Personal Successes

Jaclyn J. Kurth

Jaclyn J. Kurth joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. as an associate attorney in 2021. She concentrates her legal practice on cases involving catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home negligence.

In her first trial with the firm, Ms. Kurth won a $1.8 million premises liability jury verdict for a Texas woman who was raped by the on-duty security guard of the hotel she was staying at while traveling to the Chicago area on business. Most recently, Ms. Kurth helped obtain a $20 million personal injury settlement from the Chicago Transit Authority for a client that was hit by a CTA bus.

In recognition of her outstanding accomplishments, Ms. Kurth has been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers as a Rising Star and by Best Lawyers as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honoree.

Prior to being named an associate attorney, Ms. Kurth worked as a law clerk at the firm for 3 years. As a law clerk, she worked on numerous high-profile cases and trials, including assisting a trial team that obtained a $3 million wrongful death verdict in rural Illinois. Mrs. Kurth was also part of a legal team that earned a record-setting $4.5 million settlement in Walworth County, Wisconsin for a plaintiff who suffered catastrophic injuries in a school bus collision.

Ms. Kurth received her Juris Doctor from UIC John Marshall Law School in 2020 with magna cum laude honors. During law school, Ms. Kurth was on Moot Court Honors Council and worked as a Staff Editor for The John Marshall Law Review. In 2020, Mrs. Kurth authored an article, “Sufficiently in Conflict: The Reservation of Illinois Rule of Evidence 407,” that was published in The John Marshall Law Review.

Ms. Kurth received her bachelor’s degree in English from Carroll University in 2017. Upon graduation from college, she earned the Gordon Folsom English Award.