Elliot Schiff

Elliot Schiff

  • Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury
  • Illinois
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Biography

Elliot R. Schiff is the founding partner of Schiff Gorman LLC. Following an outstanding legal education, he was selected for a judicial clerkship with Justice Francis Lorenz, Illinois Appellate Court. Since then, he has been in private practice with an emphasis on representing clients who have been damaged by legal malpractice of attorneys who have breached their fiduciary duties or been negligent. He is the author of “Legal Malpractice” published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and has also authored each of the Supplements to that publication thru 2012.

Elliot’s commitment to excellence is reflected in the recognition the legal community has given him. Since 1980, he has received the designation of A.V, the highest rating offered by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rating system for ability and ethical standards. Elliot is a fellow of the national Litigation Counsel of America representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization that is also by invitation only. He is the past president of The Society of Trial Lawyers, an organization limited to 250 attorneys in Illinois whose membership is by invitation only. He is also a member of Leading Lawyers of Illinois, an exclusive organization of just 5% of all practicing attorneys. Among his peers in Illinois, he has been named as a Super Lawyer every year since 2005.

Practice Areas
Legal Malpractice
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Illinois
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Professional Associations
Illinois State Bar
Member
Current
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Contact & Map
SCHIFF GORMAN LLC
One East Wacker Drive Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60601
Telephone: (312) 345-7202
Fax: (312) 345-8645