Plaintiff Attorney Achievement Awards
Christopher M. Norem Christopher M. Norem is a highly accomplished personal injury attorney with an impressive track record of securing over $350 million in settlements and ver- dicts. He specializes in handling complex cases stemming from transportation accidents, construction site mishaps, medical malpractice, hazardous property conditions, product defects, and more. As a dedicated legal professional, he is a member of several prominent organizations, including the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, American Association for Justice, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, to name a few. Norem’s notable accomplishments include securing substantial jury verdicts, such as $18.6 million in a wrongful death/trucking case against C.H. Robinson Worldwide and $12.95 million in a case involving derailment burns and death against Canadian National Railway. With a background in biology and chemistry, he fearlessly challenges medical experts to establish the seriousness and cau-
sation of injuries in personal injury lawsuits. Norem’s legal work has even prompted policy changes in the national rail system and acted as a deterrent against negligence. His commitment to serving and supporting his clients extends well beyond the courtroom, earning him a reputation for forming lasting relationships with the injured and bereaved individuals he represents.
The Law Offices of Parente & Norem, P.C. , is a high end Chicago plaintiff’s personal injury firm with thirty years of established success in fighting for the rights of the injured. Parente & Norem serves the Greater Chicago area with a concentration in personal injury, construction site injuries, wrongful death claims resulting from auto accidents and transportation negligence, railroad injuries, FELA, work-related occurrences, and trucking accidents.
John J. Perconti John J. Perconti is a nationally recognized attorney and leading medical mal- practice expert, with extensive experience in federal and state courts. John’s ex- cellent record of success representing clients in injury, elder abuse and wrongful death cases can be attributed to both his acclaimed skill as a lawyer and to his acute understanding of family loss. Initially interested in medicine, John spent two summers as a Page in the U.S. House of Representatives and two more as a tour guide of the U.S. Capitol. It was there he discovered his love for the law. He changed his major at the Uni- versity of Illinois from pre-med to pre-law and continued to John Marshall Law School for his law degree. John still found a way to put his interest in medicine to good use. His in-depth knowledge of complex medical issues has allowed him to achieve record-setting multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. In 1992, he merged his practice with Steven Levin, establishing Levin & Perconti. Today, the firm has obtained over a billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for their clients.
Levin & Perconti is a nationally renowned law firm committed to protecting and vindicating the rights of people who have been injured due to systemic flaws and corporations choosing profits over people. The firm concentrates on all types of serious injury, medical malpractice, birth injury, nursing home, and wrongful death litigation, with the goal to achieve the best possible results for each of our clients. Since 1992, our personal injury team has recovered more than a billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for our clients, including a number of record results.
JURY VERDICT REPORTER • 2024 ANNUAL TRIAL LAWYER EXCELLENCE AWARDS 51
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