Associate

Russell J. Chibe is an associate in the Products Liability and Mass Tort Practice Group.  Russ has worked on state and federal complex litigation matters at both the trial and appellate phases and has significant experience with multi-district litigation on behalf of major pharmaceutical companies.  Russ is also a primary litigator in the firm's asbestos defense practice in Madison County, Illinois, and has regularly appeared before Madison County judges since 2006.  His experience also includes ethylene oxide, latex glove, medical device and benzene products liability litigation.  Additionally, Russ has gained exposure to federal civil rights litigation through the firm’s pro bono practice.

Russ graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago in 2006, where he competed in Moot Court and served as the special sections editor of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.  Russ also worked in Northwestern’s Center on Wrongful Convictions, where he helped draft a clemency petition on behalf of an Indiana Death Row inmate whose sentence was subsequently commuted.

Before law school, Russ received a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in meteorology from Valparaiso University in 2001 and a master's degree in atmospheric science from Colorado State University in 2003.  An award-winning brewer, Russ is an advisor to Homebrewers' Pride of the South Side, a registered Illinois not-for-profit.  Previously, Russ sat on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Composers Forum.