Robert M. Foote

Coming from a family of attorneys, Robert M. Foote’s career path could be viewed as predetermined back to the days he followed his father into courtrooms. “I never thought I’d do anything else,” Foote said. Born in Massachusetts in 1954, Foote earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1976 and his law degree in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1979 and has spent more than four decades as an accomplished trial lawyer who has collected in excess of a billion dollars for his clients. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Robert M. Foote included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Robert M. Foote Included on the 2025Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Lectures, Class Action Litigation
• Lectures, Complex Commercial Litigation
• Lectures, Personal Injury Litigation
• Lectures, Product Defect and Product Liability Litigation
• Lectures, Discovery Issues in Litigation
• Lectures, Damage Issues in Litigation

• Lead Counsel, Tipsword v. I.F.D.A. Services, Inc., et al., Case No. 09-CV-00390(GPM) (S.D. Ill.)
• Class Counsel, Westgate Ford Truck Sales v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 02-CV-483526 (Ohio Cir. Ct.)
• Co-Lead Counsel, Havlish v. bin Laden, Case No. 03-MDL- 1570 (S.D. NY), September 11, 2001
• Lead Class Counsel, Lee v. Allstate, Case No. 03-LK-127 (Ill. Cir. Ct.)

• Illinois, 1979
• Wisconsin, 1986

• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Kane County Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Kane County Bar Association (Past Director)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Manager)
• In Re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1997, No. 08-CV-7082 (N.D. Ill.) (Steering Committee)
• In Re Managed Care Litigation, MDL No. 1334, Case No. 04-CV-21589 (M.D. Fla.) (Steering Committee)
• In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1663, Civ. No. 04-518(FSH) (D.N.J.) (Court-Appointed Executive Committee)