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Madison Cogan

Proven Verdicts
Senior Counsel at Malman Law
Chicago, IL

About Madison Cogan

Madison B. Cogan is a Senior Associate Attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, who joined the firm in 2021. A native of the Chicagoland area, she focuses her practice on plaintiff representation in personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home neglect and abuse cases. Her legal career began with an externship for the Honorable Justice Terrence J. Lavin at the Illinois Appellate Court, followed by law clerk positions at plaintiffs firms in downtown Chicago. She was selected to the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$5.5 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of Sandy Brooks, an 85-year-old dialysis patient who died after a Richton Park nursing home sent him to none of his scheduled treatments, tying the largest nursing home neglect verdict in county history.

Cook County Circuit Court, IL (Richton Park) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $3 million to the family of Norma Darnell, 76, who died of pneumonia after a nurse at Alden Courts of Waterford in Aurora gave her about ten times her prescribed hydromorphone dose.

Cook County Circuit Court, IL (Aurora) · 2024Wrongful DeathRead 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

UIC John Marshall Law School
J.D., 2020
Indiana University-Bloomington
Undergraduate, 2016

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Women's Bar Association of Illinois
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

2024 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Women's Bar Association of Illinois Scholarship Recipient
Top Grade Award in Employee Benefits Litigation
Regional Champion and National Quarterfinalist, ABA Negotiation Competition

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