DMG is pleased to announce that Matthew Layman and Patrick Carrier have joined the firm as Associate Attorneys.    

Matthew Layman handles commercial and tort litigation for railroad and other transportation sector clients.  Prior to joining DMG, he spent 6 years with The Moran Law Group where he focused his practice on plaintiff’s side employment litigation and criminal defense.   Matt graduated with honors from Michigan State University, received the DePaul University College of Law Dean’s Merit Scholarship, and was named an Illinois 2014 Rising Star by Thompson Reuters’ Super Lawyers.  The Rising Stars list recognizes up and coming attorneys who are 40 years old or younger and no more than 2.5% of Illinois attorneys are selected.

Patrick Carrier represents railroad and industrial clients in tort, casualty litigation, FELA and personal injury defense.  Prior to joining DMG, Patrick spent four years with O’Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns specializing in toxic tort, environmental and insurance defense litigation.  He started his career at Dunn/Gibbons, a boutique civil litigation practice and worked as a volunteer law clerk at the Kent County (Michigan) Prosecutor’s Office.  He also served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the 17th Judicial Circuit under the Hon. Patricia D. Gardner.

Patrick earned his J.D. at the University of Notre Dame Law School, and holds a B.A in English and Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago, where he was in the Honors Program and a Damon Scholar.