About George Spellmire

George W. Spellmire is one of the country’s leading professional liability litigation lawyers. He has more than thirty years of experience and has supervised thousands of professional liability cases. He represents private and public corporations, law firms and individuals in litigation, trials and alternative dispute resolution involving professional liability and disciplinary issues. He has tried many legal malpractice and accounting cases and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the most prominent professional malpractice lawyers in the United States, he has been included in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995. He is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network and recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer.
In Ruttenberg v. Pedersen & Houpt, P.C., Mr. Spellmire achieved the largest legal malpractice verdict in Cook County, Illinois, and that record still stands today.

Membership

American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
Society of Trial Lawyers
Chicago and Illinois State and American (Standing Committee on Professional Liability) Bar Associations
International Association of Defense Counsel (Advocacy Practice and Procedure Committee, Legal Malpractice Committee, Medical Malpractice Committee, Professional Errors and Omissions Substantive Law Committee)
Defense Research Institute
Professional Liability Underwriting Society