Eirene-Gin Nakamura Salvi

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 the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys traveling and raising two global-minded children with her husband and colleague, Brian L. Salvi.

Noteworthy Results

• $148,190,997 personal injury paraplegia jury verdict *Illinois record*

• $79,850,000 wrongful death jury verdict *Illinois record*

• $60,700,000 wrongful death settlement

• $45,000,000 personal injury settlement *Illinois record*

• $20,648,337.16 personal injury settlement

• $20,500,000 personal injury – wrongful death settlement

• $17,000,000 medical negligence – birth injury settlement

• $14,000,000 medical negligence settlement

• $12,000,000 wrongful death – auto accident settlement

• $11,250,000 wrongful death jury verdict

• $11,050,000 personal injury – motorcycle vehicle accident settlement

• $11,000,000 personal injury settlement

• $9,000,000 personal injury – wrongful death jury verdict *Boone County record*

• $8,975,000 personal injury settlement

• $6,750,000 wrongful death settlement

• $5,333,333 premises liability – wrongful death settlement

• $5,000,000 medical malpractice settlement

• $4,500,000 medical negligence settlement

• $4,328,000 personal injury settlement

• $4,250,000 wrongful death – auto accident settlement *Kendall County record*

• $3,000,000 medical negligence – wrongful death settlement

• $3,000,000 medical malpractice settlement

• $2,600,000 medical malpractice settlement

• $2,250,000 medical malpractice – birth injury settlement *Knox County record*

• $2,150,000 medical malpractice settlement

• $2,000,000 medical malpractice – wrongful death settlement

• $1,5000,000 medical malpractice settlement

• $1,250,000 wrongful death – auto accident settlement

Awards and Honors

• National Association of Women Lawyers “Rising List” (2024)

• Law Bulletin Media “Top Women Lawyers Chicago Metro Area” (2023)

• Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago “Rising Star Award” (2023)

• The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Media “Trial Lawyer Excellence Award” (2018 and 2022)

• Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” (2022 – Present)

• Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” (2018 – Present)

• Law Bulletin Media “Emerging Lawyers” (2020 – Present)