Lawyers and Law Firms in Chicago

120 attorneys and law firms in Chicago are listed on this page. The practice mix here is unusual: alongside personal injury, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse are both strongly represented, which follows from the number of hospitals and long-term care facilities in the metropolitan area.

Larger civil claims are heard in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County at the Daley Center, with federal matters going to the Northern District of Illinois.

Illinois requires a malpractice complaint to be accompanied by a written report from a qualified health professional, and gives nursing home residents statutory rights with fee-shifting under the Nursing Home Care Act. The state applies modified comparative negligence with a 50 percent bar. Cook County's civil docket is among the busiest in the country, so ask about realistic timelines as well as fees.