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About Lawrence Amato
Lawrence J. Amato attended St. Norbert College before earning his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly The John Marshall Law School). He is a partner in the firm's Litigation division and has obtained significant verdicts and settlements including a $2.687 million recovery for a Local 1 ironworker injured by a faulty crane and a $2.5 million settlement for a union electrician hurt in a tractor-trailer accident. The National Trial Lawyers named him to its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Illinois, and the Jury Verdict Reporter has honored him for results on behalf of firm clients.
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James Daniels, a Local 1 ironworker, fell about 23 feet from a form wall on the $978 million Fermilab PIP-II particle accelerator project in May 2023, suffering catastrophic injuries including a traumatic brain injury, rib fractures, and nerve damage; GWC Injury Lawyers recovered a $40 million settlement in 2026.
GWC Injury Lawyers secured a $13.424 million settlement for the families of two people killed and dozens injured when an improperly anchored 'Mega Tent' collapsed at Wood Dale's Prairie Fest on August 2, 2015.
A Cook County jury awarded $6,729,225.55 to a 55-year-old Local 134 journeyman electrician who suffered second- and third-degree burns in a flash fire inside a fuel pump pit at a Chicago Circle K station in 2019; the net recovery after a 45-percent comparative fault reduction was $3,701,074.05.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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