Michelle M. Kohut is a partner at Corboy & Demetrio, where she divides her practice between personal injury and wrongful death litigation and workers’ compensation matters.
Michelle joined Corboy & Demetrio in 2004 and was named Partner in 2019. She has tried many personal injury cases to verdict and has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of her clients. In 2013, Michelle obtained a $1.6 million settlement for a school crossing guard who was struck and injured by a day care bus. In 2012, Michelle obtained a $2 million settlement for a Chicago pedestrian who was struck and injured by a garbage truck. In another case, she secured a $2 million settlement on behalf of a roofing foreman who fell through a hole in a roof, fracturing his heel.
Michelle is very active in local and national bar associations, including the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, where she served as President for 2013-2014; the Illinois State Bar Association, where, since 2016, Michelle has served as a member of the Tort Law Section Council; the Chicago Bar Association; and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Since 2020, Michelle has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of personal injury litigation, and since its 2022 Edition, she has also been selected in the area of Workers’ Compensation – Claimants.
