Michelle M. Kohut

Michelle M. Kohut is a Chicago personal injury trial lawyer and was named Partner at Corboy & Demetrio in 2019. She practices in all areas of personal injury law, including cases arising from automobile collisions, medical malpractice, construction negligence, premises liability, product liability and railroad negligence, as well as in the area of workers' compensation.

Michelle has tried many personal injury cases to verdict and has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of her clients.

Michelle is very active in local and national bar associations, including the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, where she served as President for 2013-2014.

Since 2023, Michelle has been selected to Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, an elite directory of the top 500 attorneys in the country. Since 2019, she's been selected to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, a highly-selective group of plaintiff trial attorneys from across the country.

Since 2014, Michelle has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer, a designation earned by only 5% of attorneys in the state.

Since 2020, Michelle has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of personal injury litigation, and since 2022, she has also been selected in the area of Workers' Compensation - Claimants.

Since 2023, Michelle has been named to "Top 50 Women" by Illinois Super Lawyers, a statewide ranking of female attorneys in the out of all practice areas. She's been selected to Illinois Super Lawyers in the area of personal injury litigation every year since 20014.

Michelle was selected by Crain's Chicago Business to the prestigious 2022 Notable Women in Law, an honor given to women who "brilliantly illustrate the sheer power of women in law," according to the magazine.

In 2021, Michelle was selected to "Salute! Top 50 Women in Law" by Chicago Lawyer magazine and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

In 2014, the National Law Journal honored Michelle for her accomplishments in law by recognizing her in "Two Steps Forward: Leading Women in Law." Michelle was honored by the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance For Women Alta May Hulett Award in 2013 for her work in helping women in the legal profession.

In 2007, in recognition of her success, hard work and community involvement, she was named one of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

Michelle has served as President of Women Everywhere - Partners in Service Project, Inc., a community service project that helps women and children in need and introduces teenage girls to the legal profession.

She has also served on the Board of Directors of Heartland International Health Center, which is dedicated to improving the health of persons in Chicago-area communities by providing affordable, quality and multilingual health services.

A graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Michelle was a Judicial Law Clerk to William D. Maddux, Presiding Judge of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, prior to joining Corboy & Demetrio.