Jaclyn Kurth

Associate

5 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 2020
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Chicago, IL

Bar admissions

Illinois
2020
Wisconsin
2024

Education

J.D., magna cum laude: UIC John Marshall Law School2020
Undergraduate: Carroll University2017

Awards and recognition

01Best Lawyers 'Ones to Watch' (2024-present)
02Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2023-2025)
03Gordon Folsom English Award (Carroll University, 2017)

Memberships

Lake County Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Cook County Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
McHenry County Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Moot Court Honors Council (law school)
The John Marshall Law Review — Staff Editor (law school)

Publications

'Sufficiently in Conflict: The Reservation of Illinois Rule of Evidence 407,' The John Marshall Law Review (2020)

Background

Jaclyn J. Kurth is an Associate Attorney at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., concentrating her practice on catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home negligence cases. She joined the firm as a law clerk and worked there for three years before being named an associate in 2021. During law school she served on the Moot Court Honors Council and as a Staff Editor for The John Marshall Law Review. As part of trial teams she has helped recover more than $125 million for clients, including a $3 million wrongful death verdict in rural Illinois, a $4.5 million record-setting settlement in Walworth County, Wisconsin, and a $13 million birth injury/cerebral palsy settlement.

Notable cases

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$13 million birth injury settlement (cerebral palsy)
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$4.5 million Walworth County, WI school bus collision settlement
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$3 million wrongful death verdict (rural Illinois)
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$1.8 million premises liability — first trial verdict

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