Education

  • J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law
  • A.B., Kenyon College

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1969
  • Wisconsin, 1994

Court Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Robert S. Soderstrom

Of Counsel

233 S. Wacker Drive
22nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
T 312.627.4001
F 312.627.1717

Bob Soderstrom serves as Of Counsel in the Chicago office of Tressler LLP. Bob is a founding member of the firm. He has been practicing law for over 40 years and has extensive experience in insurance coverage and reinsurance law. He handles both insurance and reinsurance consulting and litigation/arbitration. Bob has represented insurers in litigation involving environmental, professional liability and specialty lines insurance coverage issues and managed nationwide insurance coverage programs for carriers. He has advised insurers and reinsurers on a wide variety of coverage issues, including first-party property and general and professional liability as well as reinsurance recoveries. Additionally, his practice includes business and corporate transaction suits as well as environmental law, appellate matters, complex civil litigation and class actions.

Bob has been selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers® every year since 2005 and was named to the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers list in 2006. He has achieved an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. Bob has been acknowledged by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in a survey by Law Bulletin Publishing Company. He is also listed in the chapter on Insurance and Reinsurance in Law Business Research’s "Who’s Who Legal Illinois", the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in 2008.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Member 
  • Defense Research Institute, Member
  • Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Member
  • Chicago Bar Association, Member 
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Member
  • Wisconsin State Bar Association, Member
  • ARIAS (AIDA Reinsurance & Insurance Arbitration Society), Member
  • Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association, Member
Robert S. Soderstrom
Tressler LLP
233 S. Wacker Drive
22nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone 312.627.4001
Fax 312.627.1717