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CHICAGO, IL, June 27, 2023 – Todd A. Smith, a founding partner at Smith LaCien LLC, Chicago, has been appointed Class Counsel by the Honorable Federico A. Moreno, of the Federal District for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, following his recent granting of class certification against defendant FCA US LLC (formerly Chrysler Corporation)…

Chicago, IL, May 19, 2023 – Todd A. Smith and Brian LaCien, founding partners of Smith LaCien LLP, have been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, an invitation-only professional organization composed of the premier trial lawyers nationwide who exemplify superior qualifications as civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense trial lawyers. Membership is extended only…

CHICAGO, March 1, 2023 – Chicago trial lawyer Brian LaCien, a founding partner with Todd A. Smith of Smith LaCien LLP – Trial Lawyers, has been named by Lawdragon Press as a 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. Lawdragon Press is a legal media company that provides the public with free online news, editorial…

CHICAGO, February 6, 2023– Chicago trial lawyer Brian LaCien, a founding partner of Smith LaCien LLP – Trial Lawyers, has been named by Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 100” Illinois lawyers. The state has more than 94,000 attorneys. LaCien has been recognized as a Super Lawyer every year since 2016 and was a Super Lawyer Rising…

CHICAGO, January 24, 2023 – Chicago trial lawyer Todd A. Smith, a founding partner with Brian LaCien of Smith LaCien LLP, has been named by Super Lawyers as one of the “Top 10” Illinois Super Lawyers in the State of Illinois. The state has nearly 97,000 licensed attorneys. Smith has been on the Illinois Super…

CHICAGO/November 11, 2022 – Smith LaCien LLP – Trial Lawyers was ranked in the November-December issue of Chicago Lawyer as the number-one firm in mass tort/litigation for a $42 million settlement for plaintiffs over defective Takata airbags. The firm was also listed as one of the top 10 trial firms for the total amount of…

CHICAGO/November 3, 2022 – Smith LaCien LLP – Trial Lawyers will be recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers as a 2023 Best Law Firm nationally in one practice area and regionally in five practice areas. The Chicago personal injury firm was ranked in the Tier 2 level nationally in the Mass…

Chicago, July 10, 2022 – Smith LaCien LLP announces the $7.3 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit against a Joliet hospital brought by the family of a woman who died from sepsis after an endoscopy went wrong. In June 2016, Michelle Swallow, 30, was diagnosed with acute gallbladder inflammation and had surgery at Silver Cross Hospital…