Dejong David J & Associates LTD

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We serve people devastated by medical malpractice or other wrongful conduct, combining medical and legal expertise to provide the highest quality legal services to our clients.
Help for the Catastrophically Injured
At the De Jong Law Group, we are committed to helping injury victims seek the full and fair compensation they need and deserve. We represent clients throughout the Chicago metro area in a wide range of injury related matters, including medical malpractice, defective or dangerous products, construction accidents, industrial accidents and motor vehicle accidents.
We bring to each case a wealth of legal experience and a broad-based background that is a decided advantage in complex injury claims. Our founding partner, David J. De Jong, is licensed to practice both medicine and law. Prior to founding our firm, Mr. De Jong earned his M.D. from Loyola University and worked for several years as a doctor.
A Proven Record of Success
People who retain our firm can be confident that their legal matter will be handled with the highest degree of competence and care. Our attorneys are experienced negotiators and litigators with a proven record of results.
We have obtained numerous multi-million dollar awards on behalf of our clients through verdicts and negotiated settlement agreements. We have a strong record of results in medical malpractice and personal injury claims where accident victims have suffered a catastrophic injury. We handle cases involving:

If you or a loved one has been injured and needs quality legal representation, contact the De Jong Law Group in Chicago, Illinois. To schedule a free consultation with a lawyer at our firm, call 312-346-5500, or contact us by e-mail.

This fall, we settled a challenging case against Cook County, on behalf of a 12-year-old African-American boy. In early 2001, when he was 2 1/2, he lived with his mother and three siblings in an apartment on the west side of Chicago. One cold March evening, when his mother was out and he was being watched by a babysitter, a fire started in the apartment. It was soon engulfed in flames. The child was rescued and taken to Cook County Hospital in critical condition with smoke inhalation injury. An hour-and-a-half later, the ER team attempted, for over 20 minutes, to place an endotracheal tube in his trachea. We alleged that the defendants negligently failed to adequately oxygenate our client during the intubation, which caused severe brain damage. The defense countered that severe smoke inhalation injury had caused his damage. The hospital record contained over a hundred entries by different health care providers attributing his condition to smoke inhalation injury. Nonetheless, we convinced the County and its carriers to settle the case for $7 million.
The prosecution entailed innumerable court statuses and motions, 48 depositions, and almost 4 1/2 years. We produced 10 retained experts for deposition, consulted with many more, and advanced over $333,000 before they offered dollar one. This same kind of effort helped us settle an obstetrical case for $9 million two years ago, and two years before that, a lab error case for $15 million.