General Liability and Casualty Defense
Cargo, Trucking and Logistics
Illinois
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
University of Dayton School of Law
J.D., 2011
Southern Illinois University
B.S., 2008
Mitchell P. Hedrick, of counsel in Chartwell Law’s Peoria office, is a veteran civil litigation attorney who focuses his practice on the transportation industry, including complex and high exposure catastrophic bodily injury and wrongful death litigation. Mitch frequently appears before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels on behalf of his clients. He zealously defends each client, beginning with pre-suit investigations and reaching through trial to verdict.
Before attending law school, Mitch was employed in the transportation, manufacturing, and construction fields. He still holds a Class A commercial driver’s license, and credits his early work experience with providing him a deep understanding of his clients and their business needs.
Mitch is especially proud of the pro bono work he does for Honor Their Sacrifice, an organization committed to the restoration and maintenance of U.S. Veterans’ gravesites.
Defense Research Institute (Trucking Law Committees)
Illinois Defense Counsel (Trucking & Transportation Law Committee, Editor-In-Chief)
Illinois State Bar Association
Peoria County Bar Association
The Abraham Lincoln American Inn of Court
“Trucking and Transportation Law Cases,” Illinois Defense Counsel, 2022 Survey of the Law (2022)
“Don’t Get Trucked by Plaintiff’s Counsel: Is your Client’s Pickup Truck Really a Commercial Vehicle?” DRI, In Transit, Newsletter of the DRI Trucking Law Committee (2020)
“The Duty to Settle, Bad Faith, and Ethics,” IICLE Insurance Coverage Institute: Downstate (2018)
“Win the Battle of the Experts: Tips for Retaining and “Disclosing Expert Witnesses” DRI, The Voice (2018)
"The Truck Driver: Lynchpin of the Case,” ABA Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee Newsletter (2017)
“#Evidence: Social Media in Trucking Cases,” DRI, In Transit (2017)
“Downsizing: How to Protect Your Practice When You Have to Let Employees Go,” The Private Practice Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, Impact Magazine (2013)
Emerging Lawyer – Transportation Defense Law, Employment Law: Management, and Personal Injury Defense (2018 – present)
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“Preservation of Electronic Data and Documents: What Can Happen in Litigation?” Mid-West Truck & Trailer Show (2019)
“Developing a Positive Safety Policy for your Company,” Illinois Trucking Association Safety & Maintenance Conference (2018)
“Positive Safety Policies and Risk Management Strategy,” Cottingham & Butler Claims Services Transportation Seminar (2018)
“Key (and Timely) Issues in Trucking Litigation,” Mid-West Truck & Trailer Show (2018)
“Investigation in Trucking Accidents,” CCMSI Training Seminar (2017)
“Black Box Retention & Spoliation,” Great Peoria Claims Association Seminar (2017)
“Ethically Unbundling Legal Services: Limited Scope Representation and Ghostwriting,” The Abraham Lincoln American Inns of Court (2017)
“Social Media: Gathering, Discoverability, and Evidentiary Considerations,” Great Peoria Claims Association Seminar (2017)
“Defending Your Company Before and After a Lawsuit or Claim is Filed,” Mid-West Truck & Trailer Show (2017)
“Current Legal Issues for IESA Athletic Directors: Injuries to Student-Athletes and Non-Participants at Sporting Events,” Illinois Elementary School Association Athletic Directors Workshop (2013)
Mitchell P. Hedrick, of counsel in Chartwell Law’s Peoria office, is a veteran civil litigation attorney who focuses his practice on the transportation industry, including complex and high exposure catastrophic bodily injury and wrongful death litigation. Mitch frequently appears before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels on behalf of his clients. He zealously defends each client, beginning with pre-suit investigations and reaching through trial to verdict.
Before attending law school, Mitch was employed in the transportation, manufacturing, and construction fields. He still holds a Class A commercial driver’s license, and credits his early work experience with providing him a deep understanding of his clients and their business needs.
Mitch is especially proud of the pro bono work he does for Honor Their Sacrifice, an organization committed to the restoration and maintenance of U.S. Veterans’ gravesites.
Defense Research Institute (Trucking Law Committees)
Illinois Defense Counsel (Trucking & Transportation Law Committee, Editor-In-Chief)
Illinois State Bar Association
Peoria County Bar Association
The Abraham Lincoln American Inn of Court
“Trucking and Transportation Law Cases,” Illinois Defense Counsel, 2022 Survey of the Law (2022)
“Don’t Get Trucked by Plaintiff’s Counsel: Is your Client’s Pickup Truck Really a Commercial Vehicle?” DRI, In Transit, Newsletter of the DRI Trucking Law Committee (2020)
“The Duty to Settle, Bad Faith, and Ethics,” IICLE Insurance Coverage Institute: Downstate (2018)
“Win the Battle of the Experts: Tips for Retaining and “Disclosing Expert Witnesses” DRI, The Voice (2018)
"The Truck Driver: Lynchpin of the Case,” ABA Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee Newsletter (2017)
“#Evidence: Social Media in Trucking Cases,” DRI, In Transit (2017)
“Downsizing: How to Protect Your Practice When You Have to Let Employees Go,” The Private Practice Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, Impact Magazine (2013)
Emerging Lawyer – Transportation Defense Law, Employment Law: Management, and Personal Injury Defense (2018 – present)
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