Andrew P. Stevens joined Corboy & Demetrio as a lawyer in 2016. He practices personal injury law in all areas including environmental negligence.
Andrew is currently representing more than 70 Kankakee area residents who were sickened by contaminated drinking water or the families of residents who died as a result of drinking the water contaminated by a 1988 Shell Oil pipeline spill.
From 2013 – 2015, Andrew served as Head Law Clerk and Post Graduate Clerk at Corboy & Demetrio where he worked on aviation crashes, medical malpractice cases, motor vehicle collisions and a case where more than 50 complaints were filed on behalf of men whose sperm was destroyed while stored in a cryogenics lab owned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
In addition, Andrew conducted extensive research and drafted memoranda regarding the NFL and NHL litigation.
Before returning to Corboy & Demetrio, Andrew worked as a Law Clerk to Cook Co. Circuit Judge James N. O’Hara. Andrew’s duties included managing a courtroom portfolio of more than 1400 pending cases as well as authoring draft opinions, legal memoranda and statements of issues regarding Illinois state tort claims.
In 2013, before joining Corboy & Demetrio, Andrew worked as Law Clerk at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and had a 711 license allowing him to argue motions and examine witnesses before the Honorable Evelyn Clay during criminal trials. Andrew also drafted responses to motions to quash and suppress evidence in felony possession of narcotics cases.
Andrew graduated Magna Cum Laude from Saint Louis University in 2012 and from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2015 where he was a merit scholarship recipient and was on the Dean’s List. Andrew received CALI Awards for the highest grades in Legal Writing I, Appellate Advocacy and Pretrial Litigation. Andrew was Founder and Chair of Loyola’s Federal Bar Association and was appointed Executive Director of Loyola’s Mock Trial Board.
Andrew remains very involved with Loyola’s law school, serving as a member of its Young Alumni Committee and as Head Coach of Loyola’s Criminal Law Mock Trial Team.
He is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section. In 2016, Andrew was appointed Special Projects Coordinator, organizing and leading a project that answered Santa letters and provided Christmas gifts to 500 disadvantaged students in Chicago Public Schools. Andrew currently serve as a tutor in the Chicago Bar Association’s Lawyers Lend-A-Hand tutoring program.
Andrew is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
In 2017, Andrew was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois.
