Otto J. Shragal

Education

Trine University f/k/a Tri-State University (B.A. Psychology, 2001)

UIC LAW School f/k/a The John Marshall Law School (J.D., Cum Laude, December, 2004)

• The John Marshall Law Review
• Member and Associate Justice of The John Marshall Law School Moot Court Honors Board
• Member of The John Marshall Law School Trial Advocacy Honors Council
• Phi Delta Phi Honors Fraternity

Experience

Admissions

Indiana Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Services/Community Activities/Awards

2023, 2024 Illinois SUPER LAWYERS honoree

2023, 2024 Indiana SUPER LAWYERS honoree

2020-2022 Selection to Lawyers of Distinction State of Indiana

2018-2022 The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer in Indiana

2016 Corp. America Legal Elite Award Recipient – Jobsite Accident Attorney – Chicagoland

2014 Top Lawyers in Illinois as ranked in American Lawyer Media

2012-2016 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Attorney’s under the age of 40

Presentations / Publications

• Program Chair "Construction Accident and Commercial Premises Liability" ICLEF Indianapolis (September 2024)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Plaintiff’s Guide Indiana: Personal Injury From Start to Finish (June 9, 2023)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Mini Med School for Attorneys; Pain and Suffering: What Attorneys Need to Know (October 1, 2021)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Faculty speaker, Expert Witnesses: learning how to use the Indiana court rules to your advantage (August 28, 2019)
• Presenter for “Civil Trial From Start to Finish” South Bend, Indiana (December 19, 2018)
• Panel chair and moderator for “Injury Claims: Anatomy & Physiology in personal injury litigation made simple seminar” Indianapolis Indiana (October 31, 2017)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Faculty speaker National Business Institute Proving Pain & Suffering in Personal Injury Litigation (September 22, 2016)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Faculty Speaker, Representing Your Client in Federal Court (April 28, 2016)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Guest Speaker, legal ethics: top challenges (December 17, 2015)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Advanced Civil Litigation Skills (Sept. 24-25, 2015)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Seminar on Calculating Medical Damages in Injury Litigation (June 19, 2015)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Advanced issues in personal injury litigation (December 16-17, 2014)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Legal ethics of evidence (December 15, 2014)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Guest Speaker and presentation Hearsay, Email, Busines Records and Social Media Evidence (August 22, 2014)
• NBI (National Business Institute): Guest Speaker and presentation Sophisticated Deposition Strategies (October 30, 2013)