About Our Firm

Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch Staff

Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch has carefully assembled a small, highly selective and complementary team of trial lawyers, experienced appellate attorneys, investigative specialists and young associate attorneys who provide first-rate (2nd cutting-edge case research. The Firm also employs skilled office managers and support staff to ensure the most expedient and efficient case management which has resulted in its successful prosecution of many noteworthy cases.

Ethical Standards

Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch maintains impeccable standards in determining appropriate cases for representation. The Firm always invests significant time and money to investigate the merits of cases before agreeing to undertake them.

Over the years, the lawyers of Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch have been at the forefront of cutting-edge litigation, achieving successful results for its clients demonstrated by its many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Most importantly, however, is that many of its cases resulted in court decisions announcing new and important legal principles not only favorable for its clients, but for victims' rights generally.

The Firm and its partners also have been, over the years, selected for various leadership positions in the organized trial bat In such capacities the partners have been able to actively engage in legislative and political initiatives to further protect the rights of victims and trial by jury.

Comprised of leading trial lawyers with national reputations for their achievements, the Firm with its substantial resources, continues to successfully engage in difficult and costly litigation for Plaintiffs in diverse personal injury arid wrongful death cases and matters involving complex commercial litigation.

The Firm also represents Plaintiffs in class actions as well as various businesses and governmental entities in commercial litigation for recovery of monies that the parties have lost as a result of the wrongful conduct of others.

Most every matter handled by the Firm is on a contingency fee basis such that there is no charge to the client unless a recovery is obtained. The Firm does not hesitate to invest its own financial resources to fully prepare a case in expectation of a successful conclusion. This allows the Firm's clients to take on the best financed insurance and corporate interests regardless of their own personal financial status.

Because of the selective nature of the cases the Firm accepts, together with the dose knit professional staff it maintains, the Firm is able to provide personal and individualized attention to each case and can assure every client that the attorney they retain will not only handle and remain responsible for all important matters relating to their case, but can also draw on the experience and expertise of all other members of the Firm.

The Firm's principals have practiced law together for nearly a quarter century and as such Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch is one of Chicago's most venerable and well-respected plaintiff's litigation firms. The successes of the Firm, as reflected in the Noteworthy Cases section of this site, speak to the Firm's considerable experience and long-standing dedication to victims' rights and trial by jury.