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Steven Levin

Founding Partner

  • 49 yrs experience
  • Bar admitted 1976
  • Chicago, IL
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Bar admissions
  • Illinois State Bar
    1976
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    1976
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
    1976
Education
J.D., cum laude
Loyola University Chicago School of Law1976
Undergraduate
University of Wisconsin-Madison1973
Awards and recognition
  1. 01Best Lawyers in America — Medical Malpractice & Personal Injury (2013-2026)
  2. 02Illinois Super Lawyers — Medical Malpractice & Top 100 (2005-2025)
  3. 03Leading Lawyers (2003-2025)
  4. 04Litigation Counsel of America Fellow
  5. 05Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  6. 06Crain's Chicago Business — Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys
Memberships
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice (AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group)
  • American Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
  • The Decalogue Society of Lawyers (Lifetime Board Member)
  • National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (Leadership Council)
Publications
  • 'Listen, Validate, Flip' (Trial magazine, August 2020)
  • Articles on nursing home litigation strategy and elder law
  • Illinois Nursing Home Care Act commentary

Background

Steven M. Levin is the Founder and Senior Partner of Levin & Perconti in Chicago. Practicing since 1976, he is a pioneer in nursing home abuse and neglect litigation and one of the first attorneys in the country to prosecute these types of cases. He co-founded the firm in 1992 with John Perconti and his sister Susan Novosad. The firm has recovered nearly $1 billion in settlements and verdicts. Steve is nationally recognized for his work on behalf of victims of medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, and birth injuries. He has lectured at more than 40 seminars nationally on nursing home litigation, trial techniques, deposition strategies, and elder abuse cases.

Notable cases

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    $40M birth injury verdict (record for Coles County)

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    $29M birth injury settlement

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    $27M verdict — hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

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    $18M birth injury settlement

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    $17.7M brain injury settlement

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    $4.1M nursing home negligence verdict (record under Illinois Nursing Home Care Act)

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