Mark E. McNabola

Legal Experience and Successes in Personal Injury Law

Trial Attorney Mark McNabola has devoted his career of 40 years to victims of catastrophic personal injury and medical malpractice. In that time, Mark McNabola has received much recognition, including being the youngest recipient of the distinguished Career Achievement Trial Lawyer Excellence Award from the Chicago Law Bulletin, putting him in the select group of what was then 11 attorneys in the history of the State of Illinois with at least five jury verdicts in Illinois courts in excess of $5 million. His trial experience has earned him record verdicts and settlements in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties. His trial record is one of the best of any lawyer in Illinois over the past 40+ years. McNabola prides himself in giving each client personal attention and helping them through their most difficult times.

Mark McNabola's Career

Consider these facts about Mark McNabola, a highly accomplished Illinois attorney who has gained significant legal recognition according to experts in the field, including the Jury Verdict Reporter:

• He has achieved $550 million in verdicts and settlements.
• Never offered more money than he received at jury trial.
• Success rate of almost 100% of the cases he accepts.
• Top 5% of lawyers in the Illinois bar.
• Highest Martindale-Hubbell rating.
• Many results over $10 million.
• Record jury verdicts and settlements in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties.

In a recent ten-day period, Mr. McNabola tried a case in DuPage County and received a record jury verdict after he and the client rejected a significant offer from the insurance company for the defendant. During a day off from that trial, he represented a family at a successful mediation resulting in a $14 million conclusion.

Mark McNabola is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Society of Trial Attorneys and a frequent columnist in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on personal injury law. He has been an adjunct law professor at DePaul University College of Law in trial advocacy and on the Board of Managers for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He has lectured and is an author on various topics concerning accident victims’ rights. He is frequently quoted in the press on personal injury law and the judicial system.

Education:

• DePaul University, Chicago Illinois, B.A.
• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, J.D.

Professional Activities:

• Partner at McNabola Law Group, P.C.; a boutique litigation firm dedicated exclusively to the representation of injured persons.
• Devoted professional career to personal injury litigation, successfully first-chairing many cases to jury verdict and negotiating numerous multi-million-dollar results.
• Member in good standing of the bar in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
• Donated time and expertise to lecture professional groups and author many law-related published articles throughout his legal career in civil litigation.
• Served professional organizations including Board of Managers and Secretary for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Judicial Administration and Reform Committee, Illinois Bar Association, Illinois Bar Foundation, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, Civil Procedures Committee, Society of Trial Lawyers, and the American Association for Justice.
• Adjunct professor at DePaul College of Law in trial advocacy.

Community Involvement:

• Board of Advocates, Catholic Charities
• Executive Committee for the Irish Fellowship of Chicago
• Board of Directors, Mulliganeers
• Board of Directors and Governing Board Member, Boys Hope Girls Hope Chicago
• Prevent Chicago Abuse America
• Past President, Children’s Charities of Chicago
• Misericordia Heart of Mercy
• Mother Seton Soup Kitchen
• Volunteer coaching for youth sports in Chicago

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Invited Speaker, “Motions in Limine,” Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
• Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith/ Governmental Defendants and Government Regulation of Health Care Professionals, Chapter 18, Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook.
• Juries Should Not Decide Contingency Fee Disputes, Vol.157, No. 214.
• Invited Speaker, "How to Not Meet a Plaintiff Lawyer,” 13th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium.
• Physicians and Litigation: Emerging Trends, Vol. 157, No. 151.
• Jurors Questions Have Place in Today's Courtroom, Vol. 157, No. 131.
• Embracing Change in the Jury System, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Vol.157, No. 88.
• Invited Speaker, "Deposition Taking and Establishing Accountability," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
• Invited Speaker, "Trial Strategy Regarding the Use of Economic Damages," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
• Invited Speaker, "Damages and Its Impact on the Trial of a Premises Liability Case," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
• Invited Speaker, "The Anatomy of an Automobile Accident Lawsuit," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
• Invited Speaker, Institute of Transportation Engineers.
• Invited Speaker, Litigation Skills Conference, Law Bulletin Publishing Company.
• It's Time to Move Beyond Separate Discovery and Evidence Depositions in Illinois, Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 92.
• The Special Interrogatory: An Instrument of Unfairness in the Jury System, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 4, No. 1: 18-19, 32, 34-35.
• Proof of Facts (Contributing Author).
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Contributing Author).
• ITLA Notebook Series (Contributing Author).

Honors and Awards:

• Trial Lawyer Excellence Award – Jury Verdict Reporter.
• Million Dollar Advocacy Forum.
• Top 5% of Lawyers - Leading Lawyers Network.
• Highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
• Illinois Super Lawyers - Top 5% attorneys of the Illinois State Bar.
• National Trial Lawyers Association.

Personal:

• Married to Eileen with four children (Luke, Molly, Jack, and Audrey).
• Resides in Chicago.