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Tor was born on July 16, 1969, in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the youngest of four boys, and his father served as a Captain in the Navy. His family later settled in the Chicago area, where Tor attended high school in Lake Forest.

He was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. He earned varsity letters in all three sports, received all-county recognition, and was named Booster Club Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Tor attended DePauw University, where he majored in Political Science and played collegiate athletics. He played both baseball and football and served as captain of the baseball team. He graduated from DePauw in 1991 and earned his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1995.

During law school, he received an Academic Achievement Scholarship, made the Dean’s List, and was selected for the National Trial Advocacy Competition.

Tor began his legal career in insurance defense at Bullaro, Carton & Stone. He later moved to the plaintiff side and returned to Kravolec, Jambois & Schwartz, where he handled medical malpractice and serious injury litigation.

He later joined Simmons Hanly Conroy (formerly Simmons Cooper) and helped build the firm’s pharmaceutical litigation practice. His work there included litigation involving OxyContin and Purdue Pharma, where he represented large groups of claimants and helped secure a major settlement.

Tor also held leadership roles in major coordinated proceedings involving Actos and Pradaxa. He was involved in settlement negotiations in both litigations, which together produced billions of dollars in recoveries.

In 2009, Tor founded TorHoerman Law and brought with him the team he had developed in mass tort and complex injury litigation. The firm was built to handle large-scale product liability, toxic exposure, and personal injury cases.

Under his leadership, TorHoerman Law has recovered more than $4 billion in verdicts and settlements. The firm has handled cases involving dangerous pharmaceuticals, defective medical devices, consumer products, toxic substances, and catastrophic injuries.

Recent verdicts have included a $495 million NEC baby formula verdict against Abbott Laboratories in 2024 and a $25 million verdict against Conagra in litigation involving PAM cooking spray.

• Pradaxa  (Dabigatran Etexilate) – Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2385 – Appointed by Judge Herndon as national lead counsel in the MDL. After protracted litigation successfully negotiated a $650 million settlement.
• Actos Related Cases, MDL Case No. 11 L 10011, Et. Al. – Appointed by Judge Dooling as lead counsel in Cook County consolidated docket (over 4400 cases). After protracted litigation, he was one of four lead negotiators (along with Pete Flowers, Mark Lanier, and Andy Birchfield) on a $2.4 billion settlement.
• Incretin Mimetics Products Liability Litigation, MDL Case No. 13MD2452 AJB (MDD) – Appointed as lead counsel by Judge Battaglia in the MDL.
• OxyContin – Represented thousands of “accidental addicts”. After protracted litigation, he negotiated a large settlement and assisted the DOJ in obtaining guilty pleas by corporate representatives.
• Zelnorm Litigation., Case No. 280 – Appointed lead counsel in NJ state court consolidation, took the major depositions and negotiated a confidential settlement.
• Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents Litigation Case No. 279 and Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 1909 – Appointed by Judge Polster as both the state and federal liaison and lead counsel in the Cook County consolidated docket. He negotiated large, confidential, individual settlements.
• NEC baby formula trial – Secured a $495 million verdict against Abbott Laboratories in a landmark trial centering on the risk of a serious gastrointestinal disease diagnosed in a child after being fed Abbott’s Similac infant formula in the NICU.
• PAM Cooking Spray Diacetyl Exposure – Secured a $25 million verdict on behalf of a man diagnosed with popcorn lung after prolonged exposure to cooking spray containing diacetyl.

Tor serves on the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and on the Executive Board of the Mass Torts Trial Lawyers Association.

His professional affiliations include the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Madison County Bar Association, The Injury Board, and Public Justice.

He has also spoken at legal conferences and programs focused on mass tort litigation, product liability litigation, and trial strategy.