Marty Dolan grew up in a working-class family on the south side of Chicago. From there, he experienced and learned the values of people, hard work, excellence and victory. Marty Dolan is known for his candor, honesty, and for being a trusted leader in the legal and judicial community. He founded Dolan Law in 2007, and is the sole owner, president and managing partner.
Marty Dolan is a trial attorney who has been involved in high-stakes litigation for more than 25 years. His practice provides the highest level of work ethic, integrity, communication, and work product at all levels for his clients.
For more than two decades as a trial attorney, Marty Dolan has earned an excellent reputation for successfully representing personal injury and wrongful death victims in state and federal courts. He is known for taking on the most complex and high-profile cases, including those harmed by institutional and governmental failures, medical malpractice, reckless drivers, sexual assault, defective products, whistleblowers, and more. He will and has taken on the largest businesses, corporations, institutions, insurance companies, and professionals.
Marty Dolan has rarely lost at trial, whether in criminal or state court. He has obtained record verdicts and has done so with the support of the excellent team at Dolan Law. Previously, he served as Cook County State’s Attorney in Chicago, and then as a trial attorney with the national law firm of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney and Dolan & Shannon PC. In total, he has personally tried more than 50 cases to verdict in federal and state courts and more than 130 arbitration and bench trials. His work and cases have been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and USA Today.
Marty Dolan received his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota and his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1998. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and as a trial attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Marty Dolan contributes to the legal and local community as a volunteer by publishing articles and making presentations on legal issues, serving on local professional boards and committees, contributing to the financial needs of educational goals, and volunteering at a local high school. He has been a baseball coach for 15 years and a local elementary school basketball coach for 10 years. He frequently donates time and money to local charities and organizations. Marty Dolan has received many accolades which are listed below.
2006-Presente
Personal Injury Leading Lawyer Network De 2010-Presente
The National Trial Lawyers
Máximo nivel de excelencia profesional Martindale-Hubbell 2020
Forty Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch, Chicago Lawyer Magazine (8-2000)
1995-Present Vice Chair, Special Committee on Video and Web Communications Section (2013-2014) Committee on Tort Law Section, Chair (2003-2004) Committee on Civil Rights in Employment (1999-2001)
1996-Present Hearing Committee for Judicial Evaluations (1998-2007) Rights Committee, President (2000-2001)
1989-Present Board of Directors, 2014-Present Civil Rights Committee, Chair 2004
2013-Present
2020-Present
2018-Present
2021-Present Attorney, Order of Justitia Member, Institute of Procedural Law
1995-1998
Volunteer and member of the Illinois Medical District Guest House Foundation
Center Disability Elder Law
Volunteer Legal Services in Chicago
Chicago-Galway Sister City Project City of Chicago
2011-2021
2024
For more than two decades as a trial attorney, Marty Dolan has earned an excellent reputation for successfully representing personal injury and wrongful death victims in state and federal courts. He is known for taking on the most complex and high-profile cases, including those harmed by institutional and governmental failures, medical malpractice, reckless drivers, sexual assault, defective products, whistleblowers, and more. He will and has taken on the largest businesses, corporations, institutions, insurance companies, and professionals.
Marty Dolan has rarely lost at trial, whether in criminal or state court. He has obtained record verdicts and has done so with the support of the excellent team at Dolan Law. Previously, he served as Cook County State’s Attorney in Chicago, and then as a trial attorney with the national law firm of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney and Dolan & Shannon PC. In total, he has personally tried more than 50 cases to verdict in federal and state courts and more than 130 arbitration and bench trials. His work and cases have been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and USA Today.
Marty Dolan received his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota and his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1998. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and as a trial attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Marty Dolan contributes to the legal and local community as a volunteer by publishing articles and making presentations on legal issues, serving on local professional boards and committees, contributing to the financial needs of educational goals, and volunteering at a local high school. He has been a baseball coach for 15 years and a local elementary school basketball coach for 10 years. He frequently donates time and money to local charities and organizations. Marty Dolan has received many accolades which are listed below.
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