Michael F. Bonamarte IV joined Levin & Perconti as an attorney in August 2005 after clerking for the firm during law school. Mike works passionately and diligently to advocate for individuals and their families who are the victims of wrongful conduct. He has achieved great results in numerous complex personal injury and wrongful death cases.

In his first jury trial, Mike and Partner Steven Levin achieved a $2.9 million verdict for the family of a deceased 57-year-old nursing home resident who suffocated due to the home’s negligent care of her tracheostomy tube. Mike also played a crucial role in the $2.325 million settlement of a pressure ulcer case against a Chicago assisted-living facility and a $1.25 million settlement against a dialysis center for its staff’s failure to monitor a resident’s dialysis catheter. In addition to these settlements, Mike helped to achieve a record settlement of $700,000 in a case against a Coles County, IL, nursing home.

Along with his casework, Mike enthusiastically shares his knowledge and experience by speaking regularly to colleagues and community organizations, including the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Mike has given speeches on nursing home litigation as well as deposition strategies. He has also made presentations on nursing home abuse to Chicago-area senior organizations.

Mike is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice and the Justinian Society of Lawyers. He writes the verdicts and settlements section of the Justinian Society Newsletter. Additionally, Mike is a member of the ISBA’s Young Lawyers Division Council and also serves on the board of directors for the River North Business Association.

Mike is president and founder of the Michael F. Bonamarte III Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funding research on the treatment and prevention of strokes. Mike founded the organization in memory of his late father, Michael F. Bonamarte III, who passed away in 2006.

Mike graduated from Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL, where he was the captain and starting quarterback for the school’s varsity football team. He earned his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating with academic distinction. In 2005, he graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he earned a place on the dean’s list during his second and third years. After passing the July 2005 Illinois Bar, Mike was sworn in as an attorney on Nov. 10, 2005.