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Cooney & Conway, founded in 1958, is a plaintiffs' only firm located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The firm currently has 20 exceptional attorneys, with years of successful litigation experience. The main practice area of the firm is asbestos litigation, where our attorneys serve as advocates for victims of asbestos related diseases and their families. In our years of practice, we have successfully handled large numbers of asbestos litigation cases in Illinois and throughout the United States. In northern Illinois alone, we handle approximately 90% of all mesothelioma cases.

Asbestos: The Invisible Killer

There is a reason why asbestos was so popular for so long in the construction, manufacturing, and other industries. The fibrous mineral was particularly adept at resisting heat and fire, which made it a seemingly perfect component of ceilings, insulation, floorings, and many ship and automobile parts. Unfortunately, that’s where the good news ends.

Asbestos particles -- easily inhaled into the lungs -- can trigger deadly diseases, including cancer of the lung, mesothelioma (a particularly aggressive cancer striking the protective lining covering many of the body’s organs), and asbestosis, a severe scarring of the lung. There is usually a long latency period between asbestos exposure and disease development -- often decades in the case of mesothelioma -- but once a diagnosis is made, a patient’s prognosis is usually grim.

If you or a family member have been diagnosed with an asbestos-related illness like mesothelioma, contact Cooney and Conway to learn more about your potential legal remedies. There may be no cure -- yet -- for mesothelioma, but there can still be recovery, and

It can take from 10 to 40 years for symptoms of an asbestos-related condition to appear.

Working with asbestos is the major risk factor for mesothelioma. A history of asbestos exposure at work is reported in virtually all cases.

Since the early 1940s, millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos dust.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that there are asbestos containing materials in most of the nation's approximately 107,000 primary and secondary schools, and 733,000 public and commercial buildings.

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