Eirene N. Salvi
Chicago trial attorney securing record verdicts in injury & malpractice cases.
Eirene N. Salvi is a trial attorney at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., where she focuses on medical malpractice and personal injury cases. Since joining the firm in 2016, she has helped secure over $550 million in verdicts and settlements for her clients.
Her courtroom accomplishments include an $11.25 million jury verdict in her first trial and a record-setting $148 million verdict in 2017 for a dancer paralyzed at O’Hare Airport—the largest compensatory verdict for a single plaintiff in Illinois history.
Beyond her litigation success, Ms. Salvi is deeply involved in leadership and service. She is the 2024–2025 President of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth and serves on the Illinois Judicial Conference’s ADR Task Force. In 2024, she was appointed by the Supreme Court of Illinois to both its Judicial Selection Committee and the Commission on Professionalism.
She also holds leadership roles with the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and serves on the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Young Professionals Board. Ms. Salvi is a founding member and past co-chair of the Chicago Committee of the Japanese American Bar Association (JABA), and a board officer of the JABA Educational Foundation.
Ms. Salvi earned her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2015 and her B.A., cum laude, in European History from Pacific Union College in 2011. While in law school, she worked on human rights issues including an amicus brief on behalf of victims of terrorism and a successful humanitarian parole petition for victims in the DRC.
She speaks Spanish, Japanese, and French, and is a member of several bar associations including the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys travel and raising two global-minded children with her husband and colleague, Brian L. Salvi.
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Free Consultation
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
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- English
- French
- Japanese
- Spanish
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- Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard
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- Pacific Union College
- B.A. | European History
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- University of Notre Dame Law School
- J.D.
- During her time at Notre Dame Law School, Ms. Salvi also served as vice president of the Asian Law Students Association and was active in the Black Law Students Association and Hispanic student groups. Her academic accomplishments include receiving an academic scholarship to the University of Notre Dame and membership in Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
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- Emerging Lawyer
- Leading Lawyers
- Rising Star
- Illinois Super Lawyers
- Rising List
- National Association of Women
- Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is pleased to announce attorney Eirene N. Salvi has been named to the National Association of Women Lawyers’ 2024 Rising List. Each year, the NAWL Rising List recognizes early- to mid-career attorneys committed to NAWL’s mission by either advancing women in the profession or advocating for women under the law. This year, 30 incredible female attorneys from around the country received the honor.
- Rising Star award
- Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
- Ones to Watch
- Best Lawyers
- State Bar of Illinois # 6321198
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- Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth
- President
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- Managers for the Chicago Bar Association
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- Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Board Member
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- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
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- Illinois State Bar Association
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- American Association for Justice
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- Chinese American Bar Association
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- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
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- Chicago Bar Association
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- Young Professionals Board of the Chicago Bar Foundation
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- Illinois Supreme Courts Commission on Professionalism
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