Thomas Patrick Routh
Law Offices of Thomas Patrick Routh • Chicago, IL
AviationInsurancePersonal InjuryTransportation
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Contact
Email
Phone
(855) 863-8510
Address
20 N. Clark Street 30th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60602, US
Professional
About
Thomas P. Routh is a partner at the Chicago plaintiffs’ law firm Nolan Law Group. As a trial lawyer, Tom represents victims and victims’ families of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death resulting from aviation disasters. Tom has successfully handled cases against many of the world’s largest insurance companies and corporations at the pretrial, trial and appellate levels throughout the United States of America. Tom has secured for his clients more than 45 settlements and verdicts of more than one million dollars for a total of more than $375 million dollars since 2007. In addition to his aviation practice, Tom also concentrates his litigation practice in the area of catastrophic traumatic brain injury resulting from product liability, construction and transportation negligence. A graduate of Michigan State University and DePaul University College of Law, Tom was a member of the DePaul Law Review and the DePaul University College of Law National Moot Court Society while working full time as a law clerk at Nolan Law Group. Tom is a Board Member of the Brain Injury Association of Illinois, member of the Brain Injury Association of America, and is an active member of several bar associations. Tom also volunteers in his off-work hours with the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago Legal Assistance and Resource Center, Misericordia Heart of Mercy and St. Ignatius Parish in Rogers Park.
Credentials
Education
1996 DePaul University College of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1991 Michigan State University 1986 East Grand Rapids H.S.
Languages
English
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
2019 Top Lawyers of Chicago 2019, Chicago Tribune 2018 Trial Lawyer Excellence, Law Bulletin/Jury Verdict Reporter 2018 National Trial Lawyers Top 100, National Trial Lawyers 2018 Top Lawyers of Chicago, Chicago Tribune 2018 Top 50 Verdicts in the United States 2017, Top Verdicts
Publications
2012 Martha's Vineyard Gazette Dramatic Plane Crash Trial Ends Abruptly With Settlements 2012 Jewish Deaf Community Center Pilot Settles Vineyard Plane Crash Trial 2008 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin In Circuit Court 2005 Verdict Search Illinois Cases of Note 2005 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin In Circuit Court
Associations
2014 - Present Illinois Brain Injury Association Executive Board Member 1996 - Present United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1996 - Present United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit American Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Speaking
2018 Chicago Bar Association, Aviation Law Committee Joint Venture Liability in an Aviation Case 2018 Annual Convention Illinois Brain Injury Association Legal and Financial Issues to Consider in Personal Injury 2015 The Brain Injury Association of Illinois 2105 Annual Conference Current Issues with Addiction and Brain Injury 2015 SMU Aviation Symposium Legal Ethics In Aviation Disaster Representation 2015 SMU Air Law Symposium Rules of Conduct and the Aviation Practitioner: What Flies and What Does Not
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Updated: Jun 01, 2026