Thomas A. Kelliher

Partner

Thomas A. Kelliher is a seasoned litigator who has first-chaired 30 trials during the course of his career. When engaged in defense work for the city of Chicago, Tom won 90 percent of the 29 cases he tried to jury verdict. And since Tom began representing injured plaintiffs, he has won a number of jury verdicts in excess of $1 million for his clients.

Primary Practice Focus

Included in Tom’s professional experiences are matters that involve such areas of legal practice as:

Tom also serves as the chief writer of appellate court briefs at Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Ltd. Like his colleagues at the law firm, Tom is known for being an extremely talented, passionate, aggressive and sharp Chicago injury attorney.

In-Depth Look

Born in Santa Monica, Calif., Tom graduated from high school in Arlington, Va., before attending the University of Virginia and The John Marshall Law School. He currently resides in Westchester and enjoys golf, barbecuing and spending time with family and friends.

Before joining Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Tom was an assistant corporation counsel in the torts division of the law department of the city of Chicago. Earlier in his career, he litigated personal injury and product liability matters for a plaintiffs’ boutique firm in Chicago. Tom was a law clerk for Judge Robert D. Sundby of the Wisconsin Fourth District Court of Appeals in Madison between 1994 and 1996. Before he entered law school, Tom worked for the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in Syracuse, N.Y.

Tom has tutored and mentored many children. He volunteers with the Lawyers in the Classroom program of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago. CRFC, a nonprofit and nonpartisan community-based organization, works with elementary and secondary schools to develop critical thinking skills, civic participation, and a commitment to the rule of law among young people. It also seeks to instill a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in the U.S.Constitution and its Bill of Rights.

From 1999 to 2006, Tom also volunteered with the Law Explorers Project of the Chicago Bar Association, which introduces teenagers to careers in law and government.

As required by the Federal Trial Bar, Tom handles a limited number of assigned federal pro bono cases.