Craig D. Tobin 25YEARSAWARDED

Craig D. Tobin

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Awarded Practice Areas
Criminal Defense: General Practice Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Craig D. Tobin
Craig D. Tobin
Chicago, IL
Works at
Tobin & Muñoz LLC

1 Best Lawyers award

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Biography

For more than 30 years, Craig Tobin has been recognized for his precedent-setting civil and criminal trial work and is nationally recognized as one of the best trial lawyers in America, regularly voted by his peers to “The Best Lawyers in America,” “Leading Lawyers” and “Leading American Lawyers.”. Throughout his career, Mr. Tobin has guided many clients through high-profile cases which attract intense media attention and have either changed or defined the law, including well-known cases for clients including Near North Insurance Brokerage, Jeremiah Mearday and Damarco Alexander.

Mr. Tobin began his career in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office on the elite Murder Task Force. He tried numerous capital cases and achieved an unprecedented number of acquittals in high-profile cases. He founded the law firm that would become Tobin & Munoz in 1985 and was soon joined by the late Hon. Robert J. Collins (1911-1997). Judge Collins sat as a felony court judge for over 25 years and also heard complex civil litigation.

In addition to being a frequent lecturer on cross examination, closing arguments and other litigation topics, Mr. Tobin is an instructor and faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, a premier provider of trial skills, training seminars and litigation-related resources for attorneys.

Areas Of Practice
Works at
Tobin & Muñoz LLC

1 Best Lawyers award

Tobin & Muñoz LLC logo

Locations

Education

  • University of Illinois - Chicago, B.A., Bachelor of Arts, graduated 1977
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law at IIT, J.D., graduated 1980

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1980

Affiliations

  • Effective Closing Arguments, Cook County Public Defender’s Office, 1983 to 1983 - Lecturer
  • Cross-Examination and Closing Arguments - Illinois Public Defenders Association, 1987 to 1987
  • Illinois Continuing Legal Education, 1989 to 1989 - Speaker
  • The Art of Cross-Examination, Training Seminar, Cook County Public Defender, 1992 to 1992 - Lecturer
  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Instructor, 1989 to 1994
  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Faculty Member, 00/1989 to 00/1996
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Illinois State Bar Association - Member
  • Chicago Bar Association - Member

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 for work in:
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s Leading Lawyers for Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Civil Rights, and Commercial Litigation

  • Fellow and State Co-Chair for Litigation Council of America

  • Legal Leaders Highest Ethical and Legal Ability

  • Leading American Lawyers

  • Leading Lawyers

  • Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers

  • Irish Legal 100 – Top 100 lawyers in the United States of Irish decent

  • Super Lawyers Illinois Top 100, 2009 and 2010

  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100

  • National Association of Distinguished Council Top 1%

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