PRACTICES
Insurance DefenseInsurance Coverage Opinion, Analysis, & Litigation
Employment Law & Litigation
General Litigation
EDUCATION
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D., 2006
- Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
- B.A., Political Science, 2003
ADMISSIONS
- Illinois, 2006
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Mathew K. Hargrave
Chicago
Mathew K. Hargrave is a Partner based in the firm’s Chicago office. Mathew’s focus is the defense side of complex civil litigation, often involving serious injury or death, including complex residential, commercial, and industrial construction litigation and insurance coverage disputes; premises liability including homeowner, townhome owner, condominium unitowner, and common interest community associations (including directors and officers liability); and truck and auto collisions. Mathew also handles construction defect and products liability litigation as well as insurance coverage disputes. Mathew also has experience with insurance fraud and special investigations assignments relating to property and injury claims, along with coverage analysis.
His past legal experience includes representing clients in multi-million dollar injury and wrongful death cases arising from medical malpractice, automobile and truck collisions, worksite injuries, and premises liability. Mathew has also performed pro-bono work at the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Chancery Division Pro Se Advice Desk assisting pro se litigants with housing foreclosure and administrative review matters.Mathew earned a B.A. in Political Science from Providence College in Rhode Island before obtaining his Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. While in law school, Mathew was a research assistant for the Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program where he assisted in the preparation of an International edition of the ALWD Citation Manual. He also served on the law school’s Faculty Executive Committee Library and Computer Policy.
Mathew is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and Chicago Bar Association, where he formerly served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee.