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JUDSON M. GRAHAM

Judson M. Graham is the managing founder of the Judson Graham Firm. He concentrates his legal practice in the areas of wrongful death, medical malpractice, and personal injury litigation. Mr. Graham received his law degree from the DePaul College of Law in 2012. While at DePaul, Mr. Graham received a CALI award, for the highest grade awarded to a student in the Litigation practical skills course, Litigation Laboratory. Over the past decade working at plaintiff’s firms, Mr. Graham has established himself as a trusted advisor to hundreds of past clients, as well as a resource to other attorneys in the field.

Mr. Graham’s successes include:

  • Multi-million dollar settlement for the Estate of a gentleman whose family tragically lost their father as a result of a service van driver failing to control his diabetes and suffering a “black out” while behind the wheel.
  • $1.25 million combined policy-limit settlement for the Estate of a gentleman who was tragically killed due to the negligence of a drunk driver and the bar where he was over-served alcohol.
  • $1.6 million medical malpractice verdict on behalf of the Estate of an elderly gentleman, after numerous other firms declined to offer to prosecute the case on behalf of the family.
  • $600,000 award for a client in a trucking accident through mediation, after an initial denial of liability by the insurer for the driver at fault for the collision.
  • $800,000 workers’ compensation award after securing a pre-arbitration finding of Illinois jurisdiction over an accident which occurred in Indiana.
  • A confidential settlement for a client who was injured after being struck by a bicyclist after an initial denial of the existence of insurance coverage by the at-fault person’s insurance company. 
  • Contributing alongside his prior firm’s partners to secure a confidential settlement for the children of a young woman who was victim to medical malpractice as a result of mistakes by her medical providers

Mr. Graham received his undergraduate degree in English with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Arizona. Through high school and college, Mr. Graham worked as a law clerk on the trial team of a AV-rated eminent domain litigation firm in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduation, Mr. Graham moved to Chicago where he worked in corporate public relations and strategic corporate communications.

Mr. Graham maintains an active role in the Illinois State Bar Association, where he serves as an Assembly member, as well as the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Bar Admissions

Illinois Bar, 2013
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2015

*Note that the results listed here are for illustration purposes and are not intended to imply anything regarding any future case or claim. Note that these results include matters handled in whole or part at past firms where Judson was employed prior to establishing The Judson Graham Firm LLC.