Mary McCahill

Mary is an associate concentrating in litigation. Prior to joining Daley Mohan Groble, Mary worked for the City of Chicago's Law Department as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Federal Rights Litigation division where she defended Chicago police officers in a variety of high-exposure civil lawsuits. Mary has significant first-chair jury trial experience and has tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal courts involving wrongful death, false arrest, excessive force, malicious prosecution and due process.

Mary started her career in the Municipal Prosecutions Division where she prosecuted criminal ordinance violations in Circuit Court for the Chicago Police Department. There she tried dozens of bench trials, represented several city departments in administrative review matters and successfully drafted and argued for injunctive relief against the City in an election challenge. At DMG Mary represents self-insured companies in casualty and commercial litigation and continues to represent municipalities and their employees in civil rights disputes.

EDUCATION

DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2002
DePaul University, B.A., 1999

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Illinois, 2002
• Federal Trial Bar, 2010

COURT MEMBERSHIPS

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois