CHICAGO AUTO ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS · FREE CONSULTATION
A Chicago car accident isn’t your fault. The bill for it shouldn’t be either.
Phillips Law Offices has fought insurance companies for injured drivers across Chicago and Illinois since 1945. Free consultation. No attorney’s fee unless we recover for you.
$500M+
Recovered for injured clients — results vary by case
Since 1945
Trying cases to Cook County juries
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How we can help
Every case below is handled by the same trial team, on the same terms: a free consultation, and no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you.
Car Accidents
Rear-end, intersection, hit-and-run, pileups and winter crashes.
Truck Accidents
Semis, delivery vans and box trucks, governed by federal carrier rules.
Motorcycle Accidents
Where riders get blamed before anyone looks at the evidence.
Pedestrian Accidents
Crosswalk right of way, hit-and-run and dangerous crossings.
Bicycle Accidents
Dooring, right hooks and bike lane collisions.
Wrongful Death
Fatal crashes, and the two separate claims Illinois recognises.
Uber & Lyft Crashes
Coverage depends entirely on what the app was doing.
Uninsured Motorist
When the at-fault driver had nothing like enough coverage.
Read about the attorneys who handle these cases, see representative results, or browse the guides library.
Why drivers in Chicago call us
A crash can leave you with surgeries, physical therapy and a stack of bills you never budgeted for. The insurance company is not on your side — adjusters are trained to close claims fast and cheap. We gather the evidence, deal with the insurer, and push back when an offer falls short. If a fair settlement is not on the table, we try the case.
Evidence disappears fast
Dashcam footage gets overwritten and skid marks fade. We start preserving evidence within hours of taking your case.
We handle the insurance fight
Adjusters are trained negotiators. So are we, and we do not work for the insurance company.
Every responsible party
Illinois lets us pursue a distracted driver, a trucking company and a city with a broken signal in the same case.
No fee unless we win
No attorney’s fee upfront and none at all unless we recover. We explain how case costs work before you sign.
Two clocks start the day of the crash
Against another driver you generally have two years to file suit under 735 ILCS 5/13-202. Against the City of Chicago, the CTA, a county or any other local public body you have one year under 745 ILCS 10/8-101 — and there is no pre-suit notice step, so only filing preserves the claim. Meanwhile the footage that proves the case is usually gone within weeks.
Guides to Illinois car accident claims
More than 130 plain-English guides, each citing the Illinois statute it relies on so you can check it yourself.
Insurance Claims
Adjusters, policy limits, UM and UIM
Accident Types
Rear-end, T-bone, hit-and-run, pileups
Illinois Traffic Laws
Fault, seat belts, speeding, distraction
Evidence
Crash reports, photos, black box data
Injuries & Treatment
Whiplash, treatment gaps, choosing doctors
Settlements
Case value and what you can recover
Litigation
Filing suit, arbitration, mediation
Hiring a Lawyer
When it is worth it and what to ask
Talk to us before you talk to the insurance company
The consultation is free and there is no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you. Tell us what happened.