The stakes are high. The other side is prepared to fight. That's when you need a true champion by your side.

EVERYONE DESERVES ACHAMPION.

The stakes are high. The other side is prepared to fight. That's when you need a true champion by your side.

Lawrence Ruder on the courthouse steps
$8,800,000
School bus crash · brain injury recovery
$1,000,000+
Recovered in each of 25 cases
$80,000,000+
Recovered for clients
Engraved portrait of Lawrence Ruder
Lawrence T. Ruder, admitted in Illinois 1980 —
The promise

“I'm here to be your champion.”

For 46 years I've represented people during the worst moments of their lives. After a crash. After a fall. After a hospital or doctor made an unforgivable error.

But throughout those years I've learned it's not enough to simply represent my clients. In their most vulnerable moments, they are looking for someone to go beyond representation, way beyond, to be their advocate and champion.

What do champions do? They make it personal. They do everything they can to make sure you and your family get what you need. They are not a machine that grinds through cases to get a “good deal.” A champion is the empathetic friend that leaves no stone unturned to get you justice and the settlement that you require and deserve.

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Recognition
Rated by Super Lawyers 2025
Super Lawyers
Selected 2025
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating, 2026 Judicial Edition
Martindale-Hubbell
AV Preeminent · 2026 Judicial Edition
American Association for Justice member
American Association for Justice
Member
Results

What it looked like for families like yours.

$8.8M

A landscaper's brain injury could have bankrupted his family. Instead his lifelong care is paid for.

Settlement · school bus crash
$6M

A woman struck by a CTA bus faced a lifetime of unpaid care. It's paid for.

Settlement · CTA bus, Michigan Avenue
$2.85M

An emergency room missed what mattered. The family wasn't left carrying it.

Settlement · ER negligence
$5M

A young woman was killed by a speeding semi on the toll road. A jury put its real value on the record.

Jury verdict · semi-truck wrongful death, Indiana
“He not only was our lawyer but he quickly became a part of our family.”
Jane K.
“Larry always put my mind at ease — compassionate and understanding.”
Heather P.
The Ruder Law Field Guide

Winning against a system designed to pay you less.

Three things I'll walk you through before you sign anything.

Engraved courthouse illustration
01

I'll help you know what you're up against.

The head start

Carriers dispatch investigators and reconstruction experts to the scene — often before the police report is filed.

The early offer

An offer arrives while the bills are still coming in, before the full cost of the injury can be known.

Running out the clock

Statutes of limitation and delayed responses run on a schedule that favors the party that isn't injured.

Reading the track record

Insurers track which lawyers take cases to verdict and which do not, and account for it when valuing a claim.

02

I'll take you through the counter-moves that champion your case toward the best settlement.

Preserve the evidence

Crash report, black box, and cell records are secured before any of it disappears.

No early signature

Nothing is signed until the full cost of the injury — including future care — is known.

Use the time

A case prepared as if the jury will see it removes delay as a source of leverage.

The right side of the record

A lawyer the carriers recognize as one who tries cases, factored into every offer they make.

03

What to do in the first 48 hours to protect a fair settlement.

Deny the machine its head start.

Tell Larry what happened →

Champions never quit.

Let Ruder Law be your champion.