Paul L. Salzetta Chicago, Illinois
Paul L. Salzetta joined the firm of Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, L.L.C. on January 1, 2000. A lawyer for almost twenty years, Paul Salzetta has dedicated his entire professional career to the representation of personal injury victims and to the families and survivors of wrongful death claims. The firm concentrates in representing catastrophically injured clients who are injured through medical negligence, personal injury, including airline/aviation, automobile and trucking accidents, transportation, construction negligence, premises liability, FELA, and products liability. Before becoming a partner at Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, Mr. Salzetta was an associate at the firm Powers Rogers and Smith, P.C. for eleven years where he tried and settled numerous cases on behalf of injured clients.
Paul has been lead counsel in many trials involving complex medical issues, product liability issues and personal injuries. Paul has obtained numerous settlements and verdicts in excess of a million dollars, including a recent $36 million verdict obtained in a brain injury case.
- Medical Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Complex Medical Issues
- Products Liability
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Auto Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Certified Private Pilot
- Illinois, 1984
- New York, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois,
1984
J.D.
- St. John Fisher College,
1980
B.S.
- ITLA Education Fund, Under the Jury's Microscope: Medical Malpractice Scrutinized, Chapter Physician-Patient / Privilege (Contributing Author), 1997
- Trial Notebook: "Special Aspects of Product Liability Trials", Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1997
- Donnelly v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., 874 F.2d 402, 411
(7th Cir. 1989)
- Donnelly v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., 493 U.S.953
( 1989)
- Speaker, "Crash Cases: Plaintiff's Opening Statement in Vehicle Crash Litigation", American Bar Association National Institute,
1988
- Speaker, "Crash Cases: A Hands on Guide to Vehicle Collision Litigation", American Bar Association National Institute,
1989
- Speaker, "Products Liability: Developments in the Law", Illinois Trial Lawyers Association,
1994
- Speaker, Trail Notebook: "Special Aspects of Product Liability Trials", Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association,
1997
- Guest Instructor: Trial Workshop, University of Chicago,
2001
- Guest Instructor: Trial Practice, The John Marshal Law School,
2005
- Moot Court Honors Program,
1982
-
1983
- Aviation Law Society
- Member
- Chicago Bar Association
- Member
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member
- New York Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Justinian Society of Lawyers
- Member
- Lawyer/Pilots Bar Association
- Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
- Italian
- Delta Theta Phi
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