Patrick Salvi
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Patrick A. Salvi concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and mass torts. Mr. Salvi has achieved record-breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients throughout the state, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Illinois record-high $148 million jury verdict and a Lake County record $33 million jury verdict.
In 1982, Mr. Salvi founded the law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. (originally the law offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He is the sole owner and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. Today, the firm has 20 lawyers and is supported by more than 35 staff members in Chicago and Waukegan offices, including paralegals, nursing consultants, IT professionals, and administrative assistants. Mr. Salvi and his law firm have obtained more than $2.3 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury clients, including more than 350 multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Free Consultation
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- 7th Circuit
- English: Spoken, Written
- Managing Equity Partner
- Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
- - Current
- U of Notre Dame
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- (1975)
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- Distinguished Award for Excellence
- Illinois Bar Foundation
- Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- In 2021, Mr. Salvi became the 26th individual to be presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors a trial lawyer who has devoted their life and legal practice to the work ethic and high professional standards of the award’s name bearer.
- Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
- Law360
- In 2021, Mr. Salvi was one of only eleven attorneys throughout the country to be named to Law360’s “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” list.
- Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List
- Illinois Super Lawyers
- Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago
- Best Lawyers
- In 2017, Best Lawyers® named Mr. Salvi the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago.
- Wisconsin State Bar  # 1001932
- Member
- Current
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Former President, Member
- Current
- Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council
- Former Chairman, Member
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- Activities: Mr. Salvi is a former Chairman (2011-2023) and current member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council and is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Notre Dame Law School.
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
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- The Plaintiff’s Perspective in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Risk Managers’ Meeting, Normal, Ill.
- Strategy and Tactics of how to take a deposition of a defendant in a Medical Malpractice case, Chicago
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Closing Argument and Rebuttal in a Medical Malpractice Case, Medical Malpractice Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Chicago
- Presenting Plaintiff’s Experts for Deposition and Trial and Panel Discussion, Medical Malpractice Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Chicago
- Voir Dire, Medical Malpractice Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Chicago