Elizabeth A. Kaveny

A senior trial attorney and managing partner at the Chicago, Illinois-based firm Kaveny + Kroll, Elizabeth A. Kaveny is an attorney with over three decades of legal experience. Focusing her practice primarily on personal injury, she is best known for representing clients facing issues involving major medical malpractice, police misconduct, premises liability and motor vehicle accidents.

Ms. Kaveny has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars as compensation for her clients. A few of her recent successful verdicts include securing a settlement of $32 million for a kid who lost both legs and both arms due to an infection and an $11 million settlement for a man who had to get amputations because of septic shock. She understands how life-changing someone else’s negligence can be and strives to fight for her clients and help them obtain justice and sufficient compensation. 

Ms. Kaveny received her Bachelor of Science degree from Lehigh University in 1988. Later, in 1992, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She received her license to practice law in the state of Illinois the same year and currently appears before several courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Adding to her long list of accomplishments as an attorney, Ms. Kaveny holds an AV Preeminent* peer-review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and has been named to the list of the Nation’s 10 Best Attorneys by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. She also has a “Superb” rating on Avvo.

An esteemed member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Ms. Kaveny recently became a barrister at the International Society of Barristers. She also served as the president of the Illinois Bar Foundation. She is frequently seen as a lecturer at various conferences and multiple continuing legal education programs held throughout the country. She is currently serving as the state’s ambassador for the Patient Movement, an organization of health care professionals and hospitals working together to create awareness on how to eliminate preventable death and harm in health care. 

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

• Toney v. United Airlines, Case No. 2019 L 10605 in the amount of $3,650,000
• Wojtovich v. DuPage Medical Group, Case No. 2017 L 798 in the amount of $1,000,000
• Bueno v. Baber, MD, Case No. 2020 L 9100 in the amount of $2,500,000
• LaCoursiere v. Rusthoven, MD, Case No. 2020 L 9100 in the amount of $4,750,000
• Wedell v. Peterson, MD, Case No. 2020 L 7523 in the amount of $1,950,000
• Chambers v. Edo, DO, Case No. 2021 L 363 in the amount of $2,250,000