TIMOTHY J. CAVANAGH, STACEY FEELEY CAVANAGH, MICHAEL J. SORICH: CAVANAGH SORICH LAW GROUP

“We’re empathetic to our clients, and we’re going to do everything we can to get them the justice they deserve,” says Timothy J. Cavanagh, founding partner of Cavanagh Sorich Law Group.

That sentiment has defined his nearly 40-year legal career. A nationally recognized trial attorney, Cavanagh has represented victims in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases. Since launching Cavanagh Sorich Law Group in 1997, the firm has obtained more than $800 million in verdicts and settlements and in the last year alone, secured more than $55 million. “Our clients come to us often at the worst moment in their lives,” says Cavanagh. “When I founded this firm, my goal was to always be there for our clients. I am involved in every case our firm takes on.”

Recent notable results include a record-setting $50 million Federal Employers Liability Act railroad settlement for a young man catastrophically injured in a Chicago rail yard; a $27 million settlement on behalf of the families of two young adults killed in a truck crash; and a $12.5 million settlement for an Illinois man who suffered a disabling stroke after being taken off a critical medication.

This year, Cavanagh became president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association which represents more than 2,000 members. “I have served on the Board of Managers for over 25 years, the Executive Committee since June of 2014, and am honored and excited to be President,” says Cavanagh, who has been a longtime leader within the state’s legal community.

Located in downtown Chicago, Cavanagh Sorich Law Group is a small boutique firm with big firm resources and results. The firm has a team of award-winning litigators and because of its great success, it has the resources to invest significantly in every case it litigates.

Some of the firm’s cases have prompted public policy and law changes. Cavanagh and partner Michael J. Sorich obtained a $20 million settlement from the City of Chicago, exposing a long-standing “code of silence” within the Chicago Police Department. After an off-duty police detective with a history of alcohol-related incidents killed two men in a drunk driving crash, the lawyers’ discovery of previously undisclosed evidence compelled the city to acknowledge its systemic failure. The case marked a turning point in how law enforcement liability cases are litigated.

“We enjoy taking on challenging cases we believe in and taking them to trial. Knowing that I am with the client through their entire legal journey provides me with great personal satisfaction,” says Sorich. “We never want to grow so big that we lose the ability to be close to our clients.”

Cavanagh’s wife Stacey Feeley Cavanagh is also a partner at the firm. Together they have six children.

“The fact that Tim and I are married and raising a family together is often an ice breaker when clients first meet us. It creates a bond, and we treat our clients like family,” says Stacey Feeley Cavanagh. “They know they can contact us 24/7 and they do.”

All the lawyers at Cavanagh Sorich are active leaders in educational, professional, and philanthropic organizations.

For more information, visit cavanaghlawgroup.com.