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Paul D. Richter is an experienced trial attorney who has spent nearly 20 years in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. His career has been dedicated to representing individuals who have suffered serious, life-altering personal injuries caused by the negligence of others, and seeking justice for the families of those victims who have lost their lives due to negligence. Paul has successfully resolved multiple personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits in a host of complex cases, including cases of nursing home abuse and neglect; medical malpractice; commercial and private aviation crashes; accidents involving semi tractor-trailer trucks, watercraft, and other motor vehicles; construction accidents, and negligently manufactured and/or designed products. Throughout his career, Paul’s commitment to fighting for and protecting the rights of his clients has resulted in numerous multi-million dollar results.. Currently, Paul has focused his practice on representing and protecting the legal rights of victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz is an industry leader in protecting the rights of individuals who reside in nursing homes across the state of Illinois. Furthering the firm’s commitment to advocating for this vulnerable and growing population of Illinois residents, Paul is committed to seeking justice for those individuals and their families who have been injured, abused or neglected while in the care of negligent nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Since focusing his efforts in this area, Paul has obtained in excess of $15 million for his clients.. The level of knowledge, skills, and expertise that Paul has attained through his years of practicing in the field of personal injury and wrongful death litigation is demonstrated by the multiple, outstanding results he has achieved on behalf of his clients.. In his almost two decades of experience as a trial attorney, Paul has been a principal member of many notable, record-setting trial teams. Most recently, Paul was a primary member of the trial team that obtained a $7.1 million jury verdict in a case involving the crash of a commercial passenger jet in Lexington, Kentucky. Paul was also a leading member of the trial team that recovered $6.9 million in a case involving a fatal semi-truck crash in Madison, Wisconsin. Additionally, Paul second-chaired a jury trial in Cook County, Illinois, that resulted in a $9.8 million verdict on behalf of a medical student seriously injured due to the negligence of another medical student.. Paul has been publicly recognized on numerous occasions for the quality of his work and his professional success. For consecutive years, he has been named as an Illinois “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine, a distinction that is awarded each year to no more than 5 percent Illinois attorneys who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Paul was also recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” among Illinois lawyers, an honor given to no more than 2.5 percent of Illinois attorneys under the age of forty.. Some of Paul’s notable settlements are as follows:. Some of Paul’s notable verdicts Include:

Patrick A. Salvi concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and mass torts. Mr. Salvi has achieved record breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients throughout the state, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Illinois record high $148 million jury verdict and a Lake County record $33 million jury verdict.. In 1982, Mr. Salvi founded the law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. (originally the law offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He is the sole owner and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard. Today, the firm has 19 lawyers and is supported by more than 35 staff members in Chicago and Waukegan offices, including paralegals, nursing consultants, IT professionals and administrative assistants. Mr. Salvi and his law firm have obtained more than $2.3 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury clients, including more than 350 multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.. Mr. Salvi is a nationally recognized attorney who has been listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005. In 2023, Mr. Salvi was honored with the Illinois Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Award for Excellence, which recognizes an individual who has made remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout their career. In 2021, Mr. Salvi became the 26th individual to be presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors a trial lawyer who has devoted their life and legal practice to the work ethic and high professional standards of the award’s name bearer.. In 2021, Mr. Salvi was one of only eleven attorneys throughout the country to be named to Law360’s “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” list. In 2017, Best Lawyers® named him the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago. He received The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Publishing Company awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence in 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2022.. Additionally, Mr. Salvi’s peers have selected him to the Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List every year since 2014 (out of 96,000 Illinois lawyers and all categories of law). Leading Lawyers Magazine (Law Bulletin Media) has named Mr. Salvi to three Top Ten Lists every year since 2016:. In 2015, Mr. Salvi was selected to the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board. He has been selected for The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America every year since 2017, and in 2021, he was inducted into the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. Additional honors include:. In 2001, Mr. Salvi was invited to become a fellow in the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 2013, He was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. Mr. Salvi is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served a three-year term (2010-2012) as Chairman on the Character and Fitness, 2nd District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar. Additionally, Mr. Salvi is a former Chairman (2011-2023) and current member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council and is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Notre Dame Law School. He currently serves on the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum.

Over his career spanning more than 30 years, Jim has successfully recovered millions of dollars for the victims of catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims in Illinois. A past recipient of the Illinois Bar Association’s prestigious Lincoln Award, an award for legal research and writing. He has won jury trials in multiple counties and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He has achieved the designation of Illinois SuperLawyer, (top 5% in the field of personal injury litigation. He, along with Thomas Quinn, Ph.D., a professor of anatomy and surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine, co-authored a nationwide text book “Medical Evidence”, and published multiple times in the Illinois Bar Journal, and lectured to The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on how to handle accident cases involving traumatic brain injury.

Our injury lawyers see many different types of car accident cases and each one is always unique. That is why as your auto accident lawyer, we offer a personalized approach that is specific to the needs of your case. Automobile accident attorney Jim Bizzieri is here to put the law to work for you. He will fight aggressively to make sure you are compensated for pain and suffering, lost wages, and medical bills.

Our firm has been representing families and victims of negligence for over 60 years.

My passion for litigation began while in law school where I was selected as the senior member on the National Invitational Trial Advocacy Team and earned the Warren D. Wolfson Award for Best Trial Advocate of the entire law school. After obtaining my law degree with honors in 2003, I served as a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and rapidly ascended the ranks becoming one of the youngest prosecutors ever to earn the title of 'Special Prosecutor'. While there, I successfully tried over 50 complex bench and jury trials to verdict on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois. In 2007, I joined the law firm of Paul B. Episcope, LLC where I utilized those trial skills in pursuit of justice for injured individuals and their families in the civil arena. In 2011, my partners and I founded the Chicago-based personal injury law firm of Tarpey, Jones & Schroeder, LLC. To date, I  successfully have tried several criminal and civil jury trials to verdict, have recovered millions of dollars on behalf of my clients, have argued in both the First and Second District Appellate Courts of Illinois and have been selected as a Super Lawyer "Rising Star" in Illinois for my accomplishments. My extensive trial experience has provided me with the necessary tools to represent my clients with excellent results.

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Ms. Hays' practice includes the handling of complex and multiparty litigation involving estates and trusts, contractual disputes, commercial disputes, construction-related issues, breach of contract actions, and other areas of civil litigation.. Ms. Hays is a member of the Illinois Bar and is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Hays was named as a 2011 Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in the field of Business Litigation.

Ms. Barnette has tried in excess of 100 jury trials to verdict, and has obtained hundreds of settlements for both individual and corporate clients. Her background working at the Cook County State's Attorney and Cook County Public Defender's offices coupled with her successful civil trial record in insurance defense, has earned her a proven track record and a reputation as a trial attorney who has the vision, steadfast determination and commitment to resolving complex disputes with the highest level of quality and integrity.. Since 2017, Kristin is President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. She was named one of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch” in 2014 by the Law Bulletin. She also currently on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Bar Foundation and Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project (WE). In addition, Kristin has enjoyed volunteering her time as a Mentor in the Lawyer-to-Lawyer mentoring program, volunteering as a Presiding Judge for the YMCA’s annual National Judicial Competitions, serving as an arbitrator, participating in the Judicial Evaluation Committee for the Bar Alliance, and has taught CLE courses on various topics including jury selection, jury instructions, closing arguments, defense tactics as well as ethics.. in 2004, Kristin received her Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law, where, in addition to her rigorous course of study, she was actively involved in various initiatives. She was invited to be a research assistant to Torts and Social Policy Professor, Stephen Landsman, which Kristin continued until graduation, and she was also elected to be the DePaul Chapter President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She successfully competed to be a Staff Writer for the DePaul Journal of Healthcare Law, ranked among the top in the nation, and was selected to be Editor-in-Chief her second year, managing a staff of over thirty individuals. While still in law school, Westlaw hired her to teach professors and students research applications and strategy. Kristin also clerked at Clifford Law Offices and worked on cases involving medical malpractice and other catastrophic injuries.

Mr. Younes’ reputation as an outstanding litigator has prompted numerous well-respected law firms in the Chicago Metropolitan Area to refer their exceptionally difficult cases to his firm. Numerous jury trials and outstanding verdicts have lead to settlements of hotly contested liability claims, after Mr. Younes presented well-reasoned theories of the cases to the insurance companies and the attorneys hired to represent the liable parties.. Mr. Younes has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of his clients over more than 30 years, representing clients whose claims for injuries have been rejected by other law firms.

Mr. Stefanowicz graduated from DePaulUniversity in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1992 from DePaulUniversity after completing his legal studies at DePaul and the University of Innsbruck, Austria, where he studied under William Rehnquist, Chief Judge of the United States Supreme Court. While at DePaulUniversity he served as the Managing Editor of Notes and Comments for the DePaul Business Law Journal and is a former a member of the DePaul University and the DePaul College of Law Alumni Boards.  Mr. Stefanowicz was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1992.  Mr. Stefanowicz is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (general and trial bar), and the State of Illinois.. Mr. Stefanowicz concentrates his practice in the area of litigation.  His litigation experience includes trial work at the state and federal levels as well as participating in alternative dispute resolution procedures.  He has obtained numerous jury and bench verdicts and settlements with values exceeding a million dollars in personal injury, medical/professional negligence, motor vehicle, elevator failure, premises liability, product liability and commercial litigation claims.  His appellate litigation experience includes briefing and arguing cases at the state appellate court level.. Mr. Stefanowicz is a member and past lecturer of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.  As a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association he has been appointed to work on the sub-committees for medical negligence and legislative review and has served on ITLA’s Board of Managers.  As a member of the ISBA & ITLA, he is a published author (See Illinois State Bar Association, Trial Briefs, Vol. 46, No. 2 and Vol. 47, No. 2) and has been appointed to work on the sub-committees for the ARDC, Civil Practice and Procedure, Cable Television Programming, Judicial Candidate Evaluations, the Allerton House Conference, Publications and Medical Malpractice.  Mr. Stefanowicz is also a member of The Advocate’s Society of Chicago & has lectured for the National Business Institute on the topic of Nursing Home Malpractice.. Mr. Stefanowicz has given numerous radio, television and print media interviews while representing a number of clients whose cases have garnered intense media coverage.  His personal experience also includes serving four years as a law enforcement agent and he is currently serving a four year term as Trustee in NorwoodParkTownship.

Mr. Napleton is a name partner of Motherway & Napleton. He was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois and is a product of the south side of Chicago. He graduated from Brother Rice High School in 1981 and Loyola University Chicago in 1985. He went on to attend Loyola University Chicago’s Law School (J.D. 1988) during which time he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge James E. Murphy of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division. During law school, he also worked as a law clerk for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office in Markham, Illinois.. On June 1, 1987, Bob started his career at Motherway & Glenn as a law clerk for Nick Motherway and Bob Glenn. In November 1988, he began working at the firm as an associate attorney specializing in handling catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, with a concentration in medical malpractice, product liability, and automobile negligence cases. About 50 percent of his caseload is devoted to the prosecution of medical malpractice cases against local physicians and hospitals. Bob is an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, where he served as a member of the Board of Governors from 1994 to 2000. He has been a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association since 1997.. In 2000, he was named by his peers as one of the “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.” He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, whose membership is by invitation only and is limited to no more than 1% of the bar. In 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Bob was named to the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers® list.. Bob has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including a record $14.6 million jury verdict in Livingston County, Illinois, a record $15 million medical malpractice settlement against Cook County Hospital, and a record $27.6 million jury verdict in Cook County in a lawsuit against Joseph T. Ryerson & Sons, Inc. arising out of a truck crash on Interstate 80.  With interest and costs assessed against Ryerson, the total amount received by the plaintiffs was Thirty-Four (34) Million Dollars which ranked as the #1 personal injury settlement in Illinois according to the Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s 2015 Annual Settlement Survey.  His most recent verdict was a medical negligence verdict in the amount of $7.8 million against a local anesthesiologist.

Mr. Kramer litigates Plaintiff's Products Liability, Catastrophic Personal Injury, and toxic exposure FELA litigation. His clients' well-being and satisfaction are his number one focus. Reach out today.

Mr. Gravlin is an experienced trial attorney who has tried numerous personal injury and workers compensation cases on behalf of injured plaintiffs and workers. He is a former Prosecutor who has the added benefit of having represented defendants and insurance companies in both workers compensation and personal injury cases. Due to this experience, Mr. Gravlin understands firsthand how defendants and insurance companies think and uses that insight to get the best results for his clients. Mr. Gravlin is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the DePaul University College of Law and a member of the Chicago Bar Association.

Mr. Fink only represents individuals in personal injury, wrongful death and catastrophic injury matters, and civil rights cases. He has secured judgments, settlements and awards in well in excess of 6 million dollars on behalf of his injured clients.. Mr. Fink initially joined the City ofChicagoas a prosecutor where he successfully tried hundreds of cases to judgment and negotiated thousands of other cases. Mr. Fink next worked as an associate attorney with a well-known insurance defense firm, where he concentrated in the defense of automobile negligence, premises liability, medical malpractice, other personal injury defense matters and complex appellate law.. He took his experience working for defendants and their insurance companies and was a founding Partner of Arquilla & Fink where represented only plaintiff's who had been injured. In 2010 he joined the Law Offices of Meyer and Blumenshine and continues his work representing individuals in personal injury, wrongful death, catastrophic injury matters and civil rights cases.. Mr. Fink has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for multiple years running. The Rising Star award is granted to less than 2.5% of lawyer under the age of 40 for excellence in the practice of law.. Mr. Fink received a Bachelor’s of Science in Forestry and Political Science fromIowaStateUniversity. In 2002, he received his Juris Doctorate, with a Certificate in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, from Chicago-Kent College of Law. At Chicago-Kent, Mr. Fink was recognized for his achievements regarding both his pretrial litigation and trial advocacy skills, achieving the CALI Award in both areas, ranking first in his class.

Mr. Eliasik is an experienced trial lawyer who has negotiated large settlements and tried numerous cases to juries. Before devoting himself exclusively to representing the injured, Mr. Eliasik performed years of trial work on behalf of one of the largest insurance companies, gaining insider experience on how “the other side” operates. Since leaving the defense side of the bar, Mr. Eliasik has devoted himself exclusively to helping the injured receive just compensation for over a decade, earning a reputation for results.

Millions & Millions WON and GROWING !. Attorney Rex Huner founded Huner Law Offices in 2001 armed with the vision of fashioning a unique and innovative approach to the practice of personal injury law.  Intent on dispelling the traditional norms set by large impersonal firms that do no more than process cases, Rex set out to forge a customized solution that harmonizes the need for zealous advocacy with the personal consideration and sympathy needed to help accident victims cope with their injuries.. Huner Law Offices focuses on providing personal and individual attention, understanding that each client has different needs and concerns.  Attorneys will meet with clients in their homes or at a convenient location to provide every means of comfort and ease throughout the legal process.  In addition, the attorneys at Huner Law make a concerted effort to resolve legal disputes in a way that avoids any further trauma to injured parties.. At Huner Law, our attorneys personally handle all aspects of a client’s case from start to finish, ensuring a cohesive solution to any legal problem.  Each attorney personally handles client intakes, filing motions, preparing depositions, drafting discovery requests and answers, and litigating trials before the court.  In addition, by establishing a personal relationship with clients, our attorneys are able to advise our clients based on their needs and what the best course of action is for their situation.. The attorneys at Huner Law Offices take pride in handling client cases with the highest degree of personal attention and individual care.

Melanie K. Fairman practices in all areas of personal injury law on behalf of plaintiffs, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, products liability, vehicular collisions and general negligence.  One hundred percent of her practice is devoted to litigation, including both trial and appellate work.

Marvet is dedicated to being an attorney who fights aggressively for her clients and believes in perfection every step of the way. She concentrates her practice in the area of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death matters.. She received the prestigious Top 40 Attorneys Under 40 Award by Chicago Lawyer Magazine. To view Marvet's profile, click here.. She was also named an Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Marvet also received the Emerging Lawyer Award by Leading Lawyers in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.. Prior to establishing MSD Injury Lawyers LLC, Marvet was an associate attorney at one of Chicago's premier personal injury trial firms, where she served as the Director of Intake and Case Management, investigating several hundred cases each month involving serious personal injury. Over the years, she received countless commendations, awards, and messages of gratitude from clients and co-counsel for her one of a kind ability to listen to her clients and to get the results they deserve.. Currently, Marvet sits as Vice President of the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois and has been appointed by the Honorable William J. Haddad to serve on the Executive Board of the AM-VOTE Political Action Committee, where she meets regularly with mayoral and aldermanic candidates.. Marvet has also been appointed by the Honorable Margaret O'Mara Frossard to sit on the Executive Committee for the UIC John Marshall Law School's Advisory Board, where mentors law students. Because of her success, Marvet was featured in the viewbook of UIC John Marshall Law School, her alma mater, where she made the Dean's List and was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity.  You can view her profile by following this link.

Martin Quintana is the founder and the managing partner of Quintana Law Group, LLC based in Chicago and Downers Grove. He focuses his practice on state and federal criminal defense along with personal injury, workers’ compensation, and medical malpractice.. Prior to forming Quintana Law Group, LLC he was a partner at a small boutique firm that focused on personal injury, workers’ compensation, and medical malpractice. His strong presence as a highly successful trial lawyer and his prominence throughout Chicago has provided him the opportunity to develop a large and widerange of a client base which affords him the ability service a vast amount of clients.. Martin’s passion for the law began when he was only 21 years of age. At that time Martin began an internship with a prominent Chicago lawyer that lasted throughout his college and law school career and culminated with several years of invaluable service as a young lawyer with the same attorney. He has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict and has also written briefs for and argued before the Illinois Appellate Court. Martin’s broad range of legal knowledge affords him the ability to represent clients in a vast array of legal disciplines.. Martin received his law degree from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan with a concentration in litigation. He received his Bachelor in Science degree from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois where he double majored in Criminal Justice and Political Science.. Martin’s litigation experience and his ability to be fluent in Spanish has afforded him the opportunity to sit on multiple boards and lead a variety of Legal Clinics throughout Chicago such as in Rogers Park through Block Club Federation and in Little Village through Universidad Popular and through Little Village Community Council.

Mark Dym is a Shareholder, founding lawyer and member of the management committee of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. His practice concentrates on catastrophic personal injury claims and complex litigation. Mr. Dym is AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, which is the highest rating for attorneys in both legal ability and ethical standards given by that company.. Mr. Dym and his group represent individuals and companies in a variety of legal settings. Mr. Dym has recovered millions of dollars for injured persons and their families in claims throughout the country. His practice involves wrongful death claims, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, quadriplegia, paraplegia, loss of eyesight and hearing, serious disfigurement and other devastating injuries.. Mr. Dym and his firm also defend parties in a multitude of diverse injury, products liability, coverage issues, commercial, fiduciary, estate and employment matters, and counsel companies on safety measures and risk avoidance.. Mr. Dym counsels clients throughout the world, including Canada, England, and the Middle East. Mr. Dym has provided legal services for many professional athletes and served as legal counsel to the City of Chicago for the 1994 World Cup matches. He represented Soccer International in promoting and hosting the Opening Ceremony for the 1994 World Cup soccer matches.. Mr. Dym is currently leading the litigation for a Canadian family who lost a loved one in the Ethiopian Airlines crash against Boeing and others. See the firm’s news article here: . HSPRD is also on the steering committee for the cases proceeding from this crash pending in the Northern District Court of Chicago. Mr. Dym and his team are also handling several other high profile cases. Read the press release for Less v. Mercy here: .. Learn more about Mark Dym's Personal Injury Practice here:

Lyndsay Markley is a nationally renowned personal injury attorney. She has secured millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for her clients. In the past two years alone, Lyndsay Markley Law secured tens of millions of dollars on behalf of injury victims in the areas of medical negligence, sexual abuse, automobile collisions, trips and falls, motorcycle collisions, trucking accidents. In 2018, Lyndsay received the prestigious designation as a "40 under 40" Illinois Attorneys to Watch 2018 by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin out of over 1, 200 attorney nominees. Lyndsay is also recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer (2017 -2019) by SuperLawyers and Chicago Magazine an honor available to attorneys with ten + years of practice and a Rising Star (2013 to 2015); a "Top 100" Trial Attorney in Illinois (2012-2017) by the National Association of Trial Lawyers; "Top 40 under 40" (NATL) (2012-2016); a "Top Woman" Lawyer in Illinois by SuperLawyers and Chicago Magazine; and "10 Best Under 40" (2014-2015) by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. In addition to these professional acknowledgments, repeated positive reviews by Lyndsay's clients have earned her the designation of “Superb Lawyer” on the AVVO. Lyndsay is regularly asked to speak to the media on her cases and regarding legal issues in general.. Before founding Lyndsay Markley Law in 2014, Lyndsay was a named partner at an established Chicago-based personal injury law firm and notably, the firm's youngest and first female partner. She attended Chicago-Kent College of Law where she obtained her J.D. and Ohio University for her undergraduate degree.

Louis C. Cairo is the Owner and Managing Partner of GWC. Under his leadership, GWC has become one of the premier Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation law firms in Illinois, with over $2 billion recovered for its clients.. Louis himself has earned a reputation as a compassionate, aggressive trial lawyer working on behalf of severely injured individuals and their families. He has set record verdicts and settlements in multiple Illinois counties, including Lake, DeKalb, Kane, Jo Daviess, and Sycamore.. Over the course of his career, Louis has received many awards and distinctions in recognition of his legal achievements. In addition to being named to the Leading Lawyers Network and to Illinois Super Lawyers, Louis has been honored as the Italian American Labor Council’s Person of the Year and the Italian American Executives of Transportation’s Man of the Year. He has also served as the president of the Society of Trial Lawyers.. Louis regularly educates building trades members on their legal rights, and he has lectured extensively to attorneys through the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.. When he is not practicing law, Louis enjoys spending time with his wife, his children, and his three grandchildren.

Leahy & Hoste has been recognized nationally for having obtained some of the largest verdicts in the United States.  Specializing in medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury litigation, Leahy & Hoste has obtained multiple record settling verdicts and settlements.  Honored twice since 2002 for achieving one of the top 100 verdicts in the United States by the National Law Journal, partners Tom Leahy and Peter Hoste have both been selected as members of the Leading Lawyers Network.. Through careful selection of the cases they chose to pursue, the attorneys at Leahy & Hoste are able to focus their efforts in attempting to achieve the best possible result for each and every client they serve. With most cases being referred by other attorneys, former clients and even former adversaries, Leahy & Hoste is widely respected as one of the premier plaintiff personal injury and medical negligence law firms in Chicago and the state of Illinois.

Kevin M. Collopy, one of the principal attorneys of Drake & Collopy, P.C., has dedicated his legal career to representing injury and accident victims of all types. He has successfully recovered millions of dollars in compensation on behalf of clients in personal injury, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, construction negligence, animal attack, dram shop, and medical and dental malpractice cases. He has concentrated his practice on the representation of personal injury and workers’ compensation clients since joining the firm in early 1999.. Kevin was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He moved to Chicago in 1986 to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he obtained a degree in aerospace engineering in 1990. Subsequently, he worked as a design engineer on a U.S. government cruise missile project as well as on commercial aircraft structures for General Dynamics in San Diego, California. He returned to Chicago in 1992 and worked as a mechanical engineer while attending law school at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1998, and shortly thereafter joined Paul I. Drake in his law practice, Paul I. Drake & Associates, P.C. His technical training and experience have been invaluable throughout his legal career in analyzing the complex legal and technical issues that often accompany personal injury cases. Kevin currently resides in the Wicker Park area of Chicago.