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About Kelly Sabo Gaden

Kelly Sabo Gaden is a Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago with nearly 20 years of experience handling personal injury cases. She has secured over $150 million in verdicts and settlements for clients in long-term care abuse, medical malpractice, birth injury, trucking, auto accident, and CILA matters. Notable results include a $5 million settlement for a spinal cord injury with delayed diagnosis, a $3 million medical malpractice settlement, and a record-setting $1.011 million verdict in a nursing home hip-fracture case.

Practice areas

Education

Capital University Law School
B.A., 2007
Augustana College
Undergraduate, 2004

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
State Bar of United States Supreme Court
American Association for Justice (Executive Committee)
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers)
Women's Bar Association of Illinois (Second Vice President, 2025)

Awards & recognition

Illinois Super Lawyers - Medical Malpractice (2023-2025)
Chicago Lawyer Magazine: Women Leaders in Illinois (2024)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Chicago firms

Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices
$110 million · American Eagle Flight 4184: $110 Million Crash Settlement and a Courtroom Apology
Corboy & Demetrio
Corboy & Demetrio
$75 million · John Hancock Center Scaffold Collapse: $75 Million Settlement for the Killed and Injured
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
$363 million · Sterigenics Verdict: $363 Million for a Willowbrook Cancer Survivor
Power Rogers LLP
Power Rogers LLP
$100 million · Willis Family Wrongful Death Settlement: $100 Million After Six Children Killed in I-94 Truck Crash
Romanucci & Blandin
Romanucci & Blandin
$98.65 million · $98.65 Million Verdict for Family of Botham Jean, Shot in His Own Apartment by Off-Duty Dallas Officer