Christopher C. Cortese

Christopher C. Cortese is a partner and trial lawyer at Keating Law Offices, P.C. He has devoted his entire career to representing seriously injured individuals and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases. He works tirelessly to obtain justice on behalf of plaintiffs and their families injured by the negligence and wrongdoing of individuals, institutions, and corporations. Christopher concentrates his practice in the area of construction site negligence, bicycle injuries, institutional sex abuse, product liability, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, and premises liability. He has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict and recovered substantial settlements on behalf of injured persons throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. His empathy and passion for representing men and women injured on construction sites and in the workplace comes from growing up surrounded by family working in the trades. During summers in high school and college, Christopher worked as a plumber’s apprentice on commercial high-rise construction sites in Chicago. His past jobsite experience gives him a unique perspective in his representation of injured plumbers, pipefitters, ironworkers, carpenters, electricians, masons, and laborers. This strategic advantage has helped him recover millions of dollars on behalf of workers injured on the job. Christopher graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he focused on trial advocacy and was regularly named to the Dean’s List. Prior to attaining his law degree, he graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he double-majored in Writing-Intensive English and Spanish Language and Literature. Christopher grew up in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago and attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. He is admitted to practice law in the Illinois State Bar and United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is also an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Illinois State Bar Association.