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About Patrick Salvi Sr.

Patrick A. Salvi Sr. is the Founder and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., which he established in 1982 (originally as the Law Offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He concentrates his practice on serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and mass tort cases. Over his career, he and his firm have obtained more than $3.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including more than 400 multi-million dollar results. He is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served as Chairman of the Character and Fitness, 2nd District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar (2010-2012). Salvi has been named to Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Product Liability every year since 2005, and was inducted into the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame in 2021.

Practice areas

Education

University of Notre Dame Law School
J.D., 1978
St. Mary's University of Minnesota
Undergraduate, 1975

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Wisconsin
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
State Bar of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, 2001)
American Association for Justice Leaders Forum
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (former President)

Awards & recognition

Illinois Bar Foundation Distinguished Award for Excellence (2023)
Best Lawyers in America (2005–present)
Super Lawyers Top 10 Illinois (2014–present)
Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame (2021)
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, St. Mary's University of Minnesota (1999)
B.A. cum laude, St. Mary's University of Minnesota

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