Matthew Maloney
Matthew Maloney is a shareholder at DeBofsky Law. He focuses his practice primarily representing individuals in disability and accidental death disputes. Since joining the firm in 2017, Maloney has already achieved several notable victories for clients seeking long-term disability benefits. Most recently, he successfully appealed a district court’s finding against his client to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Scanlon v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am. He also secured two significant victories in Robinson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
Prior to joining DeBofsky Law, Maloney graduated cum laude from The John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago) in 2017 with certificates of concentration in Health Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. While in law school, Maloney was a member of the Law Review and served as an Executive Board member of the Moot Court Honors Program. He also competed on the school’s National Moot Court Competition team and won the school’s Herzog Moot Court Competition, in addition to acting as a certified mediator for small claims in state court.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- Illinois, 2017
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2017
Testimonials
“Could Not Be Happier”
Thank You for all of your help. I could not be happier with you or the team at DeBofsky.
Your professionalism and prompt responses to inquiries have made me feel so much
better knowing all of you are on my side. It means more to me than you could ever realize.
Anonymous
Education
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. cum laude – 2017
- Honors: Law Review, Moot Court Honors Executive Board, Dean’s List
- St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin
- B.A. cum laude – 2014
- Honors: Pre-Law Certification, Dean’s List
- Major: Political Science
- Minor: Communication Studies
Representative Cases
- Robinson v. Ill. Dep’t of Hum. Servs., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33498 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 25, 2025)
- Scanlon v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am., 81 F.4th 672 (7th Cir. 2023)
- Robinson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26452 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 16, 2023)
- Braun v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 226701 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 16, 2022)
- Robinson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176346 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 15, 2021)
- Day v. Humana Ins. Co., 335 F.R.D. 181 (N.D. Ill. 2020)
- Szabo v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co., 2020 WL 13519237 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 20, 2020)
- Dominic W. v. N. Trust Co. Emp. Welfare Benefit Plan, 392 F. Supp. 3d 907 (N.D. Ill. 2019)
- Alice F. v. Health Care Serv. Corp., 367 F. Supp. 3d 817 (N.D. Ill. 2019)
Professional Organizations
- Center for Conflict Resolution, Certified Mediator
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
Past Employment
- DeBofsky, Sherman & Casciari, P.C., Contract Attorney, 2017 – 2018
- The Law Offices of Michael Bartolic, L.L.C., Law Clerk, 2015 – 2017
Languages
- English
