Atty. Jason Kroot
Jason M. Kroot is a partner at Cavanagh Law Group with more than two decades of experience handling complex and high-profile personal injury cases.
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Jason Kroot is a Partner based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Cavanagh Sorich Law Group. They have 27+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1999. Their practice focuses on car accidents, truck accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and personal injury. Admitted to practice in Illinois (1999), United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, General Bar (1999), United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar (2001), and Indiana (2011). Educated at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1999) and University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 1995). Serves clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Jason M. Kroot is a partner at Cavanagh Law Group with more than two decades of experience handling complex and high-profile personal injury cases
- He has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar results in medical malpractice cases, including a record-setting $16.3 million verdict for a Cook County woman who suffered permanent brain damage after doctors failed to monitor her vital signs while she was under anesthesia
- Kroot practices in every area of personal injury law and has extensive experience in medical malpractice cases, including those involving birth injuries, misdiagnosis, surgical errors and medication errors
- Kroot has obtained a number of confidential settlements in high-profile cases that garnered considerable media attention, including the 2007 Wrigleyville fire that killed four people
- He previously represented the family of a 13-year-old Chicago Public Schools student who died of a severe allergic reaction to peanut product in food her teacher ordered for the class
- Kroot also obtained a settlement in a Riveredge Hospital case after the psychiatric facility housed sexually violent patients alongside mentally ill patients without proper safety precautions in place, resulting in multiple sexual assaults
- Upon graduating law school in 1999, Kroot joined a prominent boutique medical malpractice and personal injury law firm in Chicago
- He quickly distinguished himself as a skilled trial attorney with the ability to deliver exceptional results and uncommon service to his clients
- In 2003, he achieved national recognition when he became one of the youngest lawyers ever chosen for inclusion in Who’s Who In American Law
- Before joining Cavanagh Law Group, Kroot managed the medical malpractice department of one of the largest personal injury firms in the Midwest, where he continued to obtain multimillion-dollar results in complex tort cases
- Over the course of his career, Kroot has practiced in county, federal and state courts, including several in Indiana and Wisconsin
- He has experience with multi-state litigation and has earned a reputation for establishing strong professional relationships with judges, physicians, expert witnesses and his clients
- Kroot earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and graduated from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1999
- While there, he received two CALI Excellence for the Future awards for Trial Advocacy I and II and was a member of the school’s Student Trial Advocacy Competition trial team
- Kroot has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer and is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Kroot lives in Chicago, where he enjoys raising his two children, Adam and Alana
- Kroot has been an amateur auto racer for the past 15 years
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Hurt in a car crash? Car accident lawyers fight insurance companies for fair compensation — free consult, no fee unless you win.
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this venue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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