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Devon C. Bruce
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Biography
Devon C. Bruce brings extensive legal knowledge to his role as partner at Power Rogers & Smith. He is a skilled personal injury attorney who is also skillful handling accounting and banking malpractice cases. He has won millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients throughout the years, achievement that has warranted recognition in the form of awards such as “Highest Verdict or Settlement in a Dog Bite Case” by 2014 Jury Verdict Reporter and “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.”
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Nursing Home Abuse
Additional Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Qui Tam
- Wrongful Death
- Banking Malpractice
Fees
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Illinois
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Languages
- English
Education
- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.A.
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- University of Illinois College of Law
- J.D.
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Awards
- Highest Verdict or Settlement in a Dog Bite Case
- Jury Verdict Reporter
- Recipient, Chicago Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Chicago Chapter of the Association
- in recognition of service to reduce fraud world wide
- 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch
- 40 Under Forty
- Recipient, Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- for the Successful Challenge to the Illinois Tort Reform Act of 1995 in Best v. Taylor Machine Works
- Recipient, Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- for Appreciation of Volunteer Work of Writing Amicus Curiae Briefs to the Illinois Supreme Court
Professional Associations
- Palm Beach County Recount Committee
- Volunteer attorney
- Current
- Activities: Volunteer attorney worked with more than 300 disfranchised voters to institute a new vote for presidential elections.
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- Working in the Schools (WITS)
- Board Member
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- Activities: A nonprofit organization whose purpose isto assist, guide, and mentor students and underprivileged children.
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- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Supreme Court Appeals Committee; Member, Amicus Curiae Committee; Member, Legislative Committee
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- Appellate Lawyers Association
- Member
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- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member, Lead Paint Committee, Chicago Bar Association
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- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
- Member
- Current
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member, Task Force on Unauthorized Practice of Law; Former Chairman, Young Lawyers Division;
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- State Bar of Illinois # 6215812
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- University of Illinois College of Law
- Former Chairman, Alumni Advisory Board; Former Chairman, Fundraising Committee; Member, Cribbet Society
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- American Trial Lawyer's Association
- Presiding Judge, Regional Mock Trial Finals
- Activities: Presided over mock trial competition, including making multiple evidentiary rulings and critiquing and grading third-year law students.
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- Chicago Inn of Court
- Former Member
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Using Experts in a Premises Liability Case
- IICLE Premises Liability Handbook - Chapter 8 Update
- Protecting the Record on Appeal and Post-Trial Motions
- ITLA Trial Practice, Law, Tactics and Techniques Seminar
Speaking Engagements
- Updates and Developments in Medical Negligence Actions in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College
- Nuts & Bolts of Opening Statements
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Presentation on Illinois State Board of Investment
- City of Chicago
- Inside the Daley Center from a Plaintiff's Perspective
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Rita Crundwell - The Inside Story!
- Illinois Association of County Officials
Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorneys
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