MICHAEL R. HARTIGAN

Michael Hartigan is the Managing Partner at Hartigan & O’Connor, LLC. He began his career as a Cook County Assistant’s State’s Attorney, Civil Actions Bureau defending the Office of the Cook County Sheriff in state and federal court. In 2004, he joined what is now Hartigan and O’Connor and has amassed numerous victories on behalf of his clients ever since.

He attended Marquette University in Milwaukee where he graduated cum laude receiving his degree in Political Science and Criminology/Law Studies in 1997. Michael went on obtain his juris doctor from the DePaul University College of Law in 2000.

Michael has devoted a substantial amount of his practice to municipal and insurance defense. He has also successfully defended self-insured entities, primarily within the transportation services industry. Michael also represents insurance companies in subrogation matters and devotes some of his time to personal injury litigation.

Michael has tried matters to verdict in both state and federal courts. He has briefed and argued matters before the Illinois Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Michael is a resident of Chicago’s north side. He is a life-long Cubs fan and an avid follower of Marquette basketball.

Bar Admissions:

Illinois

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Member, Federal Trial Bar

Areas of Practice

• Insurance and Municipal Defense
• Civil Rights
• Subrogation
• Personal Injury
• Business Litigation

Member:

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Foundation
• Illinois Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• 7th Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program chaired
  by Hon. Chief Judge James Holderman

Illinois State Bar Association

• Tort Law Section Council
• Insurance Law Section Council
• Assembly

PATRICK H. O’CONNOR

Patrick H. O’Connor is a Partner at Hartigan & O’Connor, LLC and began his career as an attorney with the same firm, then Russell W. Hartigan & Associates, in 1991. He attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, receiving his degree in Political Science in 1988. From there, Patrick attended Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he graduated cum laude, in 1991. He was selected as a member of the Law Review at Northern Illinois, and received the Francis G. May Award for Achievement in Criminal Law.

In the twenty years Patrick has been in practice, he has argued in both state and Federal matters on behalf of his clients. While Illinois does not recognize specializations within the practice of law, Patrick has focused the vast majority of his work on the defense of municipalities and general civil defense work. He has also successfully represented pro se clients in Federal matters before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. His success is reflected in the numerous published opinions in both Illinois and Federal courts through the years.

Bar Admissions:

Illinois

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Member, Federal Trial Bar

Member:

• Illinois State Bar Association
  (Section Counsel Member of Civil Practice and Procedure)
• Illinois Bar Foundation
• Illinois Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• St. Giles Mens Society