Emily T. Art was named an associate attorney at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in 2023 after working at the firm as a law clerk since 2022. She concentrates her legal practice on cases concerning catastrophic personal injury, medical negligence, and wrongful death.
In her first trial with the firm, Ms. Art and the trial team won a $12.2 million jury verdict on behalf of a tractor-trailer driver who was significantly injured in a crash on I-70. During her most recent trial, she examined a key witness and helped win a $10.5 million jury verdict on behalf of the family of a woman killed by a speeding dump truck.
While working as a law clerk at the firm, Ms. Art assisted a trial team that secured a record-breaking $363 million jury verdict in the first trial against medical sterilization plant Sterigenics. In addition, she worked on a medical negligence case that resulted in the highest jury verdict on record for the loss of one leg or foot, $32.7 million.
Prior to working at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., Ms. Art law clerked at a prominent Chicago personal injury law firm where she drafted legal documents, managed case files and facilitated communication with clients from initial intake through litigation.
Ms. Art received her law degree from the UIC School of Law and graduated with honors. While in law school, Ms. Art served as the Finance Chair of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. In recognition of her outstanding academic achievements, she was the recipient of the merit-based D. Mann Scholarship and the “Top Grade Award” in Civil Procedure II.
Ms. Art received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and History from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In her free time, Ms. Art loves to cook and bake, as well as cycle along Chicago’s lake shore.
