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About Gina DeBoni
With a background in social work and the influence of a grandfather and uncle who were passionate lawyers, Gina Arquilla DeBoni naturally gravitated towards a career in law where she could put her strong people skills and passion for helping others to good use. After law school, Gina established a successful personal injury law firm with another partner. She left the practice after six years to join the prominent firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC in June 2010 as its managing attorney. In February of 2019, she was named Managing Partner of the firm. As one of the few female managing partners in Illinois, Gina is responsible for overall operations management of the firm.
She also plays a critical role in advocating for the firm's clients who have suffered from traumatic personal injury, medical malpractice, police misconduct, hazing, sex trafficking, products and premises liability, nursing home negligence, business interruption, mass shootings and construction injury cases. She has contributed her leadership to the mass shooting cases for Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade, Las Vegas MGM Grand in Nevada and Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida. Recently, she led the team handling cases from Arlington Heights, Illinois, where concerns about the administration of medicine at an elementary school have resulted in criminal charges against a school nurse and a civil investigation by Romanucci & Blandin into the knowledge and conduct of the nurse and the administration of School District 25. Whether it's in the office, courtroom or beyond, Gina is passionate about advocating for her clients and ensuring that real, institutional policy change can come from the firm's cases.
In September of 2017, Gina advocated on Capitol Hill with a client who testified before the Senate in support of an amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Furthermore, Gina served as an expert on panels for the film I am Jane Doe and, alongside Cindy McCain, in public service announcements aimed at amending Section 230. On April 11, 2018, Gina was invited to the White House with her client, who stood next to the President in the Oval Office, to witness the monumental signing of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex-Trafficking Act. Gina's work has landed her in several publications both nationally and internationally, including the front page of the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and The Times in London.
Gina was chosen for the 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain's Chicago Business. In 2023, Gina received a number of accolades, including Women In Law: Leaders Leaning In honoree by Chicago Lawyer, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin's Top Women in Law, Top Women Lawyers - Chicago Metro Area - Leading Lawyers and Top Leading Women Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Further, Gina's commitment to civic engagement and the community is reflected in her successful pursuit of public office. In 2021, Gina was elected as a Village of Glenview, Illinois, Trustee, where she works alongside the board, focusing on core services, fiscal stewardship, community safety, sustainability and enhancing communication with residents.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Romanucci & Blandin
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A federal jury awarded $98.65 million to the family and estate of Botham Jean after finding that former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights when she entered his apartment and shot him in 2018.
A class of more than 1.2 million Chicago motorists received a $38.75 million settlement after plaintiffs proved the city collected red light and speed camera fines without giving drivers the second violation notice they were owed under the city's own municipal code.
Romanucci and Blandin recovered $30 million for a family whose infant son suffered permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy after a pediatric surgeon at Rush University Medical Center performed 25 experimental surgeries, severing the child's pulmonary artery during the final operation.
A Cook County jury awarded $28.7 million to the family of Jennifer Arrington-Cutaia, a 44-year-old Franklin Park woman who died after Gottlieb Memorial Hospital discharged her with a severely elevated white blood cell count and other abnormal lab values despite active Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
Ben Crump, with co-counsel Antonio Romanucci and L. Chris Stewart, negotiated a $27 million settlement between the family of George Floyd and the City of Minneapolis, announced by the family's lawyers as the largest pretrial settlement of a civil rights wrongful-death claim in American history. The city council approved the payment unanimously in March 2021, while jury selection in Derek Chauvin's murder trial was underway blocks away.
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