Robert Summers is a partner in the firm's Chicago office concentrating in civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, professional negligence, premise liability and general negligence.
Mr. Summers has extensive experience in medical malpractice litigation and has successfully defended medical malpractice cases at trial. Mr Summers has defended hospitals, nurses and physicians specializing in orthopedics, general surgery, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, emergency medicine, psychiatry, radiology, internal medicine and obstetrics. Mr. Summers has also successfully defended attorneys in professional negligence lawsuits, as well.
In addition to his trial experience, Mr. Summers has nearly two decades of experience in all phases of litigation, including analyzing cases and developing defense strategies in a variety of practice areas including medical malpractice, professional negligence, product liability, construction, aviation, premise liability and general negligence.
Mr. Summers frequently lectures in the area of medical malpractice at Chicagoland hospitals and has lectured at the National Conference on Advances in Emergency Medicine.