William Cirignani
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Chicago, Illinois
Cirignani, Heller & Harman, LLP
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in Illinois since: 1993
Education: Northwestern University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2012 - 2025 Call today:
312-346-8700
Cirignani, Heller & Harman, LLP
150 South Wacker DriveSuite 2550
Chicago, IL 60606 Visit website
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William A. Cirignani has focused his career on helping clients in the Chicago area through litigating medical malpractice and serious injury cases. With more than 25 years of experience in the field, he brings a wealth of knowledge to his clients who need help at a stressful time in their lives.
After completing his legal degree at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois, he worked as a defense lawyer in Arizona for medical personnel and businesses that faced construction and product lawsuits. He then moved to Chicago and expanded his work into the field of employment and wage disputes while continuing work in medical malpractice defense representation.
In 1995, he joined the firm that eventually became Cirignani Heller & Harman, LLP, which has won and negotiated several multimillion-dollar court verdicts and pretrial settlements on behalf of injury victims and their families. Cirignani, Heller & Harman is unique in that it practices exclusively in the field of medical malpractice, and many of its lawyers are also medical professionals--Stan Heller is a board-certified cardiologist from Johns Hopkins, James Harman was a certified respiratory therapist before becoming a lawyer, and Patrice Koch remains a registered nurse. CH&H successfully leverages their combined medical and legal expertise to provide clients state-of-the-art legal representation, and a review of their cases free of charge or commitment.
Mr. Cirignani serves many types of clients, including professionals, athletes, the disabled and artists. He defends the need for justice for the clients he represents and places a high priority on integrity and honesty. As a former defense attorney, he understands the workings of defense lawyers in medical cases and uses that knowledge to fight for the rights of those he represents.
Mr. Cirignani is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, among other professional organizations. He is admitted to practice in Arizona, Illinois and Georgia. He is also licensed to represent clients before several U.S. District Courts, including the District of Arizona, the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of Illinois and the Northern District of Georgia. He has been licensed to hear cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He has received several honors and awards, including recognition as a top lawyer in at least four professional publications, including the Leading Lawyers Network, Chicago Lawyer Magazine's Top Lawyer In Illinois, Strathmore's Who's Who Among Medical Malpractice Lawyers and Marquis Who's Who in American Law.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice
- 100% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1988, Arizona
Professional Webpage: https://www.chhlaw.com/william-a-cirignani/
- U.S. District Court, Various Districts in Illinois
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Illinois Bar Association Tort Law Section Council
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- The American Association for Justice
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- Medical Malpractice Committee, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)
- — B.G. special administrator v. Provena St. Joseph’s Medical Center, et. al., $4,500,000.00 Wrongful Death—Verdict (Illinois): The patient, a 43 year-old father of four, came to the emergency department with severe chest pains. A CT scan revealed that the cause was likely an aortic dissection (“AD”), a condition that can be quickly fatal if not treated right away. The ER doctor ordered a test to confirm the AD but that test was never done and consequently the AD was never treated. Seven hours later the man died. The case went to verdict before a Will County jury who found two of the four defendants responsible.
- A.H. v. K. Gamble-- $1,500,000 Birth Injury Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Georgia) for a three year-old girl who suffered cerebral palsy due to a delayed emergency cesarean section delivery
- P.D. v. Michael Reese-- $2,500,000 Surgical Injury-Partial Pretrial Settlement (Illinois)--Doctors missed compartent sndrome resulting in leg amputation
- M.O. v. Provena-- $1,850,000 Wrongful Death of a Child Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois)--delayed treatment of bacterial meningitis
- T. B. v. University of Chicago--$3,500,000 Brain Injury Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois); A nurse misread a doctor's order to give a baby .4ml of IV nutrition as being 4.0 ml. The subsequent overdose of the food (Lipids) caused the baby's heart to stop. As a result she lost a leg and suffered a serious brain injury
- B.C. v. Provena-- $2,000,000 Wrongful Death Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinios)--Woman bleeds to death while in ICU
- A.G. v. Rush Medical--$2,000,000 Injury Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois)--Woman eyesight damaged when doctor transplants infected kidney
- M.T. v. Ingalls Memorial Hospital, $7,000,000 Wrongful Death-Verdict (Illinois): The hospital used an emergency room technician instead of a registered nurse to evaluate a four and half year old girl brought to the hospital with fever and severe headaches. Because of his lack of training and experience, the tech missed the little girl's stiff neck and light sensitivity, and made her wait for treatment of bacterial meningitis for almost five hours. The girl died of a brain herniation. The case went to the jury on non-economic, loss of relationship damages only. The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the judgment, and the full amount of the judgment and interest was paid.
- L.C. v. St. Mary's Medical Center--$3,000,000 Wrongful Death Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois)--Surgical errors led to death.
- K.A. v. Stroger-- $1,700,000 Wrongful Death Lawsuit-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois)--65 year old woman dies when hospital mismanages her diabetes
- Westmont Food Pantry
- Elder Council, Christ Church of Oakbrook
- Walking with Jesus in an Evangelical World After Growing Up Catholic, Author and Teacher
- Deborah House for Abused and Abandoned Girls, Romania
- Elder, Christ Church of Oakbrook
- Top 100 leading Consumer Lawyers, Leading Lawyers Network 2009-2011
- Strathmore's Who's Who Among Medical Malpractice Lawyers
- Chosen one of the Top 5% of Illinois lawyers in the fields of Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law, Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board
- Marquis Who's Who in American Law
- Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s “Top Lawyer In Illinois”
- Loyola University of Chicago, B.A. in Business Marketing
- Liability for common bile duct injuries—Measure twice, cut once, Tort Trends, April 2008--Original article to educate litigators new to bile-duct injury cases on the medicine and legal theories.
- Missed diagnoses: Routine is the enemy of good medicine, Tort Trends, May 2009 and Professional Negligence Newsletter, AAJ, March 2010
- "Deposing Experts," presented at the Chicago Bar Association for the Illinois Bar Association Committee on Torts
- "Setting Up Experts for Cross," presented at the Chicago Bar Association for the Illinois Bar Association Committee on Torts
- "Trial Basics--Jury Selection," presented at the Chicago Bar Association for the Illinois Bar Association Committee on Torts
Office location for William Cirignani
150 South Wacker Drive
Suite 2550
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-346-8700
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2012 - 2025
