Daniel Goldfaden

Proven Verdicts
Partner at Levin & Perconti
Chicago, IL12 years experienceAdmitted 2013

About Daniel Goldfaden

Daniel A. Goldfaden is a Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago, focusing his practice on nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death matters. Originally from Detroit, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with a B.A. in Economics, and earned his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2013, where he served as an Editor of the Elder Law Journal and received the CALI Award for Future Excellence in Income Taxation. Daniel was admitted to the Illinois Bar in October 2013 and joined Levin & Perconti as an associate attorney in June 2014 after working at a plaintiff's class action litigation firm.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$8.13 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $8.125 million to the estate of Althea Wright after a radiologist spent roughly 80 seconds reviewing a chest X-ray that showed a visible mass in her left lung, missing a Stage I cancer that advanced to fatal Stage III over the next 14 months.

Cook County, IL · 2020Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.11 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury found in July 2017 that Clare Oaks, a Bartlett nursing home, let an 85-year-old resident go 14 days without her prescribed Coumadin, and she suffered a stroke on March 30, 2011. She died four years later. The jury assessed $4,111,477.66 against the facility, and the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the verdict in August 2019.

Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (No. 13 L 2472, Judge Thomas V. Lyons II) · 2017Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Illinois College of Law
B.A. Economics, 2013
University of Michigan
Undergraduate, 2010

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2013
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, admitted 2018
Illinois State Bar Association
Decalogue Society
University of Illinois Chicago Program Advisory Board

Awards & recognition

Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars - Medical Malpractice (2018-2026)
Leading Lawyers Emerging Lawyer (2018-2025)
Chicago Law Bulletin 40 Attorneys Under 40 to Watch (2019)
Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Excellence Award (2019)
CALI Award for Future Excellence in Income Taxation
Dean's List - University of Illinois College of Law

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