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About Paul Richter

Paul D. Richter has nearly 20 years of experience as a trial attorney concentrating on personal injury, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, aviation accidents, truck accidents, construction accidents, and product liability. He is licensed in Illinois, Iowa, and Florida. Richter has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 11 consecutive years and has obtained more than $15 million in recoveries for nursing home abuse clients alone. His significant results include a $9.8 million verdict for a medical student injured during an osteopathic treatment

  • a $7.1 million verdict arising from the Comair Flight 5191 commercial jet crash in Lexington, Kentucky
  • a $6.9 million settlement for a semi-truck crash in Wisconsin
  • a $5.5 million settlement for a two-year-old with a severe brain injury caused by medical malpractice
  • and a $2.9 million settlement for an infant death from medical malpractice

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Iowa
State Bar of Florida

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Chicago firms

Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices
$110 million · American Eagle Flight 4184: $110 Million Crash Settlement and a Courtroom Apology
Corboy & Demetrio
Corboy & Demetrio
$75 million · John Hancock Center Scaffold Collapse: $75 Million Settlement for the Killed and Injured
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
$363 million · Sterigenics Verdict: $363 Million for a Willowbrook Cancer Survivor
Power Rogers LLP
Power Rogers LLP
$100 million · Willis Family Wrongful Death Settlement: $100 Million After Six Children Killed in I-94 Truck Crash
Romanucci & Blandin
Romanucci & Blandin
$98.65 million · $98.65 Million Verdict for Family of Botham Jean, Shot in His Own Apartment by Off-Duty Dallas Officer