CHICAGO, February 2021 – Chicago personal injury lawyer Todd A. Smith, a founding partner with Brian LaCien of Smith LaCien LLP, has been listed by Illinois Super Lawyers as the Number 2 top-rated Illinois lawyer in their 2021 edition – covering all practice areas. He has been on the Illinois Super Lawyers list since its inception in 2005 and regularly ranked in the Top 10.
Super Lawyers evaluates lawyers in each state, using criteria such as peer nominations, independent research and peer evaluation by more than 94,000 Illinois attorneys. Eligible nominees from more than 70 practice areas are considered, and no more than five percent of Illinois lawyers receive the honor of being named to the annual list of a top 100 group. Smith LaCien LLP concentrated on serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, truck accidents, birth injuries and mass torts.
Smith has a lengthy track record of achieving exceptional results for clients, with more than $2 billion in verdicts and settlements, and over 100 cases with results of at least $1 million. A founding partner of Power Rogers & Smith, P.C., he left that firm in 2020 to launch Smith LaCien LLP.
Smith has served in a leadership capacity for numerous other national, regional, and local law groups. A past president of the largest trial lawyer association in the world — the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Smith serves as chair of its Endowment and is a founding board member of the organization’s Center for Constitutional Litigation.
A past president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, he is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of the top 100 trial lawyers in the U.S., and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only organization of the top 500 top trial lawyers in the world. He has received numerous awards for his successful representation of clients.
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