Patrick Salvi Sr.
Founding Partner
- 47 yrs experience
- Chicago, IL

- Illinois
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- J.D.
- University of Notre Dame Law School1978
- Undergraduate
- St. Mary's University of Minnesota1975
- 01Illinois Bar Foundation Distinguished Award for Excellence (2023)
- 02Best Lawyers in America (2005–present)
- 03Super Lawyers Top 10 Illinois (2014–present)
- 04Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame (2021)
- 05Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, St. Mary's University of Minnesota (1999)
- 06B.A. cum laude, St. Mary's University of Minnesota
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow, 2001)
- American Association for Justice Leaders Forum
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (former President)
Background
Patrick A. Salvi Sr. is the Founder and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., which he established in 1982 (originally as the Law Offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He concentrates his practice on serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and mass tort cases. Over his career, he and his firm have obtained more than $3.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including more than 400 multi-million dollar results. He is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served as Chairman of the Character and Fitness, 2nd District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar (2010–2012). Salvi has been named to Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Product Liability every year since 2005, and was inducted into the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame in 2021.
Notable cases
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$148.2M personal injury verdict — Illinois record (2018)
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Over 400 multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements
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Firm-wide $3.5B+ in verdicts and settlements
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