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CHICAGO – Attorney Patrick A. Salvi was recognized earlier this month with the lifetime achievement award of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Salvi, who founded his law firm in Waukegan in 1982, was given the Leonard M. Ring Award at an ITLA dinner on Dec. 2 in Chicago. The award…

CHICAGO – Patrick A. Salvi, Founder and Managing Equity Partner of the Law Offices of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., was honored with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at the ITLA midyear recognition dinner held earlier this month. Bestowed annually for 26 years, the…

PALATINE, Ill. – Two separate dog bites in two separate towns resulted in a civil lawsuit filed in September against the village of Palatine. Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of Aneta Heinz, who was bitten by two dogs near her Elmwood…

CHICAGO – A Cook County jury awarded more than $21 million to a woman with a permanent spinal cord injury after a car crash in Maywood. Kayla Neese was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit by another driver who failed to stop at an intersection and yield to right-of-way…

CHICAGO – A woman who had to have surgery on her spine after being involved in a traffic crash in west suburban Maywood was awarded more than $21 million Thursday by a Cook County jury. “Kayla lost a lot of the independence she worked so hard to achieve because of this crash. Before…

CHICAGO – A Cook County, Illinois, jury on Thursday handed down $21 million in damages to a woman who suffered a severe spinal injury after a 2017 car accident that required surgery and will leave her with lifelong pain. Those jurors already found driver Ericka Taylor negligent in causing the…

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard associate attorney Jaclyn J. Kurth wrote an article for ITLA’s Winter Trial Journal that offers advice on how attorneys can frame their cases from the very beginning to effectively win a motion for summary judgement.  “I suggest we start treating apparent agency the way we pack…

CHICAGO (November 11, 2021) — For the 12th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers has announced the “Best Law Firms” rankings and the Illinois law firm Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. has been ranked in the 2022 list regionally in three practice areas. Please click here…

CHICAGO (November 11, 2021) – The insurer of a Chicago-based nonprofit has agreed to pay $11 million to resolve a suit accusing an employee of falling asleep at the wheel and hitting a man who was helping a woman in a disabled vehicle, resulting in the loss of one of his…