Joseph A. "Joe" Cancila, Jr.
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
Recognized since 2012
Chicago, Illinois
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Known both as a gifted leader and a consummate team player, Joe Cancila is a highly regarded, experienced, and tenacious litigator who has dedicated his career to defending clients in complex commercial class actions. He is a creative strategist, thorough investigator, and effective communicator—all qualities that make him a worthy adversary in and out of the courtroom. And as the leader of many practice teams, he has mastered the art of working collaboratively with co-counsel to best advance client interests and analyze and successfully resolve challenging and complicated legal problems.
Joe has received national and state recognition for his defense practice, having brought several dozen class-action cases to successful resolution in jurisdictions widely dispersed throughout the country. He has successfully defended breach of contract, consumer fraud, complex commercial, antitrust, insurance bad faith, RICO, fair housing, trade secret, and environmental litigation, among others.
- E-mail: jcancila@rshc-law.com
- Direct Phone Number: 312-471-8750
- Phone Number: 312-471-8700
- Lawyer Page: https://www.rshc-law.com/attorneys/attorney/joseph-a.-cancila-jr
- 1 South Dearborn Street, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60603
- University of Chicago, J.D., with honors, graduated 1986
- Syracuse University, M.P.A., graduated 1976
- University of Dayton, B.A., with high honors, graduated 1974
- Illinois, Illinois State Bar
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Bar
- American Bar Association - Member
- Chicago Bar Association - Member
- Illinois State Bar Association - Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel - Member
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP
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Client Service All-Star (MVP), BTI Consulting Group (2020, 2022)
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Mediation
- Product Liability Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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