psalvi2@salvilaw.com
www.salvilaw.com

Patrick A. Salvi II joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in 2007 and was named Managing Partner of the firms Chicago office in 2017. He concentrates his legal practice on cases concerning personal injury, medical malpractice, mass torts, and product liability.

Throughout his time with the firm, Mr. Salvi has recovered over $1.5 billion on behalf of his deserving clients.

Mr. Salvi was the lead attorney on a trial team that won a $363 million jury verdict for a woman who developed breast cancer from breathing toxic emissions from a Willowbrook medical device sterilization plant. The verdict was the largest jury verdict ever awarded to an
individual plaintiff in Illinois history at the time of the trial. As one of the co-lead counsel of the litigation, Mr. Salvi was later the lead negotiator for settlements totaling $456 million globally for nearly 900 Plaintiffs who had also brought claims.

In 2017, Mr. Salvi and his trial team won a record-setting $148 million jury verdict on behalf of a dancer paralyzed by a collapsed pedestrian shelter at OHare International Airport. The verdict is the highest compensatory verdict ever awarded to an individual plaintiff in the state
of Illinois.

In recognition of his outstanding legal work, Mr. Salvi was named Chicago Lawyer Magazines 2023 Person of the Year, an honor given to the newsmaker, trendsetter or legal leader of the year.

Mr. Salvi has obtained many record-breaking jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. The following are cases he has tried to verdict:

• $363 million for a woman who developed breast cancer from toxic emissions *Illinois record*
  
• $148 million for a paralyzed 24-year-old female *Illinois record*
  
• $79.85 million for the family of a 10-year-old girl killed following a police pursuit *Illinois record*
  
• $75.8 million for a young girl who suffered a brain injury and severe physical injuries at birth
  
• $52 million for a family of a father who was killed in a crash that also left his son seriously injured
  
• $50.3 million for a boy who suffered a serious brain injury at birth
  
• $33.2 million for a young man paralyzed in a motor vehicle collision *Lake County record*
  
• $32.7 million for a man who had to undergo a foot amputation due to a delayed diagnosis of a blood clot *Illinois record*
  
• $29.1 million for an infant who suffered a brain injury
  
• $21.05 million for a woman who suffered a thoracic spine injury
  
• $15.2 million for a 30-year-old male who suffered a crush injury to his foot
  
• $12.7 million for a 47-year-old female with spinal cord injury
  
• $11.25 million for the wrongful death of a 33-year-old single mother of an 8-year-old son
  
  Mr. Salvi has also successfully obtained a number of multi-million-dollar settlements, including:
  
• $60.7 million for the family of a woman killed in a crash
  
• $45 million for a man who sustained catastrophic injuries after a police chase car crash *Illinois record*
  
• $40 million for a child brain injured at birth
  
• $29 million for the family of a man who died in a collision
  
• $28 million for a young man who lost his foot
  
• $27.5 million for a male who suffered health issues due to a delayed surgery
  
• $25 million for an infant who suffered a brain injury at birth
  
• $20.6 million for a man left paralyzed after a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of a ruptured aneurysm
  
• $19.5 million for a war veteran who suffered a crush injury to his foot
  
• $19.5 million for a man brain damaged after a failed routine trach exchange
  
• $15 million for a motorcyclist who lost his leg in a car crash
  
• $15 million for the family of a woman who died due to untimely medical intervention
  
• $14.85 million for a woman left permanently blind after a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of a clot in her brain
  
• $14 million for a woman injured in a car accident
  
• $13 million for an infant who suffered an injury at birth
  
• $10 million for a man who lost his foot in a workplace accident
  
  In recognition of his outstanding legal work, Mr. Salvi has received many awards and honors, including:
  
• The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Media Plaintiff Attorney Achievement Award (2025)
  
• Lawdragon Lawdragon Legends (2025)
  
• Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, Chicago (2022)
  
• Chicago Lawyer Magazine Person of the Year (2023)
  
• Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Personal Injury Law, Plaintiffs, Chicago (2024)
  
• Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiffs, Chicago (2025)
  
• Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Personal Injury Law, Plaintiffs, Chicago (2026)
  
• Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers in the State of Illinois (2021 Present)
  
• Super Lawyers Illinois Super Lawyers (2014 Present)
  
• Best Lawyers: Medical Malpractice Law Plaintiffs (2019 Present)
  
• Best Lawyers: Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs (2019 Present)
  
• Best Lawyers: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Plaintiffs (2025 Present)
  
• Best Lawyers: Product Liability Litigation Plaintiffs (2025 Present)
  
• Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyers (2018 Present)
  
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2017 Present)
  
• The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Media Trial Lawyer Excellence Award (2012, 2015, 2018, 2023, and 2024)
  
• American Association for Justice Above and Beyond Award (2018, 2021)
  
• The American Association for Justice Wiedemann and Wysocki Award for his commitment and dedication to the association (2014, 2019)
  
• Law 360 Rising Stars (2018)
  
• Law Bulletin Media Emerging Lawyers (2015 2017)
  
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Presidents Award (2014, 2017)
  
• The American Association for Justice F. Scott Baldwin Award presented each year to the most outstanding young trial lawyer in the country (2015)
  
• Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2012, 2013)
  
• Law Bulletin Media 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch Under Forty and was the youngest member ever named at the time (2011)
  
• Notre Dame Law School International Academy of Trial Lawyers for excellence in trial advocacy (2007)
  
  ACADEMICS
  
• J.D., Cum Laude, University of Notre Dame Law School (2007)
  
• B.A., with Distinction, University of Colorado (2004)
  
  BAR ADMISSIONS
  
• Illinois Bar (2007)
  
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2008)
  
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2008)

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