Partner
Drumke, Michael W.
Office: Chicago
Phone: 312-205-7717
Email:
Licenses: IL/MO/TX/WI
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Practice Description:
Mr. Drumke focuses his practice on trials involving complex business litigation matters, including:
• Toxic Torts
• Product Liability
• Class Actions
• Commercial Litigation
Mr. Drumke has represented clients in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Alabama, Washington, Oregon, California, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Louisiana and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
He serves as national counsel for a manufacturer defendant named in asbestos-related litigation across the country. He also serves as lead counsel for several premises owners named in toxic tort litigation in the Midwest.
Bar Admissions:
Illinois
Missouri
Texas
Wisconsin
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar)
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Western District Court of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Date of Birth:
March 29, 1966
Law School:
University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1991
Law School Honors/Involvement:
Member and Senior Administrative Editor,
Wisconsin Law Review
Undergraduate School:
Tufts University, B.A.,
cum laude, 1988
Bar/Professional Association Involvement:
American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Silver Gavel Awards
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Member, Governing Council
Past Section Revenue Officer
Past Chair, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Board
Past Chair, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee
Section of Litigation
Section of Environmental Energy and Resources
Illinois State Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Wisconsin
Defense Research Institute
Awards, Honors, Distinctions:
Member Leading Lawyers Network (Class Actions/Mass Tort Defense Law, Products Liability Defense Law and Toxic Torts Defense Law)
Illinois Super Lawyers (Class Action/Mass Torts)
Law and Public Service Honor Roll, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association
“40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch,”
Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
AV Peer Review Rated,
Martindale-Hubbell
Community Involvement:
American Brain Tumor Association
Board of Directors
Recent Verdicts
Published Legal Writing:
“Recent Developments in Toxic Tort and Environmental Law,” (Co-author) 40
Tort & Insurance Law Journal 810 (2005)
“Declaratory Relief,” (Co-author)
Illinois Civil Practice, Vol. II, Ch. 5, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (1997 & Supplement 2000)
“Recent Developments in Toxic Tort Law,” (Co-author) 33
Tort & Insurance Law Journal 711 (Winter 1998)
“Recent Developments in Toxic Tort Law,” (Co-author) 32
Tort & Insurance Law Journal 635 (Winter 1997)
Legal Lectures:
Moderator and Panelist: “Some Like It Hot: Emerging Issues in Toxic Tort and Environmental Law,” Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee’s Nineteenth Annual Spring CLE Meeting (Phoenix, AZ, April 2010)
Program Co-Chair: “The Future of Class Action Litigation in America,” Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (Washington DC, October 2007).
Speaker: “Staff Counsel: The Changing Litigation Environment," American Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Staff Counsel Committee Meeting (Philadelphia, September 2006).
Speaker: “Hot Topics in Toxic Tort and Environmental Law,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (Honolulu, August 2006).
Program Co-Chair: “The Future of Class Action Litigation in America,” Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (Washington DC, November 2005).
Panelist: “Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Round Up: Preparing for Litigation Beyond the Asbestos Horizon,” Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee’s Thirteenth Annual Spring CLE Meeting (Phoenix, March 2004).
Program Co-Chair: “The Future of Class Action Litigation in America,” Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (Boston, October 2003).
Program Co-Chair: “Mealey’s Practical Skills Series: “Toxic Tort Litigation,” Mealey’s Publications and Conferences Group (Philadelphia, September 2003).
Program Chair: “The Future of Mass Tort Litigation in America,” Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee’s 11th Annual Spring CLE Meeting (Phoenix, March 2002).
Program Chair: “Tort Reform in the New Millennium,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (Chicago, August 2001).
Speaker: “Hot Topics in Environmental Law,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Section of Energy, Environment and Resources (New York, July 2000).
Program Chair: “The Method to the Madness: Understanding the ‘Scientific Method’ and ‘Peer Review’ under
Daubert and
Kelly Frye,” Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee’s 8th Annual Spring CLE Meeting (La Jolla, March 1999).
Speaker: “Class Actions and Mass Torts – History and Recent Developments,” Midwest Environmental Claims Association Fifth Annual Seminar (Chicago, September 1997).
Speaker: “Hot Topics in Environmental Law,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (San Francisco, August 1997).
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