Michael S. Baird

Practicing law for more than 45 years, Michael S. Baird is a partner at the Chicago-based law firm Stotis & Baird. He focuses on serving his clients in and around the surrounding counties of Chicago, Illinois, on legal matters related to:

• Civil litigation
• Personal injury
• Professional negligence
• Medical malpractice
• Product liability
• Police misconduct
• Business law

Representing high-profile clients, Mr. Baird has secured verdicts for several of them, including a supreme court judge, a district court judge, a nationally renowned journalist and many sports professionals. He also takes up cases for doctors, lawyers, teachers, drivers, electricians and homemakers, and has secured settlements worth millions of dollars for his clients. Moreover, he functions as a counsel to prominent multinational corporates and businesses.

Graduating in 1974, Mr. Baird is a Bachelor of Arts graduate in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He graduated with high honors receiving his doctorate in jurisprudence in 1977 from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was licensed to practice in Illinois in the same year and has served at the Cook County Criminal Defense Consortium and the Jackson County Public Defender’s Office as a staff attorney.

Recognized for his professionalism and achievements in the field of law, Mr. Baird is rated AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell. Both his colleagues and satisfied clients endorse him as a knowledgeable attorney who devises creative strategies unique to each case, and he is rated 10/10 on Avvo.

Mr. Baird was admitted pro hac vice in New York, California, Virginia and Wisconsin. He is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois.

*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.