Cari F. Silverman joined Levin & Perconti in October 2011 before being admitted into the Illinois State Bar in November 2011. As a partner, Cari works on many types of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, car and trucking accident, and product and premises liability matters. In September 2014, Cari was named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company’s list of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch” for 2014.
Cari was a clerk at Levin & Perconti in Summer of 2010. Since she joined the firm as an attorney in 2011, she has played an important role in a number of significant victories for clients. In 2012, Cari obtained a $592,000 medical malpractice verdict while sitting second chair in her first jury trial.
Cari earned her law degree from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2011. While in law school, Cari served as a Judicial Clerk to Associate Judge Brian McPheters of the Sixth Judicial District Champaign County. She also served as a Staff Writer for the Illinois Business Law Journal, an Ambassador for the College of Law and President of the Jewish Law Society.
Cari attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree with High Honors in 2008. During her tenure at the University Cari received membership to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and was named to the Dean’s List.
Cari graduated from Highland Park High School in 2004. During high school she was active in varsity athletics and participated in Model United Nations. Now Cari lives in Chicago and in her free time enjoys spending time with her family and rooting for the Chicago Cubs.
Cari’s notable settlements include:
$7M
wrongful death verdict
$6M
medical negligence settlement
$5M
medical malpractice settlement
$4.75M
medical malpractice settlement
$3.5M
birth injury settlement
$3M
birth injury settlement
$3M
medical malpractice settlement
$2.5M
birth injury settlement
$1.5M
medical malpractice settlement
$1.4M
nursing home pressure sore settlement
$1M
failure to diagnose lung cancer settlement against the VA
$552K
verdict for a fall resulting in an ankle fracture
Education
- AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group
Member - Chicago Bar Association
Member - American Bar Association
Member - Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Women’s Association
- Chicago Lawyer Magazine: Women Leaders: Top Lawyers in Illinois who are age 40 or younger OR who have been admitted to the practice of law for 10 or fewer years, June/July 2024 issue
- Illinois Super Lawyers®: Rising Stars, Medical Malpractice, 2013-2024
- Leading Lawyers: Emerging Lawyer, 2015-2023
- Leading Lawyers: Top Lawyer: Emerging Women, 2021
- Leading Lawyers: Emerging Lawyer: Personal Injury: Plaintiff, 2021
- Leading Lawyers: Top 10 Emerging Women Lawyers: Illinois, 2020
- The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer: 2022 Salute! Women in Law Honoree, 2022
- Top 20 Illinois Settlement, 2020
- Top 100 Wrongful Death Settlement, 2020
- Top 50 Medical Malpractice Settlements in the United States, 2020
- Chicago Law Bulletin Publishing Company: Top “40 Attorneys Under 40 to Watch” in Illinois, 2014
Jury Verdict Reporter: Trial Excellence Award: Highest Reported Coles County Verdict: Birth Injury Case, 2024
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. “Deposition Strategies in Nursing Home and Medical Malpractice Cases,” Chicago, IL. April 16, 2015.
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. “New Decisions – Current State of the Law,” Chicago, IL. February 6, 2015.
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. “Common Plaintiff Theories,” Chicago, IL. February 6, 2015.
- Illinois Department on Aging. “Enforcing Elder Rights through Private Civil Litigation: An Ethical Responsibility,” Adult Protection and Advocacy Conference, Oak Brook, IL. August 1, 2013.
- “Grief and Sorrow: A Powerful but Uncharted Element of Damages in Nursing Home Cases,” Annual Law Day Edition, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, April 2014.
- “Proving Pain in Nursing Home Cases Trial Magazine,” AAJ, October 2013.
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