Steven K. Jambois is a 1982 graduate of Chicago Kent College of Law. He was admitted to practice law in Illinois and US District Court for the Northern District that same year. He is a member of ITLA, ISBA, CBA, ATLA and ABA.

Mr. Jambois began his career as an associate with William D. Maddux & Associates. In 1990 he became a partner in the Firm of Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, specializing in personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Jambois has handled medical malpractice cases in over 20 different counties in Illinois. He is also a frequent lecturer on the subjects of medical malpractice and civil trial practice.

I have practiced exclusively in the field of plaintiff's personal injury law from 1984 to the present.

Allen Schwartz began as an associate in the firm of William D. Maddux & Associates from 1984. William D. Maddux became a Circuit Court Judge in Cook County in 1990 and Allen became an owner of Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, the successor firm to William D. Maddux & Associates at that time.

Allen Schwartz's personal highlights include successful jury verdicts in Marion County, Indiana, Cook County, DeKalb County, Will County, Winnebago County and McHenry County, Illinois. The verdicts in DeKalb County (1993) and McHenry County (2001) set records for the largest verdicts ever in those counties. The verdicts in Cook County, Will County (Joliet), Winnebago County (Rockford) and McHenry County (Woodstock) each exceeded one million dollars.

With respect to settlements, Allen Schwartz has numerous multi million dollar settlements in plantiff personal injury cases in the fields of medical negligence, auto/truck litigation, worksite injury and general negligence. Settlements and verdicts include numerous multimillion awards in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, which include a $3.25 million, $5.1 million and $9 million dollars.

Medical Malpractice
Automotive and Train Accidents
Premises Liability
Products Liablilty

Graduated 1980 from Illinois Wesleyan University with Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Obtained Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in 1983. Partner engaged in general practice of law 1983-1990 at Soffietti, Johnson, Teegen, Phillips and Schwartz, Fox Lake, Illinois. Village prosecutor for Fox Lake, Lindenhurst and Round Lake Park with approximately 20 civil and criminal jury trials. Since 1990 member of Kralovec, Jambois and Schwartz with practice concentrated in medical malpractice, automobile and train accidents, premises liability and product liability. Member of Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association, Federal Trial Bar, Federal Appellate Bar and DuPage County Bar Association.

Extensive jury trial experience since 1990, including $7.1M verdict against a fast food restaurant - breach of security, $700,000.00 product liability verdict in Federal Court involving defective ladder and several large verdicts for automobile accidents and premises liability. Significant settlements include $950K surgical malpractice, $750K misdiagnosed cauda equina syndrome, $1.2M policy limit in Kendall County, $750K pelvic fracture, $500K policy limit for victim of thrown firecracker, numerous 6 figure medical malpractice settlements and settlements of over $1,000,000.00 on reflex sympathetic dystrophy cases.

In 2008, Craig was named one of the Top 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 by Law Bulletin Publishing, Inc., the publisher of Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

Since joining the firm in 1997, Craig has consistently obtained significant jury verdicts and settlements for his clients in cases involving medical malpractice, automobile negligence and other catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. His record of success includes over $25 million in jury verdicts and over $40 million in settlements.

A sampling of Craig’s jury verdicts include: ·

· $4.8 million for wrongful death against an anesthesiologist for improper placement of an endotracheal tube during intubation;
· $12.5 million against the City of Chicago for a police shooting of a 21-year-old man;
· $8.07 million for an elderly woman left partially paralyzed after a stroke that was caused by undiagnosed and untreated hypertension;
· $1.4 million for wrongful death of an 81-year-old man in a medical malpractice case in McLean County, one of the highest such verdicts ever in that county;
· $600,000 for injuries sustained by nursing home resident following a vascular surgical procedure;
· $500,000 against a refractive surgeon for injuries following LASIK surgery

Some of Craig’s settlements include:

· $9 million for worker catastrophically injured in an industrial accident;
· $8 million for child suffering cerebral palsy due to delay in delivery;
· $7.5 million for child suffering cerebral palsy due to delay in delivery;
· $5.1 million for woman suffering catastrophic injuries following an automobile accident;
· $3 million for wrongful death of woman who received improper dialysis medications;
· $2 million for wrongful death of woman who suffered fatal heart attack while waiting to be seen in hospital Emergency Department;
· $1.8 million for man receiving an overdose of radiation for treatment of prostate cancer;
· $1.75 million for family of child who died shortly after childbirth

Craig is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers. In addition, for the past several years, he has co-authored a chapter on Jury Instructions in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Medical Malpractice Noteb

Ryan E. Yagoda joined Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz in August 2003. Ryan began his professional career in 1999 as an attorney at Ungaretti & Harris one of Chicago’s top 25 largest law firms. As a trial attorney at Ungaretti & Harris, Ryan defended a Chicago law-firm in a Federal Court legal malpractice case arising out of the law-firm’s failure to disclose experts in an $8 million personal injury trucking accident case.

He also successfully tried a case to verdict against two, Kane County doctors for failing to diagnose and treat a deep-vein thrombosis resulting in the death of a 55 year-old husband and father of two.

Ryan’s previous experience also includes drafting appellate briefs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and to the First and Second Districts of the Appellate Court of Illinois (civil and criminal). Some of his published opinions include Davis v. Loftus, 778 N.E.2d 1144 (1st Dist. 2002)(affirming the trial court’s holding that income partners are not partners under the Illinois Partnership Act; and People v. Youngerman, 800 N.E.2d 799 (1st Dist. 2003)(reversing the trial court’s denial of an independent psychiatric examination for a not guilty by reason of insanity acquittee).

Ryan has brought his diverse experience to Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz where he has obtained over $50 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients in medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury cases. In a fifteen month period between July 2008 and September 2009, Ryan obtained five jury verdicts in five different counties (Champaign, Coles, Knox, Fayette, and Will).

In September 2009, Ryan obtained a $1.5 million jury verdict in Will County for the death of a 77 year old woman who died following a laporascopic hernia repair surgery. The case involved a surgeon’s failure to timely recognize and treat a small bowel perforation that occurred during surgery.

Also in September 2009, Ryan secured a $3.25 million settlement against the City of Chicago for injuries sustained by a man after he was injured when his motorcycle crashed as a result of a large pothole on a City street.

In June 2009, Ryan obtained a record verdict in Fayette County on behalf of the family of a 77 year old woman who died from a subdural hematoma that was misdiagnosed after she fell on her driveway. The verdict was the highest medical malpractice verdict in Fayette County.

In April 2009, Ryan obtained a $500,000 verdict on behalf of a 32 year old veterinarian after her orthopedic surgeon improperly repaired a distal radius fracture of her left arm resulting in the potential need for a future wrist fusion. This was the first plaintiff’s medical malpractice verdict in Knox County since 1991.

In December 2008, Ryan secured a $3 million settlement against a Champaign Hospital. The case involved the failure to timely diagnose and treat hydrocephalus following surgery which resulted in the death of a thirty-one year old woman.

In September 2008, Ryan obtained a $2.38 million jury verdict in Coles County on behalf of a man who sustained a rectal-urethra fistula after he was negligently given an enema five days after undergoing a radical, retropubic prostatectomy. This is the highest jury verdict in the history of Coles County.

In July 2008, Ryan obtained a $2.1 million jury verdict in Champaign County on behalf of the Tuscola Chief of Police. The Police Chief sustained a skull fracture, three vertebral fractures, a separated clavicle, a rotator and bicep tear, and fractures of the small bones in his inner ear after falling down an empty stairwell when the Defendant removed the stairs without providing a warning or barricade. As part of the $2.1 million verdict, the jury awarded the Chief of Police’s wife $200,000.00 for her loss of consortium claim.

Also in 2008, Ryan secured a $1.4 million settlement from two physicians for failing to timely diagnose and treat a hip infection following hip replacement surgery that resulted in a spinal infection and paralysis. Ryan also reached a $1.2 million settlement with a Kankakee physician for his negligent performance of an L5-S1 posterior fusion which resulted in the need for two subsequent surgeries.

In 2007 and 2006, Ryan obtained over $12 million for his clients involving various complex medical malpractice, nursing home, and general negligence cases including the following: a case against one of the nation’s largest outdoor sign companies for injuries sustained when a cat-walk on one of the billboard signs collapsed causing permanent spinal cord damage; a case against a neurosurgeon for causing the death of a ten-year boy by failing to properly monitor and treat increased intra-cranial pressure following a fall from his bicycle; a case against a family care physician for the death of a Decatur man after his doctor failed to properly recommend and screen for colon cancer; a case against an emergency room physician for the death of a woman who presented with signs and symptoms of a heart attack but was sent home without a proper work-up; and a case against a nursing home for the death of a woman who called 911 from her room only to have the nursing home turn the ambulance away.

In October 2005, Ryan secured a $1.7 million settlement from a nursing home and hospital on behalf of a 71 year old man who was paralyzed from the waist down due to their negligence. The nursing home failed to stop the man’s Coumadin for three days prior to a medical procedure as ordered by his doctor. The hospital failed to confirm that the man was off his Coumadin prior to clearing him for the procedure.

In July 2005, Ryan obtained a $1.4 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case for the family of a 44 year old woman who died from fungal meningitis after her family doctor failed to obtain a neurology consultation to diagnose and treat her. Also recently, Ryan secured a $700,000 settlement for the family of a nine month old who died as a result of his doctor’s failure to recognize the signs and symptoms of bacterial meningitis.

In January, 2005, Ryan secured a $1.3 million settlement in Cook County for the death of a woman who died from Cook County Hospital’s failure to properly treat her signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy.

Ryan also assisted in securing a $3.75 million settlement in Sangamon County for a child who was born with cerebral palsy due to numerous physicians’ failure to timely intubate the mother who went into respiratory failure; and a $2.5 million settlement in Macon County for the death of a man who was given a lethal overdose of epinephrine in the emergency room after the man fell off his bicycle and fractured his nose.

In addition, Ryan helped secure a $750,000.00 settlement against a Hospital in Sangamon County for the death of a sixteen-year old child who died from a pulmonary embolism; and a $450,000.00 settlement for a four-year old boy who sustained facial fractures in an automobile/garbage truck collision.

Alexander M. Sukhman began his professional career in 1999 as an attorney for Rittenberg & Buffen, a firm representing injured victims and their families. In 2001, along with his partner Ryan E. Yagoda, Mr. Sukhman formed Law Offices of Sukhman and Yagoda, P.C. In August 2003, Mr. Sukhman and Mr. Yagoda merged their practice with Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz.

Mr. Sukhman has consistently obtained significant jury verdicts and settlements for his clients in cases involving medical malpractice, wrongful death and catastrophic injuries. Mr. Sukhman has handled medical malpractice cases throughout Illinois, representing victims in over twenty different counties in Illinois. He has obtained record jury verdicts in Warren County, McLean County, and Coles County. The jury verdict in Warren County is significant for not only being the largest verdict in the history of the County but it was also the first time that any Plaintiff had ever prevailed in a medical malpractice trial. Additionally, Mr. Sukhman has successfully tried cases in Cook County, Lake County, Sangamon County and Champaign County.

Mr. Sukhman is proud to have earned the respect and confidence of his fellow attorneys. Mr. Sukhman is regularly asked to represent victims through referrals from other attorneys, including even competitors and opposing defense lawyers. In fact, Mr. Sukhman was selected by the leading legal newspapers and journals in Illinois as “Top 40 attorney under the age of 40 in Illinois” (Law Bulletin Publishing) and as a “Rising Star” (Illinois Super Lawyers) largely on the strength of the nominations of former and current opposing defense attorneys that represent physicians and hospitals.

In just the past year, Mr. Sukhman has obtained jury verdicts and settlements in excess of $30,000,000.00 on behalf of his clients. Most recently, in December 2008, Mr. Sukhman secured a $3 million settlement in Champaign, Illinois against a Champaign Hospital. The case involved the failure to timely treat a woman following the removal of a brain tumor. This is believed to be the largest settlement in Champaign of a wrongful death claim.

In September 2008, Mr. Sukhman obtained a $2.38 million jury verdict in Coles County on behalf of a man who sustained a rectal perforation following surgery to remove his cancerous prostate. This is the highest jury verdict in the history of Coles County.

In August 2008, Mr. Sukhman procured a settlement of $3,250,000 from the State of Illinois on account of a negligently performed gastric by-pass surgery. Mr. Sukhman acquired evidence that the surgeon was not reporting his true complication rate and experience level to his patients.

In July 2008, Mr. Sukhman obtained a $2.1 million jury verdict in Champaign County on behalf of the City of Tuscola Chief of Police. The Police Chief sustained a skull fracture, three vertebral fractures, a separated clavicle, a rotator and bicep tear after falling down an empty stairwell that the Defendants had removed but failed to barricade.

In January 2008, after a successful trial, Mr. Sukhman obtained a settlement of $700,000.00 on behalf of a 75 year old man killed by a drunk despite the insurance company claiming that they would not compensate in the criminal case of a DUI.

Also, in 2008, Mr. Sukhman secured multiple, significant settlement including a confidential amount for a 77 year old woman who suffered a stroke following hip surgery after physicians failed to properly put her on blood thinners, $1,400,000 for the family of a 78 year old woman who died from an infection following hip surgery, $725,000.00 for a woman who received improper ankle surgery, $1,200,000.00 for a woman following an improperly performed back surgery.

Significancy, in October 2007, Mr. Sukhman obtained a $5,000,000.00 settlement in a case against one of the nation’s largest outdoor sign companies for injuries sustained when a cat-walk on one of the billboard signs collapsed causing permanent back injuries. In 2006, Mr. Sukhman obtained a significant verdict in Coles County against the County’s only hospital for a negligently performed gallbladder removal surgery. Mr. Sukhman’s jury verdict was affirmed on appeal and was the subject of a front page newspaper articles in the local newspaper and the Wall Street Journal. In 2006, Mr. Sukhman secured an $800,000.00 settlement, after three days of trial, against a Springfield, Illinois hospital in what is believed to be the largest settlement for a wrongful death case in Sangamon County, Illinois.

In 2005, Mr. Sukhman obtained a $1,400,000.00 verdict against a local family physician in Monmouth, Illinois (population 8,500) on behalf of a 48 year old woman who died of an extremely rare disease, cryptococcal meningitis, after the woman’s doctor failed to timely notice the woman’s symptoms.Also in 2005, Mr. Sukhman was co-counsel in a case that resulted in a $1,450,000.00 verdict on behalf of an 82 year old man in Bloomington, Illinois who died when he was given unnecessary blood thinners. Both verdicts in 2005 were record verdicts for the respective counties.

In 2005, Mr. Sukhman represented the family of a woman who died in the Cook County jails from an ectopic pregnancy. Mr. Sukhman obtained a significant seven figure settlement from Cook County for its officers failure to respond to a woman screaming from a life threatening condition. Also in 2005, Mr. Sukhman was co-counsel on a case in Macon County that settled for $2,500,000.00 for the death of a man who was given a lethal overdose of epinephrine in the emergency room after the man fell off his bicycle and fractured his nose.

Michael Shinsky joined the personal injury law firm of Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz as an Associate in 2004. He practices in the areas of medical negligence, wrongful death, vehicle negligence, product liability, school and municipality liability, civil rights violations and premises liability. Mr. Shinsky is a talented up and coming personal injury attorney in Chicago who has significant experience in Illinois personal injury law. In just over three years since joining the firm, Michael has successfully obtained over $8,000,000 in awards by verdict, mediation, arbitration, and settlement for the firm's clients in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice actions, wrongful death actions, premises liability, sexual assault and nursing home negligence.

Prior to working at Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, Mr. Shinsky was an Assistant State's Attorney for Cook County. In that capacity, he served the People of Cook County and tried over one hundred cases. Mr. Shinsky received his J.D from Kent College of Law, where he was the recipient of the 1st Annual Honorable Warren D. Wolfson Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. While in law school, Michael was a member of the Chicago Kent Trial Advocacy Team, including the Team Captain for the 2001 Chicago Region's ATLA Championship Team, competing in the ATLA National Competition.