About Marisa Gelabert

Marisa A. Gelabert is an Associate Attorney at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., concentrating her practice on personal injury, medical negligence, and wrongful death cases. She was promoted to associate in 2024 after serving as a law clerk at the firm since 2022, where she assisted on high-profile cases including a $75.8 million birth injury jury verdict and the hazing lawsuits filed by former Northwestern University athletes. She is a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.

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A Cook County jury found Sterigenics and its corporate owners liable for Sue Kamuda's breast cancer from ethylene oxide emissions and awarded $363 million, then the largest individual-plaintiff verdict in Illinois history.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2022Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Eric Johnson, a 64-year-old Missouri courier, lost consciousness and later died after carbon dioxide from dry ice-packed strawberries filled his subcompact car in 2016. His widow sued Prairie Farms Dairy for failing to warn or train him. A Madison County jury awarded $49.5 million in compensatory and $191.5 million in punitive damages in February 2026. Prairie Farms later settled with the family after the verdict.

Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois (Edwardsville) · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Cook County jury awarded Tierney Darden $148 million after a 750-pound pedestrian shelter toppled onto her at O'Hare and severed her spine, a record the city later settled for $115 million.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$79.85 millionVerdictTop 20 in Illinois · #11

A Cook County jury awarded $79.85 million to the family of a 10-year-old girl killed when an unauthorized Chicago police pursuit ended in a multi-car crash, a verdict the parties later resolved for $62.5 million.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$75.8 millionVerdictTop 20 in Illinois · #12

A Cook County jury awarded $75,859,000 to a baby girl left with permanent brain damage and physical injuries after doctors needlessly turned her during a twin delivery at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law
B.A. in Psychology, 2024
DePaul University
Undergraduate, 2020

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2024
American Association for Justice
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Chicago Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers 'Ones to Watch' (2026)
Super Lawyers 'Rising Stars' (2026)
CALI Awards: Highest grade in Evidence, Trial Advocacy 1, and Pre-trial Litigation
Best Brief, 2023 Civil Rights & Liberties Moot Court Competition
Moot Court Honor Society member

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$80 Million Default Judgment Against Iran for Iraq Roadside Bomb That Killed a Soldier and Injured His Platoon Leader
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$110 million · American Eagle Flight 4184: $110 Million Crash Settlement and a Courtroom Apology
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$100 million · Willis Family Wrongful Death Settlement: $100 Million After Six Children Killed in I-94 Truck Crash
Romanucci & Blandin
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$98.65 Million Verdict for Family of Botham Jean, Shot in His Own Apartment by Off-Duty Dallas Officer
Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates
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$64 Million Verdict for Ironworker Left Quadriplegic After 15-Foot Fall at Panduit Warehouse

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