Thomas Osran has more than 30 years litigation experience in state and federal courts litigating cases through appeals in areas including personal injury matters, breaches of fiduciary duties, general commercial and business disputes, real estate, property management, and premises liability. He also has significant experience handling probate, guardianship, and trusts and estates, and wills.
Thomas is an expert at litigating cases involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Illinois Tort Immunity Act, Fair Housing, Freedom of Information, and construction personal injury litigation. He is skilled at medical and professional expert witness work including selecting and managing experts to obtain favorable opinions and deposing and cross-examining opposition experts.
Additionally, he has years of trial and appellate litigation experience litigating cases involving real estate, business disputes, breach of contract, federal civil rights, Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA), personal injury defense, and premises liability cases.
Thomas has published articles in the Illinois Bar Journal on how to prove and cut medical bills at trial and on the Power of Attorney Act amendments. Osran is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Northern District of Illinois federal courts, and a member of the federal trial bar.
In his free time, Thomas serves on the Wilmot Mountain’s ski patrol and is a member of the National Ski Patrol.
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Federal Trial Bar
- In a federal civil rights jury trial, Thomas successfully defended an off-duty police officer who shot and killed a Gangster Disciple who attempted to carjack him. Contrary to Plaintiff’s theory, Thomas convinced the jury that the officer’s actions were done in a reasonable use of force justified by the defense of himself and his daughter, a passenger in his car.
- In a Cook County Law Division jury trial, Thomas successfully litigated a premises liability case defending the Chicago Housing Authority and its property manager where the Plaintiff asked the jury for more than $2 million in damages. The jury believed Thomas’ experts who explained that Plaintiff’s damages were unrelated to her slip and fall in her CHA unit and awarded her only $68,000.