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David Starshak

David Starshak

Proven Verdicts
Chicago, ILAdmitted 2014

About David Starshak

David J. Starshak is a partner at Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates who has focused on personal injury and workers' compensation since joining the firm in 2013. He earned his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, where he was a member of the school's first national-qualifying Trial Team and served as head of the university's judicial system. He attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating cum laude, and competed on the school's national Moot Court team, reaching the top eight teams at the National Moot Court Competition in New York City. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2014 and has been recognized as an Illinois Rising Star from 2020 to 2026.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$32 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $32 million to truck driver Stephanie Johnson, who developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome after slipping on oil at an ExxonMobil facility, in what the Jury Verdict Reporter recorded as the largest CRPS verdict in Illinois history.

Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois · 2025Slip & FallRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D., 2014
Kansas State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2014

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