Honors and Awards: Honorary Law Degree, John Marshall Law School, 2008; Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association for Justice, 2007; Pursuit of Justice Award, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, 2005; Lifetime Achievement Award, Center for Disability and Elder Law, 2005; Career Achievement Award, John Marshall Law School, 2005 Lerner/Egan Award, Citizen Action Illinois, 2004; Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Award, Chicago Legal Clinic, 2002; Justice John Paul Stevens Award, Inaugural Class, Chicago Bar Association, 2000; Richard J. Daley Medal of Honor, Chicago Police Department, 2000; Distinguished Leadership Award, Hazelden Chicago, 1999; Laureate, Initial Class, Academy of Illinois Lawyers, Illinois State Bar Association, 1999; Chicago Street Named "Philip H. Corboy Way," 1998; The John Marshall Law School Freedom Award, 1998; Carl Rolewick Award, Lawyers Assistance Program, Chicago Bar Association, 1998; Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Loyola University, Chicago, 1996; Big Shoulders Humanitarian Award, 1996; Champion of Justice Award, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1996; Crystal Shamrock Award, St. Patrick's High School, 1996; Philip H. Corboy Fellowship in Trial Advocacy established, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1995; Signum Fidei Honor, Chicago Province of the Christian Brothers, 1995; Leonard Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1995; Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree, St. Ambrose College, 1978; Honorary National Alumni President, St. Ambrose University; Chicago Bar Association, President, 1972; The LaSallian Award, Christian Brothers of the Midwest Province, 1972; Medal of Excellence, Loyola University School of Law, 1967; AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell - Highest level awarded for professional excellence; Chicago Bar Association, President, 1972; Chicago Bar Foundation, Life Fellow;Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1963; Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honorary Society; American Bar Foundation, Fellow; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Past President; American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow; Civil Justice Foundation, American Association for Justice, Trustee; Cook County State's Attorney's Task Force on Life Sustaining Treatment, Past Chairman; Illinois Democratic Party, Former General Counsel; Illinois Super Lawyer - Top 5% of all Illinois lawyers; Illinois State Bar Foundation, Charter Fellow; Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions, Past Member; Inner Circle of Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Leading Lawyer Network Member - Top 5% of all Illinois attorneys; National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Past Chairman and Lifetime Emeritus Board Member; Roscoe Pound Institute, American Association for Justice, Honorary Lifetime Trustee; "The Best Lawyers in America" - Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiff; The Society of Trial Lawyers.

Bar/Professional Activity: American Association for Justice (AAJ) formerly known as Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Honorary Trustee, Roscoe Pound Institute, 1967-Present; Bar Liaison Committee, 1993-1995; Chair, Stalwarts Committee, 1994-1995; Public Affairs Committee, 1994-1995; Trustee, Civil Justice Foundation, 1994-present; Former Member, Board of Governors. American Bar Association (ABA), Insurance, Negligence, Compensation Law of ABA, Section of Litigation; Tort & Insurance Practice Section; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs; Emeritus Member, Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability; Past Member, Commission on Standards of Judicial Administration; Past Member, House of Delegates; Section of Litigation, 1979; Litigation Section Fellow; Past Chairman, Insurance Section, Committee on Rules and Procedures; Past Member, Special Committee on the Tort Liability System; Past Member, AIDS Coordinating Committee; Past Chairman, Insurance Section, Trial Techniques Committee; Past Member, Special Committee on Product Liability. Chicago Bar Association (CBA) President, 1972; 1st Vice President, 1972; 2nd Vice President, 1970; Board Member, Aviation Law Committee, 1969-1972; Board of Managers, 1969-1971; Member/Vice Chair, Committee on Candidates, 1963-1969; Chicago Host Committee for 1978 ABA Annual Meeting, 1977; Life Fellow, Chicago Bar Foundation; Civil Practice Committee, 1955-68, Vice-Chairman 1963, Chairman 1965; ISBA/CBA Committee to Recommend Arbitration/Mediation Pilot Program, 1983; Member/Vice Chair, Judicial Evaluation Committee; Chairman, Liaison Special Committee, 1971; Committee on Negligence Law, 1962-1969; Special No-Fault Committee, 1972; Nominating Committee, 1966, 1975-Chairman, 1980 and 1985; Committee on Operations of Circuit Court, 1974-1976; Past Presidents' Committee, 1973-Present; Public Relations Advisory Committee, 1973; Committee on Revision of Circuit Court Rules, 1970-1973; Senior Lawyers Committee, 1992-Present, Sustaining Member, 1983-Present; Unauthorized Practice Committee, 1969; Young Members Committee, 1950-1952; Chairman, Association Meetings Committee, 1995-Present Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Civil Practice and Procedures Section Counsel, 1967-69;Charter Fellow, Illinois State Bar Foundation; Special Committee for Medical/Legal Co-Op, 1960-1972; Section of Negligence Law, 1959-1965, Exec. Chair - 1959-1961, Vice Chair - 1963-1965; Tort Law Section Counsel, 1965-1967 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) President, 1963; President-Elect, 1962; Second Vice President, 1961; Third Vice President, 1960; Public Relations Committee, 1983; Special Counsel to Executive Committee, 1986-present; Membership Committee, 1987; Legislative Committee, 1988-1990; Executive Committee, 1992; Special Advisory Committee to Constitutional Challenge Committee, 1996. Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit. Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society). American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. American Board of Trial Advocates. American College of Trial Lawyers. American Judicature Society. Institute for Injury Reduction. Inner Circle of Advocates. International Academy of Trial Lawyers. International Society of Barristers. The Law Club of the City of Chicago. Law Science Academy. Society of Trial Lawyers. American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Member, National Advisory Board. Illinois Democratic Party, Former General Counsel. Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Board of Directors. Loyola University's Citizen's Board, Chairman, 1992-present. Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Member, Trial Advocacy Board. National Safety Council, Professional Safety Service Member. The American Society of Writers on Legal Studies. Trial Diplomacy Journal, Board of Editors. American Law Media, L.P., National Board of Contributors. American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Past President. Cook County State's Attorney's Task Force on Life. Sustaining Treatment, Past Chairman. Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions, Past Member. National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Past Chairman. St. Mary's College, Past Board Member. U.S. Senate Judicial Nominations Commission for the State of Illinois. The Court TV Cradle-to-Grave Legal Survival Guide, Board of Editors, 1995. Constitutional Rights Foundation, Chicago, Member, Board of Directors. Am Jur Trials and Proof of Facts, Member of Editorial Advisory Board - 1995. Civil Justice Foundation, Trustee.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: AUTHORED - Structured for a Reason;Abolishing Jury Awards Takes a Step Backwards;Holding Managed Care Accountable;Illinois Courts: Vital Developers of Tort Law as Constitutional Vanguards, Statutory Interpreters, and Common Law Adjudicators;Liability May Get Through to HMOs;Proof of Damages in Illinois;How I Solved My Evidence Problem;Bit o' Luck;Looking Back, The Lessons of the Simpson Trial: Beleaguered Jurors Did Their Job Well; the Police Did NotNew Technology May Boost the Jury's Role;Corporations Afraid of the Light;Tort Reform No Friend to Consumers;The Common Sense of American Juries;Streamrolling Tort Reform. Lecturer and panelist at local, state and national bar association meetings held in the United States, as well as internationally -- specifically in Australia, Canada, England, France and Ireland. Medical meetings, insurance meetings, seminars and conventions in more than 75 cities and 45 states on matters germane to the preparation and trial of civil litigation involving general negligence, railroad, aviation, maritime, product liability, professional negligence and FELA law. Lecturer, panelist and guest speaker at the following institutions:Boston University Law School 1992; Cumberland School of Law, Stamford University; DePaul College of Law; The Federalist Society; Gonzaga University School of Law; Harvard Law School; Chicago-Kent College of Law;John Marshall Law School; Loyola University School of Law; National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Northwestern University Law School; Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center; Southern Methodist University Law School; University of Chicago Law School; University College Dublin; University of Illinois Law School; University of Michigan Law School; Washburn Law Institute.Television Appearances:20/20 - ABC; 60 Minutes - CBS; John Callaway Show - WTTW (Channel 11, Chicago); Court TV/Miller's Law; Daybreak; Phil Donahue Show; Face The Nation - CBS; Inside the Law - Reliance National and the ABA; Kup's Show - WTTW (Channel 11, Chicago); Nightline with Ted Koppel - Town Hall Meeting, ABC; Joan Rivers Show; David Susskind Show; Oprah Winfrey Show.