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Jury awards $3.73 million to pedestrian struck by construction vehicle that drifted onto the sidewalk

CHICAGO (February 24, 2022) – A Cook County jury has awarded $3.73 million to a man who was injured when he was struck by a vehicle owned by a construction company that drifted onto the sidewalk. On June 29, 2018, Plaintiff William Lief was lawfully walking on the sidewalk southbound…

Trial to begin against Skokie hotel where businesswoman was raped by security guard

CHICAGO – A trial is set to begin in Cook County Circuit Court on Monday, February 7, 2022 against a Skokie hotel where a businesswoman was raped by the hotel’s security guard in 2013. A jury will be selected on Monday in Daley Center Courtroom #2407 and opening statements are…

Patrick A. Salvi listed among top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers for ninth consecutive year

Patrick Salvi II, Matt Williams, and Jennifer Ashley among Super Lawyers Top 100 CHICAGO (January 28, 2022) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is pleased to announce the firm’s founder and Managing Equity Partner Patrick A. Salvi has been listed among the Top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers in all practice areas…

15 Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Attorneys honored by Illinois Super Lawyers

Managing Equity Partner Patrick A. Salvi among Top 10 Super Lawyers in Illinois CHICAGO (January 28, 2022) – Fifteen Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. attorneys have been honored by Illinois Super Lawyers as 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Each year, no more than five percent of Illinois lawyers are…

$1.6 Million settlement for passenger injured in semi-truck crash

PONTIAC TOWNSHIP, Ill. (January 14, 2021) – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Partner Jennifer L. Ashley recently obtained a $1,600,000 settlement on behalf of a woman who was injured in a crash with a semi-truck during a 2018 blizzard. On March 24, 2018, Plaintiff was riding as a passenger in a…

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorney Heidi L. Wickstrom marries Chicago personal injury attorney Jay Stefani

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard would like to extend a heartfelt congratulations to attorney Heidi Wickstrom, who married Chicago attorney Jay Stefani on December 11, 2021. Mr. Stefani is one of the founding partners of the Chicago personal injury law firm Levinson & Stefani. Heidi and Jay met through…

Partner Lance D. Northcutt appointed to IL Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility

CHICAGO – Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Partner Lance D. Northcutt was recently appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Committee on Professional Responsibility. Members of the Committee on Professional Responsibility advise and make recommendations on matters relating to legal ethics and professional responsibility. Mr. Northcutt’s term on the committee will run…

Jury awards $21.05 million to woman who suffered thoracic spine injury in Maywood crash

CHICAGO (December 9, 2021) – A Cook County jury has awarded more than $21 million to a 33-year-old single mother who suffered a thoracic spine injury requiring T1-6 fusion in a 2017 Maywood, Illinois crash. On March 24, 2017, Defendant Driver Ericka Taylor was driving a Ford utility vehicle southbound…

Patrick A. Salvi receives ITLA’s Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award

CHICAGO (December 3, 2021) – Patrick A. Salvi, Founder and Managing Equity Partner of the Law Offices of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., was presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, December 2 at the ITLA midyear recognition dinner at…

Jennifer Ashley honored by Daily Herald Business Ledger as a 2021 “Influential Women in Business” award recipient

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (November 12, 2021) – On Thursday, November 11, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Partner Jennifer L. Ashley was one of 22 women honored at the 24th annual Influential Women in Business Awards and Recognition Event, hosted by the Daily Herald Business Ledger and its sponsoring partners. Each year, the…