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Officers: Mark M. Burden, Secretary / Thomas R. Hill, President / Jill M. Webb, Vice President / Brian Murphy, Treasurer

Board of Directors: Jordan S. Powell, Amy L. Garland, Samantha N. Lafata, Michael R. Slovis, Not Pictured: Mark C. Murnane, Kristine C. Reveille

2024 - 2025 Officers

Thomas R. Hill,
​​President

Thomas R. Hill is a trial lawyer with more than 35 jury verdicts. He has been recognized by numerous organizations for his trial experience, including being named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, listed for many years in Best Lawyers in America, with the 2017 & 2015 distinction of being named "Lawyer of the Year" in Chicago for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer, named an Illinois Leading Lawyer by the Law Bulleting Publishing Company, named a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation in both 2015 and 2016, and is a recipient of an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Jill M. Webb,
​Vice President

Jill M. Webb has more than 20 years of record-breaking results representing her clients’ best interests with an unmatched combination of tenacity and empathy. She is an active member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a Fellow in The International Society of Barristers, and on the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.  She has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Women Lawyers by Leading Lawyers and one of the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers.  Jill has received a Trial Lawyer Excellence Award from the Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter, as well as awards from the Women's Bar Association of Illinois, and Chicago-Kent College of Law.  ​

Mark M. Burden, ​​
​Secretary

Mark M. Burden is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on the defense of physicians, hospitals, and allied healthcare practitioners in professional liability lawsuits. Mr. Burden has successfully resolved hundreds of medical negligence cases and has tried to verdict more than 40 cases. The vast majority of his trial practice has involved the defense of medical professionals and health care institutions.

Brian Murphy,
​​Treasurer

Brian Murphy has been in practice in Illinois since 1989. Initially in practice with an insurance defense firm, Williams & Montgomery, in 1991, Mr. Murphy joined Hofeld and Schaffner. Since that time, he has practiced catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation on behalf of injured persons and their families.
Mr. Murphy is a frequent lecturer and author in all areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. For over 10 years, he was a chapter author for the Illinois Trial Lawyer Association Medical Negligence Trial Notebook , concerning the Illinois Medical Negligence Statute of Limitations.

2024 - 2025 Board of Directors

Amy L. Garland   •   Samantha N. LaFata   •    Mark C. Murnane
Jordan S. Powell   •   Kristine C. Reveille   •    Michael R. Slovis