Robert D. Kreisman

Robert D. Kreisman is a Chicago personal injury lawyer at Kreisman Law Offices who represents clients in medical malpractice, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, birth injury, brain injury, product defect, pharmaceutical, truck accident, and car accident matters. His practice includes workers’ compensation and commercial litigation. He focuses on serious injury claims that require detailed medical review, expert analysis, trial preparation, and close communication with injured clients and families.

Robert earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Law, an LL.M. in Taxation from DePaul University College of Law, and a B.A. from the University of Missouri. He later completed a Certificate in Mediation at Northwestern University. His legal education and mediation training support a practice that combines litigation, negotiation, case valuation, and careful analysis of complex damages and liability issues.

Robert has handled claims involving medical negligence, birth injuries, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, pharmaceutical products, anesthesiology errors, nursing home abuse, trucking crashes, forklift incidents, automobile collisions, and workplace injuries. He is admitted in Illinois and Missouri and before several federal courts, including the Seventh Circuit. His work has included trial practice, mediation, professional negligence issues, and litigation involving serious injuries across multiple jurisdictions.

Robert D. Kreisman has held leadership roles in professional organizations, including chairing the American Association for Justice Professional Negligence Section and the Chicago Bar Association Public Affairs Committee. He has published and presented on trial strategy, jury selection, depositions, case themes, and lien issues. His professional recognition includes an AV peer rating and American Association for Justice distinctions. He continues to focus on thorough preparation, client communication, and serious injury advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Kreisman Law Offices Medical Malpractice Lawyers
• Member Since, Illinois State Bar Association (1976)
• Member Since, The Missouri Bar (1976)
• Appointed Chair of the Professional Negligence Section and Diplomat, American Association for Justice (2001)
• Member Since: And Appointed Chair of the Public Affairs Committee, Chicago Bar Association (1976)
• Member Since, American Bar Association (1976)
• Member Since, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (1976)
• Member Since, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (1993)
• Member Since, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (1999)
• Member Since, Decalogue Society of Lawyers (2000)
• Member Since, American College of Legal Medicine (2006)

Licensed State

• Illinois
• Missouri

Education

• DePaul University College of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM) in Taxation
• University of Illinois-Chicago College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Missouri
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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