Steven M. Levin

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Summary

Steven M. Levin is the co-founder and senior partner of Levin & Perconti, and a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of litigation experience and success. In 1992, he and John Perconti founded Levin & Perconti, which has since grown into a twenty-lawyer plaintiff personal injury firm with more than 135 years of combined trial experience. Steve has obtained an extraordinary number of multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in a tremendous variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including birth injury, failure to timely diagnose cancer and workplace negligence. His most recent victories include a $7 million judgment for his client against a doctor who failed to diagnose postpartum bleeding, and a $6.7 million medical malpractice verdict against a hospital involving a birth injury case.

Steve has appeared on ABC, NBC and CBS news programs for cases which have attracted both local and national attention. Over the past eighteen years, Steve has established a reputation as one of the country's top litigators in the highly-specialized area of nursing home abuse and neglect. He has represented hundreds of nursing home residents and their families who have been victimized by improper care and treatment, achieving landmark victories and record-setting verdicts and settlements for his clients in these cases. More importantly, Steve's vigilance in representing such victims has brought national attention to this rampant and unacceptable problem, sending a message that mistreatment of one of society's most vulnerable groups will not go unnoticed.

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law: J.D. | Law; 1976; Honors: cum laudeLead Article Editor, Loyola University School of Law ReviewThomas Owens Award recipient (for highest grade point average)

University of Wisconsin-Madison: B.A.; 1973; Honors: cum laude

Professional Experience

Founder and Senior Partner: Levin & Perconti; 1992 - Current

Publications

Articles & Publications

Advising Elder Clients and Their Families - Chapter 7 - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions Under the Nursing Home Care Act: Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2008 Handbook; 2008

Plaintiff's Perspectives: IICLE Long Term Care Litigation; 2008

Litigating Nursing Home Malpractice: GP Solo Magazine; August, 2008

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions in the Elderly Population: The Advocacy & Litigation SIG Advocate: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.; April, 2008

Handling Witnesses: Deposing the Medical Director, Director of Nursing, Attending Physician, Nursing Home Administrator and Nursing Staff: Nursing Home Litigation: Pre-Trial Practice and Trials; 2001

Screening the Nursing Home Case: Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation; 2001

Litigating Nursing Home Wandering Cases: Elder's Advisor: The Journal of Elder Law and Post-Retirement Planning; September, 2000

First Things First: Evaluating a Nursing Home Case: Illinois State Bar Journal; July, 2000

Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Residents Through Litigation: Illinois State Bar Journal; January, 1996

Nursing Homes and Life Care Communities: IICLE, Advising Elderloy Clients and Their Families; 1991

A Question of Responsibility: Part Two - An Attorney's View of the Insanity Defense: Loyola Magazine; 1982

Libel and Slander - A State is Precluded from Imposing Liability Without Fault or Presumed or Punitive Damages in teh Absence of New York Times Malice - Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.: Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal; 1975

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Speaking Engagements

Structuring the Deposition of a Difficult Witness: March 30, 2017; American Association for Justice, Nursing Home Depositions College

Deposing Nursing Home Staff and Corporate Representatives in Nursing Home Injury Cases: April 20, 2017; Strafford Nursing Home Depos Webinar, CLE Webinar

Ex Parte Communication with Current and Former Employees of Defendant: May 5, 2017; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)

Elder Law Practice in the Circuit Court of Cook County , Nursing Home Litigation for the Elder Law Practitioner , Chicago, IL: March 23, 2012

Pretrial Preparation in Civil Practice , Deposing Adverse Parties and Expert Witnesses , Chicago, IL: March 23, 2012

Personal injury in nursing homes and assisted living facilities , Chicago, IL: April 2, 2012; The John Marshall Law School

Winning Your Case Through Depositions , Advanced Nursing Home Litigation Seminar , Atlantic City, NJ: April 26, 2012; New Jersey Association for Justice

Nursing Home College: Depositions , Washington, D.C.: May 10, 2012; American Association for Justice

Research Strategies for Expert Depositions and Trial Preparation in Nursing Home Cases , AAJ 2012 Annual Convention , Chicago, IL: July 30, 2012; American Association for Justice

Voir Dire: Legal & Strategic Issues , Lunchtime Seminar Series , Chicago, IL: December 17, 2012; Circuit Court of Cook County

Advanced Evidentiary Issues at Trial , Chicago, IL: January 25, 2013; IICLE

Litigating Nursing Home Cases Seminar: From Case Selection to Trial , Boston, MA: May 9, 2013; American Association for Justice

Wound Care and the Law: Liability and Other Issues for the Practicing Wound Care Clinician , ACWHTR Annual Meeting , Chicago, IL: December 6, 2013; The American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

Taking Doctors to Task: The Ethics of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits , National Jewish Retreat , Chicago, IL: August 6, 2014; The National Conference of Jewish Lawyers

Plaintiff and Defense Points of View on Recent Wound Care Topics , ACWHTR Annual Meeting , Chicago, IL: December 5, 2014; The American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

Liability Insurance Issues – Ethical, Practical and Strategic Challenges - See more at: http://www.iicle.com/nursing-homeassisted-living-litigation-6#sthash.co42e2yu.dpuf , Nursing Home & Assisted Living Facility Litigation Seminar , Chicago, IL: February 6, 2015; Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education

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Awards

Illinois Top 100 Attorneys: Chicago Lawyer Magazine; 2015

Trial Lawyer Excellence: Legal bulletin publishing company; 2012

Illinois Super Lawyer: Super Lawyers; 2005; 2005-2017

The Best Lawyers in America: The Best Lawyers in America® International; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2013, 2014, 2015

"AV" Rating: Martindale-Hubbell; The "AV" rating from the Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory indicates preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards.