Heidi Wickstrom

Partner

18 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 2008
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Chicago, IL

Bar admissions

New York
2008
Illinois
2018
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
2008
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
2010
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
2018

Education

J.D.: Syracuse University College of Law2007
Undergraduate: University of Michigan2003

Awards and recognition

01Law Bulletin Media Top Women in Law (2025)
02Super Lawyers Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Illinois (2026)
03Illinois Super Lawyers (2022-present)
04Leading Lawyers (2023-present)
05Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (2022-present)

Memberships

American Association for Justice (Board of Governors, elected 2020)
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Managers)
Illinois State Bar Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers

Publications

Featured author/contributor in Trial Magazine

Background

Heidi L. Wickstrom is a Partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in Chicago, focusing on catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and mass torts. She joined the firm in 2018 and was promoted to Partner in 2023. Prior to that, she was an associate at a prominent New York litigation firm, assisting partners with multi-million-dollar recoveries including a $15.7 million verdict against Consolidated Edison of New York and verdicts of $10 million and $5.4 million against the New York City Transit Authority. She has recovered more than $425 million for clients at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, including a record-breaking $20 million settlement with the Chicago Transit Authority. She was elected to the American Association for Justice Board of Governors in 2020.

Notable cases

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$75.8M birth injury verdict
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$52.1M wrongful death verdict
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$20M settlement with Chicago Transit Authority (record)
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$15.7M verdict vs. Consolidated Edison of New York (prior firm)

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