Experienced Trial Lawyer
Dominic C. LoVerde
Mr. LoVerde is a trial lawyer representing families in areas ranging from personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, product liability, premises liability, and catastrophic injury, as well as complex commercial litigation matters. He has a relentless work ethic, and a successful track record for achieving record-breaking results for his clients in cases involving construction injuries, dangerous products, auto and truck collisions, medical malpractice, corporate and financial fraud, and unsafe property conditions. He is selective with his clients and cases to ensure meticulous attention to detail, always prepared and never outworked.
Mr. LoVerde's integrity and work ethic has enabled him to successfully obtain numerous verdicts and settlements for personal injury victims throughout the country, and he is reported to be one of the youngest attorneys in Illinois to serve as lead trial counsel to obtain a multi-million dollar verdict. For example, Mr. LoVerde helped recover a $50 million settlement, $20.8 million trucking and aiding and abetting settlement, $10.45 million verdict for medical negligence, $3.03 million verdict for pharmaceutical negligence, $7.5 million trucking settlement, $2.6 million trucking settlement, $1.35 million medical negligence settlement, and $1 million trucking settlement. In addition, he helped secure a $108 million settlement against a corporation for securities fraud violations, a $29.5 million settlement against a company for antitrust violations, and a $150,000 jury verdict for a client who was injured by unsafe property conditions. Several of his results are among the Top 10 and Top 20 verdicts and settlements in Illinois, and also a Top 50 settlement in the United States.
Professional Associations & Memberships
Mr. LoVerde has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work. He has been recognized by his peers as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyer; U.S. News Best Lawyers One To Watch; National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 civil plaintiff trial lawyers; Super Lawyers Rising Star; and an Illinois Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers. In 2021, he received the “Above & Beyond” award from the American Association for Justice for his continued efforts of service to the organization and to protecting to Seventh Amendment. In 2022, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association for his continued efforts and to protecting those who are injured. In 2024, he was selected to join the Melvin Belli Society, an invitation-only national organization of plaintiff trial lawyers dedicated to the principles of trial advocacy and education on an international basis.
He has a robust pro bono practice representing victims of civil rights claims through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. He also serves as a Board Member for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, and Lawyers Lend-A-Hand, an organization that uses the legal community’s resources to assist and support disadvantaged youth in disadvantaged Chicago communities. Mr. LoVerde has presented and published numerous articles for bar association journals and legal publications regarding personal injury, complex litigation, and trial techniques.
Mr. LoVerde is a 4th generation Chicagoan, born and raised on Chicago’s south side. He takes great pride in holding wrongful conduct accountable to balance the scales of justice to create a safer and more just society. He is a tenacious advocate with extensive experience in trials and navigating the courtroom on high stakes cases. He is also a fourth generation member of the Laborers union, and has extensive experience representing injured workers and the labor community. He is uncompromising and relentless in his work ethic for every single client, fighting to recover full value and a successful result no matter the circumstances. Outside of law, Dominic is a devoted husband and father to his wife and two daughters.
In the courtroom, Dominic has helped obtain the following jury verdicts and settlements, some of which are record-breaking:
$50,000,000.00 helped secure a settlement for a client who sustained severe catastrophic electrocution injuries.
$20,858,000.00 recovery in a trucking collision and misrepresentation/aiding and abetting case.
$10,455,566.66 verdict for a client injured by medical negligence.
$8,450,000.00 confidential product liability wrongful death settlement
$7,500,000.00 recovery for a brain injury following a truck crash.
$5,000,000.00 confidential recovery against an airline.
$3,035,000.00 verdict for a client who had PTSD following a mis-filled prescription.
$2,600,000.00 recovery for two clients injured in a rear end trucking collision case.
$1,350,000.00 recovery for a client injured by medical negligence.
$1,000,000.00 recovery for a client injured in a trucking collision case.
$1,060,000.00 recovery in a products liability matter.
$1,000,000.00 settlement for a motorcyclist injured in a collision with a vehicle.
$1,000,000.00 for a client injured in a trucking collision.
$975,000.00 settlement for a client injured in a truck collision.
$620,000.00 settlement for a client who sustained injuries after falling in a major airport.
$500,000.00 settlement for a client injured in a car crash case.
$527,000.00 for a minor who trespassed but was injured by poorly trained security guards.
$230,000.00 for a client injured in a dog bite case.
$150,000.00 verdict for a client in a trip and fall case.
$1,200,000,000 for investors who were victims of securities fraud and an illegal kickback scheme.
$108,000,000 for victims of corporate and securities fraud.
*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.*
Publications
- Primer on Negligent Hiring, Supervising, and Retention Claims, October 2024 Vol. 60, No. 1, Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Trends.
- Tri-Plex Technical Services, Ltd. v. Jon-Don, LLC, et al., 2023 IL 129183, Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass’n Amicus Brief (2023)
- Fox v. Ameren, 2022 IL App (4th) 210633, Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass’n Amicus Brief (2022)
- “Gaining Trial Experience & Protecting the Seventh Amendment,” Am. Ass’n for Justice, New Lawyers Division Newsletter, Fall 2021
- McQueen v. Green, 2022 IL 126666, Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass’n Amicus Brief (2021)
- “Take Control of the Pandemic And Your Life,” Am. Ass’n for Justice, New Lawyers Division Newsletter, Spring 2021
- “Getting to the Courtroom as a Complex Litigation Associate,” Fed. Bar Ass’n, Perspectives, Spring 2019.
- “Private Litigation & Audit Quality in the 21st Century,” Am. Constitution Soc’y For Law and Policy, Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 2016
- “Recent Developments in Employment Law & Litigation,” Am. Bar Ass’n, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law J., Vol. 51, No. 2, Winter 2016.
- “Lawyer Solicitation & Ethical Considerations,” Am. Ass’n for Justice, Aviation Law Newsletter, Spring 2015 (co-author)
- “Aviation Safety Action Programs and Litigation,” Am. Ass’n for Justice, Aviation Law Newsletter, Spring 2015 (co-author)
- “Major Issues in Major Cases: Recent Aviation Disaster Cases Lexington to Malaysia,” Int’l Air & Transportation Safety Bar Ass’n, November 14, 2014 (co-author)
Presentations
- “Navigating & Starting the Case,” American Ass’n for Justice, New Lawyers Division Bootcamp, June 2, 2023.
- “AAJ New Lawyers Division Mental Health Committee Panel on Improving Well-Being Practices & Policies,” American Ass’n for Justice, April 11, 2023.
- “Onboarding the Client,” American Ass’n for Justice, New Lawyers Division Bootcamp, May 24, 2022.
- “Civility in the Courtroom,” Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Ethics Seminar, April 8, 2022.
- “Pharmacy’s Negligent Refill Causes PTSD Resulting in $3.03 Million Verdict,” Trial Lawyers University, February 26, 2021.