Michael Bonamarte

Managing Partner

20 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 2005
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Chicago, IL

Bar admissions

Illinois
2005
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
2006

Education

J.D.: John Marshall Law School, Chicago2005
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison2001

Awards and recognition

01Best Lawyers in America — Medical Malpractice/Personal Injury Plaintiffs (2023-2026)
02Illinois Super Lawyers — Medical Malpractice (2020-2025); Top 100 in Illinois (2024)
03Leading Lawyers (2017-2023)
04Crain's 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders
05Crain's Chicago Business — Notable Litigators & Trial Attorneys

Memberships

Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Justinian Society of Lawyers (Past President 2017-2018)

Background

Michael F. Bonamarte, IV is Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago. He joined the firm as an associate in August 2005, was named Partner in March 2014, and became Co-Managing Partner in October 2021. He oversees more than 60 employees and the firm's strategic planning. Mike is a leading litigator in high-profile nursing home, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and personal injury cases. He has handled birth injury cases since 2005 and served as co-lead counsel in a 2023 case that ended in a record $40 million verdict.

Notable cases

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$40M birth injury verdict (co-lead counsel, 2023)
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$29M birth injury settlement
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$27M total recovery — birth injury
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$18M HIE/cerebral palsy settlement
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$12M medical malpractice verdict

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