Serving the
Chicago Area in
Pursuit of Justice
Spencer Law Offices represents victims of serious personal injury and wrongful death in the pursuit of justice. The firm practices law in Illinois and Wisconsin. All of the firm’s clients come from personal recommendations.
Areas of Expertise
Serious Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
We represent victims injured by the negligence of others.
Examples include:
- Construction Site Injuries
- Workplace Injuries
- Falls in Public Places
- Unsafe Products
- Medical Negligence
- Animal Attacks
- Motor Vehicle Collisions
- Motorcycle Collisions
- Trucking Collisions
- Railroad Injuries
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Injuries
- Maritime Injuries
Our Team
Brian J. Spencer
Founder / Attorney
Brian J. Spencer
Founder / Attorney
Since January 1, 2013, Spencer Law Offices has obtained over $13,000,000 on behalf of victims of serious injuries and death. Brian believes that the keys to success in this field are intelligence, hard work, patience, and integrity.
Brian takes pride in his blue-collar roots: his first real job at age 14 was cleaning up after butchers, and his first job out of college was in a factory working alongside monolingual Spanish speakers. Brian brings this background to the law: serving the legal needs of society’s victims, people facing medical bills in the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars, a long-term inability to support themselves, and lives altered by constant pain and disability.
Brian remains an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois.
- Law Degree
- DePaul University College of Law (2008 – cum laude – top 20%)
- Undergraduate Degree
- University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign (2003)
- Study Abroad
- Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain (January–May 2002)
- Special Skills
- Fluent in Spanish
- Publications
- Brian authored a chapter on Nursing Home Negligence in the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education's publication Illinois Causes of Action: Tort Actions (IICLE®, 2014).
- Oommen v. Glen Health & Home Management Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 190854
- Colon v. Illinois Central R.R. Co., 2024 IL App (1st) 221841
- Bar Admissions
- Illinois (2008)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2009)
- United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (2010)
- Wisconsin (2013)
- Supreme Court of the United States
of America (2014)
Wiley J. Kersh
Associate Attorney
Wiley J. Kersh
Associate Attorney
Wiley has been working since he was ten, as a part-time carpenter’s assistant in south Louisiana. That work ethic continued during law school, where he drove semis full-time while helping real clients get protection orders through the Civil Litigation Clinic and veterans navigate the process of obtaining discharge upgrades through a local non-profit.
After law school, Wiley spent two years clerking at the Colorado Court of Appeals for Judges Dailey, Schutz, and Welling. He drafted dozens of judicial opinions spanning complex disputes and worth tens of millions of dollars. Wiley’s appellate clerkships gave him an insider’s understanding of how judges evaluate evidence, weigh arguments, and decide cases. That perspective now works for his clients: Wiley builds every case knowing exactly what it takes to win, whether at the negotiating table or in a courtroom.
Wiley brings the same care and experience to every client relationship. He listens before he strategizes, explains the process in plain terms, and treats every person who walks through the door with dignity, because a serious injury disrupts your entire life, and you deserve a lawyer who understands that. When you’re ready to talk about what you’ve been through, Wiley is ready to listen—and then get to work.
- Law Degree
- Denver University, Sturm College of Law
- Undergraduate
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Publications
- Rebecca Aviel & Wiley Kersh, The Weaponization of Attorney’s Fees in an Age of Constitutional Warfare, 132 Yale L.J. 2048 (2023).
- Wiley Kersh, Michael A. Kilbourn, Justin Marceau, Dwindling Appeals and Nonexistent En Banc Review in the Tenth Circuit, Denver L. Rev. 297 (2025).
- Bar Admissions
- Illinois (2025)
- Colorado – Inactive (2023)
Results
$1.5M Wrongful Termination/Whistleblower Act
Underlying Facts Shielded from Disclosure by Confidentiality Agreement
$550K Motor Vehicle Collision
30-year-old female involved in two separate vehicle collisions leading to recommendations for future spinal surgery in both her neck and lower back
$385K Motor Vehicle Collision
52-year-old female suffers spinal injury leading to recommendations for future surgery
$370K Motor Vehicle Collision
72-year-old male suffers rotator cuff tear requiring surgery in motor vehicle collision
$350K Motor Vehicle Collision
29-year-old female involved in two separate motor vehicle collisions leading to recommendations for future spinal surgery in her lower back
$350K Work Injury
54-year-old male suffers rotator cuff tear requiring surgery in the course of his employment as a maintenance worker
$285K Work Injury
54-year-old female suffers fractured tibia and fibula with surgery
$270K Motor Vehicle Collision
16-year-old female suffers rotator cuff tear requiring surgery in motor vehicle collision
$250K Work Injury
32-year-old male suffers rotator cuff tear requiring surgery due to overuse injury in the course of his employment as a diesel mechanic
$175K Nursing Home Neglect
95-year-old male suffers subdural hematoma which leads to his death in a fall while in the care of a nursing home
$150K Premises Liability
69-year-old female suffers fractured wrist after falling due to height deviation between two sidewalk slabs
$120K Motor Vehicle Collision
20-year-old female suffers fractures in her spine in motor vehicle collision
Contact Us
Phone
Fax
(312) 667-0256