David A. Axelrod & Associates, P.C.

Firm Phone:

(312) 782-4600

Mr. Axelrod graduated from American University Washington College of Law in 1983, and was successfully admitted to the Missouri State Bar in 1983 and the Illinois State Bar in 1984. Mr. Axelrod has spent his entire career as a trial attorney and litigator. He founded David A. Axelrod & Associates in 2001, a firm dedicated to successful verdicts and settlements in cases involving medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, pharmaceutical malpractice, professional negligence, commercial disputes, and copyright infringement, among others. He has tenaciously and skillfully represented clients against major companies who were represented by some of the largest firms in the world, and has won millions of dollars in verdicts. David has also successfully defended clients at trial in cases involving commercial litigation, trade secrets, defamation and other matters. He has confidently and successfully tried cases across the country, to include the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; and in other State and Federal courts throughout Illinois and the nation.

Examples of Mr. Axelrod’s successes are as follows:

· Mr. Axelrod led his team to a successful record $31.35 million verdict in Marston v. Walgreen Company.

· On behalf of a child who suffered kidney failure, obtained a structured settlement with lifetime payments exceeding $10 million against a large hospital in a malpractice case.

· Procured $5.6 million on behalf of his client in a major real estate dispute.

· Recovered $4.5 million for a family from a major hospital in a medical malpractice case arising due to the failure to promptly diagnose and treat a post-surgical infection.

· Obtained $4.4 million for the parents of a child who suffered post-surgical brain damage ultimately leading to his death.

· Participated in litigation involving a school bus accident which resulted in over $14 million recovered on behalf of an injured child.

· Prosecuted a copyright infringement claim against a national retail chain resulting in payment of $1.35 million to the client.

· Recovered millions of dollars stolen from a defrauded corporate retirement plan.

Tried a case against a surgeon and large medical care provider leading to the recovery of $1.5 million for a client who suffered an injured nerve during a lymph node biopsy.

Mr. Axelrod actively shares his knowledge and expertise by serving as a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; the American Association for Justice, Commercial Litigation Section and Professional Negligence Section; the Illinois State Bar Association; and the Chicago Bar Association. He is also one of the founding fellows in the Litigation Counsel of America. David willingly shares his experience as a frequent presenter on legal topics before such organizations as the Litigation Counsel of American and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and has co-authored many legal articles regarding punitive damages and toxic torts.

Mr. Axelrod was nominated as an Illinois Super Lawyer, a rating service that selects members through a multi-phased and independently researched process which includes peer nominations and evaluations. He was also selected as an Illinois Leading Lawyer, a process which evaluates thousands of lawyers within a state. Leading Lawyers are comprised of less than 5% of all the lawyers licensed to practice in their state. Mr. Axelrod is also one of a select number of lawyers who belongs to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Main Practice Area:

Personal Injury

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