Terry Grimm is a veteran trial lawyer in the areas of commercial, antitrust, patent, and white-collar criminal litigation whose practice focuses on jury trials in major cases.

Mr. Grimm currently holds the distinction of having secured the highest jury award ever collected in the Seventh Circuit of the United States, a $181 million verdict in favor of our client.

A former special prosecutor, he has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He tried the only case involving a multinational employer’s duty to a kidnapped employee, and represented United Air Lines in its successful and fiercely contested bid for authority of a Chicago-Tokyo route before the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Grimm also represented Staley Continental Inc. against Drexel Burnham Lambert in a case involving alleged stock manipulation in violation of federal securities laws, and federal racketeering and extortion claims under RICO. More recently, Mr. Grimm tried a contract case in Illinois state court and his clients were awarded the highest commercial verdict ever in Cook County. His representative litigation engagements also include matters for Interstate Brands Corporation, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Union Pacific Corporation, C.R. Bard, Inc., and Thomson Consumer Products. In January 2004, Mr. Grimm tried a significant commercial case in a new trial. He also represented one of the defendants in the HFCS antitrust case (the largest in U.S. history), which ultimately settled.

Mr. Grimm received a J.D. in 1967 from Indiana University Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Honors & Awards

Mr. Grimm is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® 2014 for his commercial litigation practice. He was honored in the 2007 and 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his commercial litigation practice and the 2012 and 2015 edition for his Bet-the-Company law practice. In 2008, Mr. Grimm was also honored in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition.

In 2014, Winston & Strawn was named the Chicago Litigation Department of the Year for white-collar defense by The National Law Journal.
Activities

He is a member of Winston & Strawn’s Executive Committee and its Litigation Department Policy Team. From 1975-1977, Mr. Grimm served as a Special State’s Attorney for DuPage County (Special Prosecutor).