William P. Greubel, III

Biography

William is a trial lawyer who has taken more than 50 cases to verdict before juries in Cook, Will, DuPage and McHenry Counties. William focuses on the defense of professional negligence claims; representing physicians, medical groups, hospitals and other allied healthcare providers in a wide range of complex personal injury and wrongful death matters. 

In addition to his focus on healthcare-related matters, William has also represented large-scale transportation interests in personal injury and wrongful death matters, as well as global insurers in complex environmental contamination and other mass tort coverage disputes. 

William has also been named an Emerging Lawyer by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, both of which honor the top 2% of all lawyers under the age of forty.

Practices

Medical Negligence and Healthcare
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
Insurance
General Trial Practice

Awards

  • Selected for inclusion in Emerging Lawyers by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 2015-present
  • Selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition in 2018, 2019
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2024

Publications

  • William Greubel, Note: A Comedy of Errors: Defining “Component” in a Global Information Technology Market – Accounting for Innovation by Penalizing the Innovators, 24 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 507 (Spring 2006)
  • William Greubel, et al., The Twenty-Fifth Annual John Marshall International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law October 26-28, 2006: Bench Memorandum, 24 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 673 (Summer 2006)

News

Chicago, January 15, 2024
Greubel and Charles Obtain Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys William P. Greubel, III and Rebecca Charles secured a defense verdict at trial on behalf of their client, the estate of a prominent hospital vascular surgeon, in the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois.

Chicago, Lisle, Libertyville, St. Louis, Madison County, August 17, 2023
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch Lists
Fifty-five Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys were named to the 2024 Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ lists.

August 09, 2023
Greubel and Buckley Obtain Defense Verdict In Retrial of Medical Malpractice Case
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys William P. Greubel, III and Shannon E. Buckley obtained a defense verdict at trial on behalf of their client, a nurse practitioner, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.

October 04, 2022
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Obtains Defense Verdict In High-Stakes Medical Malpractice Case
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys Kay L. Schichtel and William P. Greubel obtained a defense verdict for Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) following a 10-day jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois in front of Judge Janet Adams Brosnahan.

Chicago, November 11, 2021
Greubel Speaks at ACI Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims
Greubel and fellow panelists will discuss "Obstetric Malpractice State of the Union 2021 and 20th Anniversary Conference Retrospect: A Conversation with Counsel, Doctors, and Insurers."

Chicago, February 2, 2021
Illinois Super Lawyers Recognizes 25 Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that 12 attorneys have been named n to the 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list and 13 have been named to the Illinois Rising Stars list.

Chicago, Lisle, Libertyville, Madison County, January 11, 2021
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys Named Leading Lawyers, Emerging Lawyers for 2021
Those designated Leading Lawyers were recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in Illinois.

Chicago, Lisle, Libertyville, Madison County, February 3, 2020
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys Named Leading Lawyers, Emerging Lawyers for 2020
Those designated Leading Lawyers were recommended by their peers to be among the top lawyers in Illinois.

Chicago, January 30, 2020
Illinois Super Lawyers Recognizes 25 Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP announces that 12 attorneys were named to the 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list and another 13 were named to the 2020 Illinois Rising Stars list.

Chicago, April 10, 2019
Law360 Profiles New Lateral Partner Will Greubel
"What I was looking to do was just continue to grow my practice in the area of professional negligence and other related areas like medical device litigation and also to learn from a new group of people and be at a bigger firm with more options and resources available," Greubel said.

Chicago, March 27, 2019
Lateral Partner Joins Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP's Medical Negligence and Healthcare Practice
William P. Greubel, III will focus on Medical Negligence and Healthcare.

Chicago, Libertyville, St. Louis, January 28, 2019
Illinois Super Lawyers Recognizes 29 Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Attorneys
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP is proud to have 14 Super Lawyers and 15 Rising Stars in 2019.

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