Keith Fruehling is a partner in our growing Urbana office. He is a highly successful litigator in many civil practice areas, including the defense of complex civil rights, medical malpractice, employment, construction, product liability and toxic tort/asbestos claims in federal and state courts. He has taught, lectured and published on federal and state civil practice issues.

Keith represents Fortune 500 companies, universities, sheriffs and municipal law enforcement officers, correctional officers, state and local governmental units, doctors, attorneys, veterinarians, real estate brokers/agents and other professionals, insurers and local businesses. He managed the trial preparation of large groups of asbestos cases set for trial in Madison County, Illinois in which he defended product manufacturers, fiber suppliers, equipment manufacturers, contractors and premises owners. Over his 20-year career, Keith has defended many cases in which damages were claimed in the millions of dollars and tried a number of cases to verdict. He has defended multiple, multi-million dollar cases to verdict in trials spanning up to eight weeks, including helping to secure a not-guilty verdict for a corporate client in an aviation wrongful death case.