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Law 360: Illinois Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2022
CHICAGO (July 14, 2022) – Illinois attorneys in both the plaintiff and defense bars are keeping a close eye on how courts interpret the state’s new prejudgment interest law, which one court deemed unconstitutional earlier this year. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Marcia Maras concluded it violated defendants’ rights to a…
Patrick Salvi II brings lifelong immersion in trial law issues to new role as ITLA President
CHICAGO (July 13, 2022) – From a young age, Patrick Salvi II has been immersed in the legal world. Now, following in the footsteps of his father, he will step into a role he feels more than prepared to take on. As the new president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers…
WBAI chats with Eirene Salvi for ‘Member Monday’
CHICAGO (July 11, 2022) – Eirene Nakamura Salvi was recently interviewed by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois as part of their “Member Monday” series. Eirene tells the WBAI she feels joining the organization is one of the best ways to empower women, and to provide community to those desiring it,…
Better Government Association: City Agencies Fail To Intervene Before Three Older Women Die in Uncooled Apartment Building
CHICAGO (June 30, 2022) – A half dozen calls for help from a Rogers Park apartment complex went unheeded by city officials last month amid the season’s first heat wave that killed three senior tenants, a Better Government Association investigation found. That’s because city officials say there was nothing they…
Illinois Business Journal: Illinois Trial Lawyers Association installs 69th president
CHICAGO (June 27, 2022) – Patrick A. Salvi II, managing partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in Chicago was installed as the 69th president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on Friday, June 17, at its annual convention at the Sheraton Grand in Chicago. Please click here to read the…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Laborer in theater demolition settles fall-injury claims for $4.8M
CHICAGO – A laborer who was injured when he fell through the roof of an old movie theater while helping with its demolition received a $4.8 million settlement. Jose Gonzales, then 42, was working on the demolition of the former Cineplex Odeon Theatre on the Far North Side of Chicago…
Daily Herald: Tara Devine Begins Term as Lake County Bar Association President
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (June 6, 2022) – Attorney Tara R. Devine took office on June 3, 2022, for a one-year term as the President of the Lake County Bar Association (LCBA). Devine has been an active member of the LCBA Board of Directors for six years, previously serving as a board member,…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Woman gets $20M settlement after injury in Maywood crash
CHICAGO (May 11, 2022) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard recently obtained a $20 million settlement for a woman who sustained a thoracic spine injury in a 2017 Maywood, Illinois car crash. The case went to trial in November of 2021 on damages only before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Janet…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Families settle for combined $20M in fatal Jaguar crash
CHICAGO (May 4, 2022) – The families of two victims of a car crash in Wheeling, who were killed by a man transporting a Jaguar and driving more than 150 miles an hour, were granted two separate settlement awards totaling $20 million. The family of a 62-year-old mail carrier who was…
PR Director Marcie Mangan interviewed on “How’s Your ePresence” podcast
CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Marcie Mangan, was recently interviewed on the “How’s Your ePresence” podcast about the conceptualization and production of a podcast and how small and medium-sized businesses can best execute public relations and marketing efforts internally. During the episode, Marcie…
