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Robert Parrillo (born March 14, 1941), is an American businessman and attorney. Parrillo is a founder and managing partner of Parrillo, Weiss, & O'Halloran, a Chicago-based law firm specializing in personal injury and insurance cases.^[1] Parrillo was also the largest shareholder of Safeway Insurance Group,^[2] which was founded by his brother, William Parrillo.

Education

Parrillo graduated from the University of Colorado and earned his juris doctor from Northwestern University School of Law.^[3] He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1967.^[3] Parrillo is an active alumni and donor to Northwestern Law School. He has dedicated the Parrillo Courtroom, and has funded the Parrillo CPS Scholarship which is designed to aide Chicago Public School students.

Business interests

As of 1990, Robert Parrillo was the largest shareholder of Safeway Insurance Group owning approximately 40 percent of Safeway’s stock.^[4] The Safeway Insurance Group is the largest, privately held, family owned insurance company in the United States.^[5]^[6]

Parrillo, Weiss, & O'Halloran ("PWO")

in 1967 Parrillo founded the law firm which in 2012 was named Parrillo, Weiss, & O’Halloran (PWO).^[4] In 2005, Parrillo was named an Illinois super lawyer by the Thomson Reuter super lawyers rating service.^[7]^[8]

PWO primarily defends insurance companies in automobile accident injury claims.^[4] PWO has previously been the most active in Cook County’s mandatory arbitration system,^[4] and handled the most jury trials in Cook County,^[9] which boasts the largest unified court system in the nation.^[10]^[11]

Sun-Times Media Group

In 2009, Parrillo was among a ten-member group of investors (along with his brother William, Jim Tyree and Rocky Wirtz) that purchased the Sun-Times Media Group.^[1] The investor group is credited for rescuing the Chicago Sun-Times from bankruptcy and ensuring that Chicago remained a two-newspaper town.^[12]

Other pursuits

As of 2006 Parrillo owned three penthouses,^[13] in Chicago on Wacker Drive, the Lake Shore Drive, and at the Elysian Hotel (now Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Chicago).^[13]^[14]

Parrillo has filed lawsuits as a plaintiff. In 1983, Parrillo represented his future wife, Elizabeth Ackerman, in a $1.6 million breach of contract suit.^[4] Parrillo has also sued Panasonic, American Airlines, S.A.S., William H. Kelly Co., Hayman Co., and United Airlines.^[4]

References

1. ^¹{{cite news|last=Oneal|first=Michael|title=Sun-Times Media Group: New owners familiar with headlines|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-10-17/news/0910160286_1_sun-times-media-group-owners-headlines|accessdate=December 30, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 17, 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Lo|first=Deanna|title=REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF THE SAFEWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY|url=http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0400-reports-examination/upload/SafewayDirectInsCo10.pdf|publisher=California Department of Insurance|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|title=Robert J. Parrillo|url=http://www.martindale.com/Robert-J-Parrillo/931302-lawyer.htm|publisher=Martindale}}
4. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite journal|last=Bertran |first=Harvey |title=Parrillo firm's links to Safeway challenged |journal=Chicago Lawyer |date=February 1993 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=1, 62–65, 78 |url=http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Home/SiteTools/Advanced-Search.aspx |accessdate=December 30, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226045807/http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Home/SiteTools/Advanced-Search.aspx |archivedate=December 26, 2012 }}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Auto Insurance Quotes from Safeway Are Now Offered by Chicago Based Insurance Navy|url=http://www.fox8live.com/story/19962973/auto-insurance-quotes-from-safeway-are-now-offered-by-chicago-based-insurance-navy?clienttype=printable|accessdate=December 30, 2012|newspaper=Fox 8|date=October 31, 2012}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Safeway Insurance|url=http://www.usacoverage.com/safeway-insurance.html|publisher=USA Coverage|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Robert Parrillo|url=http://www.superlawyers.com/illinois/lawyer/Robert-John-Parrillo/3a9c784c-5c94-4996-b3c8-572a8e4c0043.html|publisher=Super Lawyers|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Learn About Super Lawyers|url=http://www.superlawyers.com/about/|publisher=Super Lawyers|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Warren|first=James|title=Law Firm's Not Out to Lunch|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-10-28/business/8603210125_1_illinois-supreme-court-lee-s-attorney-conviction|accessdate=December 30, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 28, 1986}}
10. ^{{cite web|last=Brown|first=R. Ben|title=Court System|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/346.html|publisher=Encyclopedia of Chicago|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Sheriff of Cook County|url=http://www.cookcountygov.com/portal/server.pt/community/sheriff_of_cook_county/283|publisher=Cook County Illinois|accessdate=December 30, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221091657/http://www.cookcountygov.com/portal/server.pt/community/sheriff_of_cook_county/283|archivedate=December 21, 2012|df=}}
12. ^{{cite news|last=Channick|first=Robert|title=Sun-Times sold to group of local investors|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-21/news/chi-suntimes-sold-to-group-of-local-investors-20111221_1_sun-times-media-holdings-james-tyree-tyree-group|accessdate=December 30, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 21, 2011}}
13. ^¹{{cite news|last=Hahn|first=Lucinda|title=The lure of the penthouse.|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-07-20/features/0607200047_1_penthouses-trump-tower-metropolitan-tower|accessdate=December 30, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 20, 2006}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Rodkin|first=Dennis|title=Sun-Times Investor Moves from Park Newberry Condo to Elysian Penthouse|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Deal-Estate/August-2011/Sun-Times-Investor-Moves-from-Park-Newberry-Condo-to-Elysian-Penthouse/|publisher=Chicago Mag|accessdate=December 30, 2012}}