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Cook County Jury Awards $25M Over Man’s Septic Shock Death

Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the Estate of a 55-year-old man who died as a result of septic shock caused by an undiagnosed anastomotic leak following a hernia repair surgery. Following a three-week trial in Cook County, the jury found in favor of the Plaintiff and determined the surgeon negligently discharged the patient from the hospital despite his worsening…

Kevin J. Golden Has Begun a Two-Year Term as President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates

Kevin J. Golden has begun a two-year term as president of the Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). The American Board of Trial Advocates is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ABOTA is…

Marisa Schostok Recognized as One of the “40 Under Forty Attorneys to Watch” in Illinois for 2024

Congratulations to Dudley & Lake partner, Marisa Schostok, for being recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of the “40 Under Forty Attorneys to Watch” in Illinois for 2024! Each year since 2000, the Law Bulletin Publishing Company has recognized 40 attorneys in the state of Illinois, under the age of forty, who have demonstrated that they are…

Kevin J. Golden Inducted As A Fellow Into The International Society of Barristers

Dudley & Lake, LLC congratulates Kevin J. Golden on being inducted as a Fellow into the International Society of Barristers. Kevin was inducted into the ISOB at the Annual meeting held from March 17-22, 2024 in Laguna Beach, CA. Membership into the ISOB is by invitation only which is proceeded by a rigorous screening process that considers the lawyer’s ability,…

JVR Trial Lawyer Excellence Award for Highest Reported Lake County Settlement in 2022

Dudley & Lake attorneys, Marisa Schostok and Matt Dudley (not pictured) were honored at the JVR Trial Lawyer Excellence Awards when they received the 2022 award for Highest Reported Lake County Settlement. The award was for the settlement of $20,000,000.00 for a 13-year-old girl who suffered a permanent hypoxic brain injury due to the medical negligence of a local hospital…

Will County Sheriff’s Office, Jail Negligent In Ex-Cop’s Suicide: Suit

The following article was published on Patch on March 14, 2023. FRANKFORT, IL — An attorney representing the family of a former officer with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department who committed suicide in the Will County Jail last year after being arrested on domestic assault charges has filed a wrongful death suit against the sheriff’s office and jail, claiming that…

Family Files Lawsuit Against Gurnee Memory Care Facility After 82-Year-Old Man Left Facility, Died By Drowning

The following article was published on Lake & McHenry County Scanner on August 4, 2022. A lawsuit has been filed against an assisted living facility in Gurnee after an 82-year-old man with dementia went missing from the facility and drowned. Attorneys said it was “entirely preventable.” Jimmy Hedrich, 82, was reported missing early in the morning on July 30, 2021.…

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