Biography
A co-founder of the firm of Dudley & Lake, Mr. Dudley handles complex medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in counties throughout Illinois. Many of these results have represented the highest jury verdict or settlement in that county's history. He is one of a small and select group of trial attorneys who have won multiple jury verdicts in excess of $10,000,000.00.
Mr. Dudley serves on the Executive Committee for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and was ITLA's President in 2021-2022. He is a member of the American Association of Justice, Illinois State Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association and the International Society of Barristers.
He is a frequent speaker at legal seminars on the topics of trial and complex civil litigation. In 2002 he was named by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of "40 under 40" attorneys in Illinois to watch. He has been honored by his peers as an Illinois "Super Lawyer" and "Leading Lawyer".
Selected to Super Lawyers 2006-2026.
Practice Areas
- Complex Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury Litigation
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- J.D. - 1993
- University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- B.S. - 1989
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1993
Professional Associations
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2021 to 2022
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee, 2016 to Present
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Second Vice-President, 2019 to 2020
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Third Vice-President, 2018 to 2019
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Managers, 2004 to 2015
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Co-Chair Publication Committee, Trial Journal, 2010 to Present
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Lake County Bar Association
- Lake County Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2019 to 2023
- American Association of Justice
- American Association of Justice Leaders Forum
Published Works
Representative Cases
Honors
- Selected to Super Lawyers, 2006-2026
- One of the top 100 lawyers in the State of Illinois by both Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Leading Lawyers, 2018-2020