Jill M. Hutchison concentrates in complex civil litigation focusing on class and mass actions.  She has significant experience defending toxic tort, product liability, and consumer fraud claims.  She has represented clients in state and federal courts and in arbitrations and has developed particular expertise in managing the scientific and expert aspects of these cases.

Ms. Hutchison is a member of the Firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation, Products Liability and Mass Tort Defense, and Class Action Practices.  She serves the Firm as Co-Chair of the Associates Committee and as a member of the Firm History Project.

Ms. Hutchison is active in several professional and civic organizations, including the Defense Research Institute, where she currently serves as the Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee’s Women in the Law Vice Chair.  She currently serves as President of The Field Museum’s Field Associates and as the Junior League of Chicago’s Advocacy Vice President.  In law school, Ms. Hutchison was Technical Editor of The Review of Litigation, National Director of the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition, and a research assistant to Linda S. Mullenix, assisting in the preparation of the second edition of Mass Tort Litigation.