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Michael Bonamarte

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Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti

Chicago, IL20 years experienceAdmitted 2005

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

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About Michael Bonamarte

Michael F. Bonamarte, IV is Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago. He joined the firm as an associate in August 2005, was named Partner in March 2014, and became Co-Managing Partner in October 2021. He oversees more than 60 employees and the firm's strategic planning. Mike is a leading litigator in high-profile nursing home, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and personal injury cases. He has handled birth injury cases since 2005 and served as co-lead counsel in a 2023 case that ended in a record $40 million verdict.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$40 millionVerdict

A Coles County jury awarded $40 million to a 19-year-old and her parents after finding that hospital staff at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center delayed calling a physician during a placental abruption, causing preventable birth injuries including cerebral palsy.

Coles County, IL · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

$8.125 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 →

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Practice areas

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

Education

John Marshall Law School, Chicago

J.D., 2005

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Undergraduate, 2001

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2005

State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, admitted 2006

Chicago Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

American Association for Justice

Justinian Society of Lawyers (Past President 2017-2018)

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America — Medical Malpractice/Personal Injury Plaintiffs (2023-2026)

Illinois Super Lawyers — Medical Malpractice (2020-2025); Top 100 in Illinois (2024)

Leading Lawyers (2017-2023)

Crain's 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders

Crain's Chicago Business — Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys

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