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holy name cathedral , chicago , illinois corboy boards '' & demetrio , '' see later career and 12 june 2012 chicago , illinois , u.s. chicago , illinois , u.s. chicago , illinois , u.s. united states 1960s -- 2011 american philip h. corboy 12 august 1924 st. law , university of notre dame , baylor university ambrose university , loyola university chicago school of philip h. corboy
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philip h. corboy

philip harnett corboy -lrb- august 12 , 1924 -- june 12 , 2012 -rrb- was an american trial lawyer who was involved in personal injury , wrongful death and medical malpractice cases across the united states for more than half a century .
he and thomas a. demetrio founded the law firm corboy & demetrio .
loyola university chicago school of law dean , david yellen , stated : `` there are very few living lawyers who have had the kind of impact phil corboy has .
he largely transformed the practice of personal injury law .
he was a teacher and mentor to a couple of generations of leading lawyers in the country . ''
his career was featured in a cover article in `` chicago lawyer '' entitled `` corboy college : chicago trial lawyers ' alma mater '' .
