Patrick A. Salvi

Patrick A. Salvi


Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC

Recognized since 2005

Chicago, Illinois

Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
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Patrick A. Salvi concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and mass torts. Mr. Salvi has achieved record-breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients throughout the state, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Illinois record-high $148 million jury verdict and a Lake County record $33 million jury verdict.

In 1982, Mr. Salvi founded the law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. (originally the law offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He is the sole owner and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. Today, the firm has 20 lawyers and is supported by more than 35 staff members in Chicago and Waukegan offices, including paralegals, nursing consultants, IT professionals, and administrative assistants. Mr. Salvi and his law firm have obtained more than $2 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury clients, including more than 330 multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.

Mr. Salvi is a nationally recognized attorney who has been listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005. In 2023, Mr. Salvi was honored with the Illinois Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Award for Excellence, which recognizes an individual who has made remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout their career. In 2021, Mr. Salvi became the 26th individual to be presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors a trial lawyer who has devoted their life and legal practice to the work ethic and high professional standards of the award’s name bearer.

In 2021, Mr. Salvi was one of only eleven attorneys throughout the country to be named to Law360’s “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” list. In 2017, Best Lawyers® named him the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago. He received The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Publishing Company awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence in 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2022.

Additionally, Mr. Salvi’s peers have selected him to the Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List every year since 2014 (out of 96,000 Illinois lawyers and all categories of law). Leading Lawyers Magazine (Law Bulletin Media) has named Mr. Salvi to three Top Ten Lists every year since 2016:

  • “Top 10 Leading Lawyers in Illinois in All Areas of Law”
  • “Top 10 Leading Consumer Lawyers in Illinois”
  • “Top 10 Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Lawyers in Illinois.”

In 2015, Mr. Salvi was selected to the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board. He has been selected for The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America every year since 2017, and in 2021, he was inducted into the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. Additional honors include:

  • Named to the prestigious “Top 100” by the National Trial Lawyers
  • Highest rating for “Legal Ability and General Recommendation” and listing in the “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers” (Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory)
  • “The Leading American Attorneys of Illinois” (The Consumer Law Guidebook)

In 2001, Mr. Salvi was invited to become a fellow in the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 2013, He was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. Mr. Salvi is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served a three-year term (2010-2012) as Chairman on the Character and Fitness, 2nd District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar. Additionally, Mr. Salvi is Chairman of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council and is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Notre Dame Law School. He currently serves on the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 161 North Clark Street, Suite 4700
    Chicago, IL 60601
Education
  • University of Notre Dame, J.D., graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association
  • Florida, The Florida Bar
  • Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin
Affiliations
  • American Association for Justice - Various Titles
  • American Association of Independent Baseball - Director
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Catholic Lawyers Guild 2010 - Board of Directors
  • Chicago Bar Association - Member
  • Economic Club of Chicago - Member
  • Illinois State Bar Association - Tort Law Section Counsel 1990-92
  • Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases - Committee Member
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers - Various Titles
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association - Various Titles
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers 2002 - Fellow Member
  • Lake County Bar Association - Various Titles
  • Lake County Bar Foundation 2007, 2010, 2011 - Board of Trustees
  • Lake Forest Bank & Trust - Board of Directors 2005-09
  • Member of The Committee on Character and Fitness, Second District - Member
  • Methodist Hospital Foundation - Board Member
  • Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota - Board of Trustees; 2007 & 2010 - Board Member
  • State Bar of Wisconsin - Member
  • State of Illinois Supreme Court; 2003-2010 - Chairman
  • The Florida Bar/Trial Lawyers Section - Member
  • The Society of Trial Lawyers - Club Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (1985)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1993)
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Federal Trial Bar (1978)

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Chicago (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Special Focus:
  • Aviation Collision
  • Birth Trauma
  • Brain Injury
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Medical Negligence
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
Awards:
  • “The Leading American Attorneys of Illinois” (The Consumer Law Guidebook)

  • Highest rating for “Legal Ability and General Recommendation” and listing in the “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers” (Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory)

  • “Top 100” by the National Trial Lawyers

  • Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame - 2021

  • The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2017-Present)

  • Leading Lawyers Advisory Board - 2015

  • Named to three Leading Lawyers Magazine (Law Bulletin Media) Top Ten Lists every year since 2016:

    • “Top 10 Leading Lawyers in Illinois in All Areas of Law”
    • “Top 10 Leading Consumer Lawyers in Illinois”
    • “Top 10 Personal Injury Plaintiff’s Lawyers in Illinois.”
  • Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List (2014-Present)

  • Law360’s “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” list - 2021

  • 26th individual to be presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021

  • 2023 Illinois Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Award for Excellence

  • Best Lawyers in America” since 2005

  • President's Award; Lake County Bar Association - November, 1998
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award; St. Mary's University - June, 2005
  • Liberty Bell Award; 19th Judicial Circuit Court; Lake County, IL - April, 2007
  • Trial Lawyer Excellence, Jury Verdict Reporter & Law Bulletin - 2011, 2012, 2018, 2022
  • Best Lawyers 2017 Plaintiff's Personal Injury 'Lawyer of the Year' in Chicago
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Medical Malpractice Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation

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