Patrick A. Salvi, II
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Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Chicago, IL
Selected to Rising Stars: 2012 - 2013
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Patrick A. Salvi II joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., in 2007 and was named Managing Partner of the Chicago office in 2017. He concentrates his legal practice on cases concerning personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, and product liability.
Mr. Salvi has obtained many record-breaking jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. The following are cases he has tried to verdict:
- $148 million for a paralyzed 24-year-old female
- $50.3 million for a boy who suffered a serious brain injury at birth
- $33.2 million on behalf of a young man paralyzed in a motor vehicle collision
- $29.1 million on behalf of an infant who suffered a brain injury
- $21.05 million for a woman who suffered a thoracic spine injury
- $15.2 million for a 30-year-old male who suffered a crush injury to his foot
- $12.7 million for a 47-year-old female with spinal cord injury
- $11.25 million for the wrongful death of a 33-year-old single mother of an 8-year-old son
Mr. Salvi has also successfully obtained a number of multi-million-dollar settlements, including:
- $25 million for an infant who suffered a brain injury at birth
- $20.6 million for a man left paralyzed after a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of a ruptured aneurysm
- $19.5 million for a war veteran who suffered a crush injury to his foot
- $19.5 million for a man brain damaged after a failed routine trach exchange
- $15 million for a motorcyclist who lost his leg in a car crash
- $14.85 million for a woman left permanently blind after a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of a clot in her brain
- $14 million for a woman injured in a car accident
- $10 million for a man who lost his foot in a workplace accident
- $8 million for an infant who suffered a brain injury at birth
- $7.25 million for the wrongful death of a man who died during a blood transfusion
- $6 million for an infant who suffered a brain injury at birth
- $5.7 million for a man who suffered a severe foot laceration in a forklift incident
- $5.5 million for a man who suffered orthopedic injuries in a truck collision
- $5 million for a child who suffered a brain injury at birth due to a delayed C-section
- $5 million settlement for a young woman who suffered a brain injury and ultimately died following a neuroendovascular procedure
- $4.5 million for a man injured after falling from a balcony (the largest porch collapse settlement in Illinois history)
- $4.5 million for a woman brain damaged after a bariatric surgery
In recognition for his outstanding legal work, Mr. Salvi was named Best Lawyers’ 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice in Chicago. Mr. Salvi has been honored by Super Lawyers one of the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers and was selected as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2012 and 2013. In 2019, he was recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media, a distinction given to less than five percent of all lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois. Every year since 2017, he has been listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, an elite guide in the legal profession. In addition, Mr. Salvi has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation and Medical Malpractice Law.
Mr. Salvi has received many additional honors, including:
- Law 360’s elite Rising Stars list for 2018
- The American Association for Justice’s 2015 F. Scott Baldwin Award, presented each year to the “most outstanding young trial lawyer” in the country
- The 2014 and 2017 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award
- The American Association for Justice’s 2014 and 2019 Wiedemann and Wysocki Award for his commitment and dedication to the association
- A 2012, 2015, and 2018 Award for Trial Lawyer Excellence by The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Publishing Company
- The youngest member named to Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s 2011 “40 Under Forty” attorney list at the time
After he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, Mr. Salvi earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School. As a law school student, Mr. Salvi won an award for excellence in trial advocacy from the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Salvi is President-elect of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, where he is also a co-chair of the publications committee and a co-author of the Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook chapter on Informed Consent. Mr. Salvi is an active member of the American Association for Justice, where he formerly sat on the Board of Governors and currently sits on the AAJ PAC Board of Trustees. He has been a judge at ABA and AAJ trial competitions, as well as ABA Moot Court competitions. In addition, Mr. Salvi holds memberships in the Lake County Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association, where he is a member of the Tort Law Committee.
Mr. Salvi is a board member of Legal Aid Chicago, an organization that provides free legal services to people living in poverty. Mr. Salvi has also been a speaker at Kellogg’s School of Management’s MBA business law class and at Notre Dame Law School’s “Personal Injury Litigation” class.
- 50%Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 50%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
Dental Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Birth Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Informed Consent, Animal Bites, Assault, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Dram Shop Laws, Construction Accident, Brain Injury, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Defense
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2022
- Rising Stars: 2012 - 2013
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About Patrick A. Salvi, II
First Admitted: 2007, Illinois
Professional Webpage: https://www.salvilaw.com/our-attorneys/patrick-salvi-ii/
Educational Background
- University of Colorado, Business Administration, B.A., Honors: with distinction, 2004
Scholarly Lectures/Writings
- Deposing Parties & Professionals: Deposing IME Experts, Speaker at IICLE's Seminar, 2013
- On Wednesday, Nov. 3, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Chicago office Managing Partner Patrick A. Salvi II delivered a speech on “Deposing and Cross Examining the Defendant” at a Louisiana Association for Justice webinar. The webinar was open to a national audience of state trial lawyer associations and their members., Speaker, Deposing and Cross Examining the Defendant, Louisiana Association for Justice webinar, 2021
- Co-Author for ITLA's Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook for Informed Consent, 2010
- Social Host Liability, Speaker at ITLA Seminar, 2009
- Business Law & Torts , Speaker at Kellogg Business School , 2010
- Personal Injury Litigation, Speaker at University of Notre Dame Law School , 2011
- Update & Review, Moderator for ITLA's Seminar , 2012
- Anatomy of a Motor Vehicle Crash Case: The Process of Case Selection, Speaker at IICLE's Seminar , 2013
- The New Medical Malpractice Fee Statute, ITLA's Seminar , 2013
Pro bono/Community Service
- Board Member, LAF, 2018
- Formerly Chairman, and now sits on the Board of Advisors for St. Agnes of Bohemia Elementary School
Verdicts/Settlements
- KHADIJA MONTGOMERY, a minor, by Grandmother and Next Friend Johnnie Montegomery v. TORI MASON-JONES, M.D. et al. SETTLEMENT: $1,450,000 Case No.: 13 L 7663 Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 03-22-2019, 2019
- UNDISCLOSED, et al., Plaintiff v. UNDISCLOSED, et al., Defendant (Per Confidentiality Agreement) SETTLEMENT: $2,250,000 Case No.: CONFIDENTIAL Case Type: Medical Malpractice / Birth Injury Venue: Knox County, IL Case Disposition: 12-20-2021, 2021
- UNDISCLOSED, et al., Plaintiff v. UNDISCLOSED, et al., Defendant (Per Confidentiality Agreement) SETTLEMENT: $5,000,000+ Case No.: Confidential Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: McLean County, IL Case Disposition: 06-30-2021, 2021
- UNDISCLOSED, Plaintiff v. UNDISCLOSED, Defendant (Per Confidentiality Agreement) SETTLEMENT: $2,000,000 Case No.: CONFIDENTIAL Case Type: Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death Venue: Peoria County, IL Case Disposition: 06-2-2021, 2021
- NEESE, Plaintiff v. TAYLOR, Defendant JURY VERDICT: $21,059,014 Case No.: 18 L 6732 Case Type: Auto Accident - Personal Injury Jury Verdict Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 12-09-2021, 2021
- VICTOR CALDERON, Plaintiff, v. OZINGA READY MIX CONCRETE, INC., an Illinois Corporation; and REGINALD OLLIE, Individually; Defendants. SETTLEMENT: $10,000,000 Case No.: 16 L 010247 Case Type: Personal Injury Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 6-3-2019, 2019
- ESTATE OF BREANNA SUAREZ v. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY et al., Defendant SETTLEMENT: $5,000,000 Case No.: 16 L 12024 Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 02-05-2020, 2020
- GEORGE VANWINKLE, as the Independent Administrator of the Estate of JOANN VANWINKLE, Deceased v. OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, an Illinois Corporation, et al. SETTLEMENT: $1,500,000 Case No.: 16 L 20 Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: Peoria County, IL Case Disposition: 10-29-2019, 2019
- TAMEKIA JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiff v. CONFIDENTIAL et al., Defendants (Per Confidentiality Agreement) SETTLEMENT: 14,850,000 Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 04-05-2019, 2019
- THOMAS NEUHENGEN, Plaintiff v. GLOBAL EXPERIENCE SPECIALISTS, INC., et al., Defendants SETTLEMENT: $19,500,000 Case No.: 12 L 011854 Case Type: Personal Injury Venue: Cook County Case Disposition: 01-10-2019, 2019
- KELVIN BALDRIDGE; and DARLENE BALDRIDGE; Plaintiffs vs. FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC., d/b/a FRANCISCAN ST. JAMES HEALTH; et al.; Defendants SETTLEMENT: $20,600,000 Case No.: 2015 L 010132 Case Type: Medical Malpractice Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 2-13-2019, 2019
- PATRICK CONKLIN, et al., Plaintiff v. SELCON INDUSTRIES et al., Defendant VERDICT: $1,300,000 Case No: 16 L 7213 Venue: Cook County, IL Case Disposition: 08-31-2018, 2018
- PATTERSON, et al, Plaintiffs v. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al,. DefendantsSETTLEMENT: $19,500,000, 2018
- JULIEN FLOREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM d/b/a EVANSTON HOSPITAL, et al. Defendants.JURY VERDICT: $50,300,000, 2018
- ESTATE OF DAVIS-WHARTON, Plaintiff v. NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, Defendants Settlement: $2,000,000, 2015
- — Tierney Darden, Individually; Plaintiff, vs. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation; DefendantPersonal Injury Date: August 23, 2017 Jury verdict: $148 million, 2017, 2017
- ESTATE OF BRUCE DIXON, et al., Plaintiffs v. PROVENA HOSPITALS, et al., Defendants Settlement: $1,500,000, 2011
- THOMAS NEUHENGEN, Plaintiff v. GLOBAL EXPERIENCE SPECIALISTS, INC., et al., Defendants Verdict: $15,228,068, 2015
- TAMEERAH BEASLEY, et al., Plaintiffs v. MERCY HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants Settlement: $1,200,000, 2012
- JORGE ROJAS, et al., Plaintiffs v. CATHOLIC HEALTH PARTNERS SERVICES, et al., Defendants Settlement: $8,000,000, 2008
- MARY MALINOWSKI, as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Conklin, Deceased, Plaintiff, vs. JASON GILBERT, Individually and SELCO INDUSTRIES, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Defendants.Jury Verdict: $1.3 million, 2018
- UNDISCLOSED vs. LAKEVIEW ASSOCIATES, INC., an Illinois Corporation; and LA BURLING, LLC, an Illinois Corporation, Defendants Settlement: $4,500,000 , 2015
- KATHERINE HIRTE, et al., Plaintiff v. v. NRJM INC., d/b/a DOMINO’S PIZZA et al., Defendants Jury Verdict: $2,065,000, 2014
- SUSAN L. NORDSTROM, et al., Plaintiffs v. SANDRINE LEPESQUEUX., et al., Defendants Settlement: $1,717,000, 2011
- CHRISTIAN ARROYO, et al., Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants Bench Trial Verdict: $29,159,535, 2010
- ESTATE OF SYLVIA KRAWIEC, deceased, Plaintiffs v. LUCINDA SLENSBY, Defendant Verdict: $1,275,000, 2011
- ESTATE OF CHAMICWA BLACK, deceased, by VENUS BLACK, Administrator; Plaintiff, v. ANDERSON AUTOMOTIVE, INC., Defendant. Jury Verdict: $11,250,000, 2017
- JOYCE WISNIEWSKI, et al., Plaintiffs v. MARLO LEVATO, et al., Defendants Settlement: $1,025,000, 2012
- ANDRIANNA GUIDER, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs v. FREEPORT REGIONAL HEALTHCARE, et al., Defendants Settlement: $5,000,000, 2012
- GEORGE BALDWIN IV, et al., Plaintiffs v. LAURALEE PFEIFER, et al., Defendants Settlement: $2,500,000, 2009
- ESTATE of ELIJAH LEIMBERER , Plaintiff v. PEDIATRIC FACULTY FOUNDATION, INC., Defendant Settlement: $2,000,000, 2015
- GEORGE BALDWIN IV, et al., Plaintiffs v. WILLIAM KLAIRMONT et al, Defendants Jury Verdict: $33,210,919, 2009
- STEPANCIK-GOFF, Plaintiff v. WARNER, Defendant Jury Verdict: $1,400,000, 2016
- TERESA BURNS, et al., Plaintiffs v. NEW BERN TRANSPORT CORPORTION et al., Defendant Settlement: $14,000,000, 2015
- BRETT MCDANIEL, et al., Plaintiff v. MERCY REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM, et al.,Defendants Verdict: $1,200,000, 2014
- CHRISTIAN ARROYO, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant Settlement: $6,500,000, 2009
- AISHA FLEMING, et al., Plaintiffs v. SUNRISE TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants Settlement: $3,500,000, 2011
Videos
- Patrick A Salvi II and B'Ivory LaMarr Interviewed in The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer, Patrick A Salvi II and B'Ivory LaMarr Interviewed in The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer, 2020
- In the final episode of our three-part "Beating Goliath" series, the jury finds that Tom was not at fault for his injury and awards him $12.2 million in compensation. They also find that the defendant company, GES, acted with reckless indifference and impose $3 million in punitive damages on the company. However, six months later, a judge overturns the punitive damages. With the help of appellate lawyer Bob Black, Tom’s legal team appeals the decision. , Beating Goliath Podcast - Episode 3, 2021
- While receiving intense physical therapy to treat the injuries caused by the forklift accident, Tom Neuhengen prepares to tell his story at trial. In the second episode of this three-part series, Tom’s attorneys at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. reject the defense’s request to drop the punitive damages claim in favor of an admitted liability case. They have discovered that GES has a history of using forklift drivers who aren’t properly certified, which would support their claim that GES prioritizes speed over safety. , Beating Goliath Podcast - Episode 2, 2021
- Tom Neuhengen sustains a massive injury on the job when a 65,000-pound forklift runs over his foot at a trade show in Chicago. An IT rep for the National Guard and a U.S. military veteran living in Cudahy, Wisconsin, Tom’s life would be changed forever by the careless accident. In the first of this three-part series, Tom is in the hospital for his first surgery following the accident. That’s when his mom contacted an attorney with Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. , Beating Goliath Podcast - Episode 1, 2021
- Jacob Blake's Attorney Patrick Salvi II on CNN, Jacob Blake's Family Attorney Patrick Salvi II on CNN, 2020
- Welcome to Salvi Law, 2017
- Patrick Salvi Jr. featured on WGN's Distracted Driving Week, 2017
- Recent accidents turns attention to safety of amusement park rides, 2016
- Meet Patrick Salvi Jr. , 2017
- New ordinances coming to Illinois in 2017, 2017
Honors/Awards
- Every year since 2017, he has been listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, an elite guide in the legal profession. , Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon , 2021
- , Lawyer of the Year- Medical Malpractice (Chicago), Best Lawyers - US News & World Report, 2022
- American Association for Justice’s 2014 and 2019 Wiedemann and Wysocki Award for his commitment and dedication to the association, Wiedemann and Wysocki Award for his commitment and dedication to the association, American Association for Justice, 2019
- Named a 2020 Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media, Leading Lawyer, Leading Lawyers - Law Bulletin Media, 2020
- Chicago Managing Partner Patrick A. Salvi II selected to The 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for the third straight year. , Lawdragon 500, Lawdragon, 2019
- Named to the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon.com, 2020
- Leading Lawyers is a division of Law Bulletin Media and uses a four-phase selection process that begins with a survey of every lawyer listed in Sullivan's Law Directory, followed by interviews with the lawyers most frequently nominated, an ethical evaluation, and finally an intensive review by the Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board. The total number of members in the Leading Lawyers network never exceeds five percent of the total number of lawyers in the state., Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Media, 2019
- Law Bulletin Publishing Company's "40 Under Forty" as the youngest attorney to be named, 2011
- “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers in 2012 and 2013
- The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award, ITLA, 2014
- Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury, Best Lawyers, 2019
- Trial Lawyer Excellence Award, Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2015
- Trial Lawyer Excellence Award , Jury Verdict Reporter/Law Bulletin, 2012
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2017
- Wiedemann and Wysocki Award, The American Association for Justice, 2014
- Rising Stars, Law 360, 2018
- Named to the Illinois Super Lawyers List since 2014
- The American Association for Justice’s 2015 F. Scott Baldwin Award, presented each year to the “most outstanding young trial lawyer” in the country
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500 , 2018
- Trial Lawyer Excellence Award, Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2018
Bar/Professional Activity
- President- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
- Legal Aid Chicago, Board Member
- Lake County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (Board of Governors)
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2008)
- Illinois State Bar Association (Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2008)
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois Bar (2007)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Co-Chair of the Publications Committee)
Last Updated: 5/15/2022