About Matthew Patterson
As of counsel to Fieger Law, Matthew Patterson focuses his practice on obstetrical and neonatal hospital, physician, and nursing negligence cases. Proving to be a formidable advocate at trial, Matthew has secured numerous verdicts on behalf of injured children and families to ensure they have the resources needed for the lifetime care of their children and to hold caregivers accountable for negligent treatment during birth. Matthew was a standout student at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He graduated magna cum laude and was a member of The John Marshall Law Review. While earning Dean's list honors every semester, Matthew also received eight CALI Awards as the law student with the highest grade in the class.
Matthew lives with his wife and best friend, Alex, and their children, Joey, Robbie, and Olivia. When not fighting for the families of children with cerebral palsy, Matt enjoys his own family time, watching local sports teams, and staying current on news and politics. Matthew is licensed to practice in Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association of Justice, and the Birth Trauma Litigation Group.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Fieger, Fieger, Kenney & Harrington, P.C.
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After spinal surgery at the Detroit Medical Center's Children's Hospital of Michigan left a 10-year-old girl partially paralyzed and permanently incontinent, and her surgeon took two vacations before the hardware came out, a Wayne County jury awarded $135 million.
Geoffrey Fieger and Jack Beam won the largest birth-injury verdict in Cook County history against the University of Chicago Medical Center, after a mother in fetal distress was left without an obstetrician for hours before an emergency cesarean.
An Oakland County jury awarded $144.5 million after a delayed cesarean left a Macomb Township girl with a permanent brain injury, a verdict the Michigan Court of Appeals later upheld before it was reduced to roughly $42 million.
A Wayne County jury found the Detroit Medical Center liable for the death of 26-year-old Terrea Holly, whose pulmonary embolism was treated as a virus and sent home from the emergency room.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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