Mark Mordini presides over a renowned, decades proven and successful civil defense practice, operating primarily in his hometown of Chicago and the surrounding townships. Mark completed his legal education at The John Marshall Law School in 1989. After ‘indoctrination by fire’, working with and learning from some of the best insurance defense litigators of the time, Mr. Mordini opened his own practice in 1996. His first chair trial record is compelling with more than 100 published “not guilty” verdicts, and a 99% winning record: verdicts consistently below pre-trial offers to settle.
Mr. Mordini is skilled in both State and Federal, and Trial and Appellate, courtrooms. His comprehensive knowledge of the law, exacting command of the rules of evidence, expert ability to analyze medical records, and skilled intuition selecting a jury, make him an unparalleled adversary. Mark Mordini provides his clients with the very best representation. The firm works efficiently and collaboratively, in all areas of insurance defense litigation, yielding the most competitive and cost-effective results in the Chicagoland area. In addition to his eponymous charm with local Judiciary and jurors, his level demeanor, professionalism, and integrity, are appreciated within the greater legal community. He routinely serves as an independent arbitrator, lecturer, and educator.
Under Mark’s leadership, the Mordini law firm has remained a recognized force in the State of Illinois for the last 30 years, and proudly boasts over 300 winning trials and arbitrations, hundreds more successful conclusions, and satisfied customers in most every area of civil defense.
Colloquially known as “Jane Mordini,” Jane maintains her own reputation as an excellent trial attorney, with more than 60 first chair trials — maintaining above a 95% winning record. Jane Solmor met Mark Mordini at their mutual first law firm, and they married in 1993. She attended IIT Chicago Kent College of Law on a full academic scholarship, after receiving her BA at the University of Illinois and pursuing her graduate degree in art at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago.
Jane has represented the insureds of several companies, including: businesses, homeowners, municipalities, hospitals, medical practices, and physicians. For many years, she concentrated her efforts on medical malpractice defense. She has also represented the Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Housing Authority, several grocery chains, automobile manufacturers, automobile liability carriers, and varied pro bono litigants.
Jane is well versed in medicine and medical records and can quickly and efficiently evaluate injuries, liability, and embedded defense strategies. She is skilled at deposing and cross examining both treating and expert physicians. She enjoys a nationwide network of medical experts.
Several years of civil service on the local school board, guidance of a community service student organization, and ongoing pro bono work in many fields have fostered an intimate knowledge of the challenges and diversity of the world we live in today. Jane is a flexible, strategic, empathic, and creative litigator.
Together, Jane and Mark bring their winning brand to the preparation, trial, and appeal if necessary, and comprehensive defense, of civil cases of all kinds, including automobile, common carrier, trucking, premises, dram, municipal, coverage disputes, and often, unexpected, new, and welcome litigation arenas.