Tara Devine
Proven VerdictsManaging Partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Chicago, IL22 years experience
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About Tara Devine
Tara R. Devine is the Managing Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.'s Lake County office. She joined the firm in 2004 and in 2011 became its first female partner; she was promoted to Managing Partner of the Lake County office in 2018. Her practice concentrates on personal injury, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and product liability cases, and she has recovered more than $325 million for clients. She served as President of the Lake County Bar Association in 2022-2023 and continues on its Board of Directors.
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Practice areas
Education
Marquette University Law School
J.D., 2003
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate, 2000
Bar admissions & credentials
State Bar of Illinois
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
Lake County Bar Association (Board Member; President 2022–2023)
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Wisconsin State Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Women's Bar Association of Illinois
Awards & recognition
Best Lawyers 'Lawyer of the Year' — Product Liability Litigation, Plaintiffs (2024)
Illinois Super Lawyers (2022–present)
Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Illinois (2026)
Crain's Chicago Business 'Notable Women in Law' (2020–present)
Law Bulletin Media 'Top Women Lawyers' (2023)
Chicago Lawyer 'Gen X Leaders in Law' (2019)
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