story about a young family of four who were killed in a tragic head-on collision near Mountain Home, Idaho.

In an all too avoidable tragedy, a mother and her two young daughters had survived the crash only to be helplessly trapped in the vehicle when the vehicle's fuel tank and fuel line ruptured, resulting in a intensely scorching fuel-fed fire...

"They simply couldn't get the doors open. The rescuer's couldn't get the doors open, no matter how valiant their efforts...No matter how hard they tried..."

The mother and her children were conscious and talking to their heroically frantic rescuers right up until the final seconds that fire overtook them and tragically took their lives - consumed by fire.

Robert Kreisman of Illinois settled that case before trial and for their survivors championed compensation of $3,000,000.00.

Chicago Attorney, Robert Kreisman has practiced trial law in Chicago's Loop since 1976.

He excels at the complex cases, the cases where you need the very best to stand by your side and steadfastly pursue justice on your behalf.

His experienced staff is sensitive to the uncertainty that civil litigation represents to clients and they understand how important client-attorney communication is to a successful outcome and...

If you believe you have a case, Mr. Kreisman would be honored to represent you because compassion must have a voice driven by the passion to be heard.
 

Robert D. Kreisman Attorney At Law

EDUCATION

University of Missouri; B.A.,1972
John Marshall Law School; J.D., with honors, 1976
De Paul University; LL.M, taxation, 1981.

ADMITTED

Illinois
Missouri
U.S. District Court
Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

AUTHOR

Where's The Surprise" For Practice Or For Keeps; Focus Groups Compared To Trial", Trial Journal, Winter 2004

"Out Of Order…The Unpredicted Story Order", presented at The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/NCA Case Workshop, March 2003

"My Fair Witness-The Metamorphosis-The Critics Rave" presented at NCA Case Workshop, September, 2001.

"The Deposition Gift", Presented at The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Meeting, (July 29, 2000). "Jury Selection: Who Chooses Whom?", NEWS/TRIAL Magazine (January, 2000)

"The UCC Judicial Admissions Exception to the Statute of Frauds." Illinois Bar Journal, January, 1989.

LECTURER

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Speaker/Faculty, Phoenix, AZ; (February 26-February 29, 2004)

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2004 National Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Chicago Regional Coordinator. (February 20-February 22, 2004)

Institute for Paralegal Education, "Mastering the Trial Notebook in Illinois", Speaker/Faculty, (Feburary 12, 2004)

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Speaker/Faculty, Charleston, South Carolina; (September 11 - September 14, 2003).

Lake County Civil Trial & Appeal Legal/Medical Committee seminar speaker; May 22, 2003.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Speaker/Faculty, Atlanta, Georgia; (February 26 - March 2, 2003).

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Moderator/Faculty, "Identifying and Overcoming Jury Bias" Chicago, Illinois; (January 18, 2003).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Faculty, Phoenix, Arizona; (April 17-21, 2002).

Juries after September 11th; An ATLA Discussion, December 19, 2001

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Faculty, Chicago, Illinois; (September 28-October 2, 2001).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy; Deposition College; Speaker/Faculty, Denver Colorado (February 22-25, 2001).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/National College of Advocacy, Case Workshop Program, Faculty, San Diego, California; (April 25-29, 2001).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (July 29, 2000).

National College of Advocacy, Trial Skills College; University of Tennessee Law School, Knoxville, TN (1999), Voir Dire College; Phoenix, Arizona (1999).

MEMBER

Fellow of the Illinois Bar Foundation, 2003.
American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois State (Member, Section on Tort Law) Bar Associations
American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations
Bar Association of Metropolitan, St. Louis
The Missouri Bar
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Trial Lawyers Care
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Named by the National College of Advocacy, an ATLA Diplomate

 

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