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Mr. Short was born in Chicago in 1965. In 1980 his parents moved to Anna, Illinois where he attended high school. In 1989 he was graduated from SIUC with a degree in Political Science and English. He then attended Southern Illinois University School of Law, graduating in 1992.
Mr. Short worked full time employment throughout college and law school: auto repair, cannery, legal clerkship. In 1991 he began a clerkship for the Hon. John Dibble of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Prior to graduation Mr. Short was offered an associate attorney position with Keefe and De Pauli, P.C. in Fairview Heights where his practice concentrated in the defense of Illinois and Missouri workers’ compensation claims.
In 2000 Mr. Short was hired by Hopkins Goldenberg as an associate attorney representing injured workers. In 2002 Mr. Short was offered a full partnership in a firm later renamed Goldenberg, Heller, Antognoli, Rowland and Short, where his practice included toxic exposure litigation, medical malpractice and workers’ compensation claims.
Mr. Short has litigated product liability/brain damage cases; medical malpractice lawsuits, wrongful death claims and automobile accident cases. He has handled numerous cases in the Illinois Appellate Courts. Mr. Short also actively participated in the federal welding Multi-District Litigation set in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Short is a frequent lecturer having given seminars in Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Chicago, San Diego, St. Louis, and New Orleans.
Personal
Resides in Edwardsville, Illinois. Single father of 5 kids: Scott, Brad, Sam, Stephanie and Zachary and 2 old dogs.
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Memberships
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association/
Board of Managers member
Madison County Bar Association
St. Clair County Bar Association
Illinois Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
Graduated Southern Illinois University 1989
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
Graduated Southern Illinois University School of Law 1992
Licensed in Illinois 1992, Licensed in Missouri 1993
Licensed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Licensed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Licensed in United States District Court for Central District of Illinois
Darren Keith Short
