Michael Bonamarte
VerifiedAbout Michael Bonamarte
Michael F. Bonamarte, IV is Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago. He joined the firm as an associate in August 2005, was named Partner in March 2014, and became Co-Managing Partner in October 2021. He oversees more than 60 employees and the firm's strategic planning. Mike is a leading litigator in high-profile nursing home, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and personal injury cases. He has handled birth injury cases since 2005 and served as co-lead counsel in a 2023 case that ended in a record $40 million verdict.
Notable case results
A Coles County jury awarded $40 million to a 19-year-old and her parents after finding that hospital staff at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center delayed calling a physician during a placental abruption, causing preventable birth injuries including cerebral palsy.
A Cook County jury awarded $8.125 million to the estate of Althea Wright after a radiologist spent roughly 80 seconds reviewing a chest X-ray that showed a visible mass in her left lung, missing a Stage I cancer that advanced to fatal Stage III over the next 14 months.
Birth injury verdict (co-lead counsel, 2023)
Birth injury settlement
Total recovery — birth injury
HIE/cerebral palsy settlement
Medical malpractice verdict
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
