Sarah King

Sarah F. King is an established medical malpractice lawyer in Illinois. She works tirelessly to investigate and prepare complex medical malpractice cases to achieve justice for those who have been harmed by medical negligence. She works with dedication and tenacity to get to the bottom of what happened and what proper practices should have been used to prevent injuries related to medical care. It is this passion that makes her one of today's top Chicago medical malpractice lawyers. Her focus has been on medical malpractice, particularly involving mothers and babies.

Sarah has substantial trial experience as an attorney of record in many of the firm's most significant trials. She was one of the lead attorneys on the trial team that obtained a $101 million record verdict on behalf of a baby boy who was brain-damaged at birth when his external fetal monitoring strips were ignored for six hours. Experts on behalf of the plaintiff testified that he would have been born a normal baby if hospital nurses and other medical personnel had alerted doctors to the abnormality and performed a C-section. This stands as the record birth injury verdict in the state of Illinois.

In February 2024, Sarah obtained a record $6.47 million verdict in a 10-day trial in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of a 58-year-old man who suffered debilitating injuries due to a malpositioned hip implant. Sarah was also involved in a two-week trial involving the negligent prescription of Yasmin that gained international attention for a 37-year-old woman who took the medication for less than two weeks and suffered a debilitating stroke. The jury awarded a $14 million verdict in that case. Sarah went on to try a case that involved the wrongful death of a 33-year-old mother who sustained a massive hemorrhage during a c-section. Following a three-week trial, the jury returned a verdict of $15.55 million for the family.

Sarah is a staunch advocate for women's rights and women's health equality. She is a Past President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), a role in which she had the opportunity to create positive changes in the judicial and healthcare system by fostering equity and inclusion for women both inside and outside the courtroom. In addition to her leadership roles within the WBAI, Sarah is the current Chair of the Women's Bar Association Political Action Committee. She can often be found in the halls of the Illinois state capital advocating for the rights of patients, litigants, women, and children.

She is a past President and long-serving board member of Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project, which is a collaborative effort of lawyers and judges coordinating volunteer activities to help women and children in Chicago.

Sarah is committed to promoting and advancing women lawyers. To that end, Sarah co-founded the Illinois Trial Lawyer Association's Women's Caucus. She is a member of the ITLA Board of Managers and was elected Treasurer for the 2023-24 term. Sarah also serves on the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. She is the Co-Editor of the ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook.

In 2024, she was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. The Committee was created in 1971 under Rule 708 and reviews applications of those seeking Illinois law licenses.

Sarah graduated from DePaul University College of Law summa cum laude as a member of the top 5 percent of her class and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. She was a published member of the DePaul Law Review on post-death maintenance obligations and life insurance. She has authored several articles, some of which have been published in national publications such as the American Bar Association Litigation Journal. Sarah was recognized for her writing skills in law school, having received the CALI Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy II, Legal Writing III, and Commercial Paper. She completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University of Chicago where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Women's Studies.