Tom Mulroy is a trial lawyer with additional appellate court experience.

He has litigated in federal and state courts in connection with a variety of substantive issues, including civil rights, construction and trucking, labor and employment, municipal laws, products liability, professional malpractice, real estate and school law. Mr. Mulroy is the youngest attorney in the firm to have successfully first-chaired medical malpractice trials in the Law Division of the Cook County Courts. He has extensive experience trying cases before juries involving the representation of medical professionals, hospitals, and corporations.

Mr. Mulroy has additional experience involving litigation on behalf of real estate and general business clients. In 2001, he prepared and argued a motion for summary judgment on behalf of real estate investment developer Catellus Development Corporation.  The plaintiff’s attorney had spent several years preparing the catastrophic tort case, and had issued a global demand of $25 million. Based on Mr. Mulroy’s legal arguments, the case was dismissed against Catellus 29 days before the scheduled trial date. 

In addition, he is the author of the brief filed in West Suburban Bank v. Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc., 326 Ill.App.3d 502 (2nd Dist. 2001), a successful appeal involving an issue of first impression under the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act. Mr. Mulroy’s arguments were adopted by the Appellate Court, and now constitute the law of the State of Illinois on this issue.

Mr. Mulroy also has experience representing municipalities and public officials in connection with various matters. He successfully defended the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office in the case of Morrell v. Mock, 270 F.3d 1090 (7th Cir. 2001), a civil rights case involving intense media interest.  Mr. Mulroy’s victory in that case was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Federal Appellate Court in a published opinion.

In 2003, Mr. Mulroy defended Naperville School District 203 in a high-profile contract case involving issues of contract law and school law.

Finally, Mr. Mulroy has defended a number of complex cases involving technical application of engineering principles, such as extrusion manufacturing and accident reconstruction. In 2006, Mr. Mulroy was selected by his peers and named by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer Magazine as one of the top "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch." In addition, since 2008 he has been selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America®" in the area of commercial litigation.

Since 2008, Illinois Super Lawyers has named Mr. Mulroy annually to its Rising Star list. Recipients of this award have practiced law for less than 10 years or are 40 years old or younger.

Mr. Mulroy served during 2002 and 2003 as the Chairman of the YLS Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee.

Before joining Hinshaw & Culbertson in June 1998, Mr. Mulroy worked for the Chicago law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.  During law school, he worked for the City of Chicago, Office of the Corporation Counsel, representing the City of Chicago in a variety of legal matters. He also served judicial clerkships for the Hon. Donald J. O'Brien and the Hon. William D. Maddux, the Presiding Judge of Cook County. Mr. Mulroy has given presentations on a number of issues involving the representation of physicians and hospitals to bar associations, physicians, and medical insurers.