Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Italian

Lawyer Overview

Paul L. Salzetta joined the firm of Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, L.L.C. on January 1, 2000. A lawyer for almost twenty years, Paul Salzetta has dedicated his entire professional career to the representation of personal injury victims and to the families and survivors of wrongful death claims. The firm concentrates in representing catastrophically injured clients who are injured through medical negligence, personal injury, including airline/aviation, automobile and trucking accidents, transportation, construction negligence, premises liability, FELA, and products liability. Before becoming a partner at Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, Mr. Salzetta was an associate at the firm Powers Rogers and Smith, P.C. for eleven years where he tried and settled numerous cases on behalf of injured clients.

Paul has been lead counsel in many trials involving complex medical issues, product liability issues and personal injuries. Paul has obtained numerous settlements and verdicts in excess of a million dollars, including a recent $36 million verdict obtained in a brain injury case.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Negligence
• Personal Injury
• Complex Medical Issues
• Products Liability
• Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Auto Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents

Representative Cases

• Donnelly v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., 874 F.2d 402, 411 (7th Cir. 1989)
• Donnelly v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., 493 U.S.953 (1989)

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Sexual Abuse -- Plaintiff, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1984
• New York, 1986
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Private Pilot

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Aviation Law Society (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• New York Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Justinian Society of Lawyers (Member)
• Lawyer/Pilots Bar Association
• Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association

Honors and Awards

• Moot Court Honors Program, 1982 - 1983

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Crash Cases: Plaintiff's Opening Statement in Vehicle Crash Litigation", American Bar Association National Institute, 1988
• Speaker, "Crash Cases: A Hands on Guide to Vehicle Collision Litigation", American Bar Association National Institute, 1989
• Speaker, "Products Liability: Developments in the Law", Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
• Speaker, Trail Notebook: "Special Aspects of Product Liability Trials", Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1997
• Guest Instructor: Trial Workshop, University of Chicago, 2001
• Guest Instructor: Trial Practice, The John Marshal Law School, 2005

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1984
  J.D.
• St. John Fisher College, 1980
  B.S.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Published Works

• ITLA Education Fund, Under the Jury's Microscope: Medical Malpractice Scrutinized, Chapter Physician-Patient / Privilege (Contributing Author), 1997
• Trial Notebook: "Special Aspects of Product Liability Trials", Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1997

Address

111 West Washington Street
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60602

Phones

(312) 236-6324

Faxes

(312) 236-6426

Emails

psalzetta@wesolaw.com

Websites

http://www.wesolaw.com