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Hundreds of Millions

In Verdicts + Settlements

Over 150 Years

Of Combined Experience

Countless

Lives Changed

What
We Do

Our attorneys provide compassionate representation for injury victims, and we work to help implement laws and regulations that improve public safety.

Aviation Injuries

Train Injuries

Car Accidents

$30.2M

Medical Malpractice

$29.6M

Train Accident

$25.9M

Taxi Accident

$22M

Medical Malpractice

$12.6M

Medical Malpractice

$10.5M

Medical Malpractice

Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers

Award-Winning Chicago Trial Lawyers in the Business of Helping People

At Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, we are fiercely committed to representing those who are in genuine need of advocacy. The needs of our clients become OUR needs. We are dedicated to bringing justice to those that entrust us with the opportunity to fight for them.

Compassion.
Conviction.
Results.

We believe that it is a privilege to provide legal representation for our clients, and we work to build close personal relationships with them, making sure that their needs become our needs. We strive to gain a full understanding and appreciation of the physical, emotional, and financial losses they have experienced, which allows us to help obtain fair compensation that fully addresses the harm done to them.

Learn More About Our Firm

Timothy Tomasik

Tim Tomasik is a founding member of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC. Throughout his career, Tim has distinguished himself as one of Chicago's elite trial attorneys. He has tried over 100 jury and bench trials to verdict, and he has helped clients obtain hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.

career highlight Tim, acting as one of the lead counsel of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, secured a $1.2 billion settlement in the World Trade Center litigation against the airlines for security breaches that led to the tragic 9/11 hijackings and air crashes.

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Daniel M. Kotin

Daniel M. Kotin is a founding shareholder and trial lawyer in the Chicago law firm of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC. His experience handling personal injury and wrongful death cases in the areas of transportation, product liability, and medical malpractice has led to great success for Dan's clients.

career highlight Dan set a record for the largest verdict in Illinois when he obtained $29.6 million on behalf of a woman who suffered brain injuries in the derailment of a Metra train. Other victories include a $22 million medical malpractice settlement for a girl who suffered brain damage during delivery and $17.5 in settlements for victims of a high-rise fire in downtown Chicago.

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Shawn Kasserman

Shawn Kasserman is a founding member of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC. As a leading Chicago personal injury attorney, he has earned many honors and great recognition. His success is built upon his compassion, appreciation for people, and the strong belief that every person deserves dignity and respect.

career highlight In two very significant product liability cases arising from separate but similar tragedies, Shawn represented families after their children's portable cribs collapsed, killing the children. In another series of product liability cases, Shawn represented the families of children crushed by soccer goals that tipped forward due to their defective design.

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Philip Terrazzino

Philip Terrazzino is a partner at the Chicago law firm of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC. Phil handles personal injury and wrongful death cases in the areas of transportation, product liability, medical malpractice, and construction.

career highlight Phil has presented at various bar associations and interest group seminars, including the Chicago Bar Association. He is involved in the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association.

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Heather A. Begley

Heather is a partner at the Chicago law firm of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, where she represents people who have been injured due to medical negligence, car crashes, and other areas of personal injury law. Heather's hard work on behalf of victims of negligence has resulted in multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements.

career highlight Heather has been selected as a Super Lawyer in 2023 and 2024. She has also received awards from the Leading Lawyers Network, including selection as an “Emerging Lawyer” in 2017 and as a “Leading Lawyer” in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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Katherine A. Twardak

Attorney Katherine A. Twardak is a partner at Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, where she practices in all areas of personal injury law. Katie joined the firm as a trial attorney in 2019, after years of representing clients in complex civil litigation matters.

career highlight Katie was selected as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017, 2018, and from 2020 to the present, a distinction that is limited to fewer than 2.5% of attorneys in Illinois.

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Meet our Team

Timothy Tomasik

Daniel Kotin

Shawn Kasserman

Robert Geimer

Philip Terrazzino

Heather A. Begley

James P. McKay, Jr.

Katherine A. Twardak

Loren Legorreta

J. Edward Hettel

Elaina M. Stevens

Jeannie LaBarbara

We Fight Corporations and Insurance Companies with 100% Commitment to Winning for Our Clients

Our team understands the difficulties that personal injury victims often face due to medical bills, loss of income, and other financial and personal concerns. Unfortunately, these issues can become even more of a struggle with insurance companies refuse to treat people fairly.

We are ready to stand up to major corporations who try to avoid responsibility for injuries or minimize the amounts they are required to pay. We always fight for full and fair compensation for our clients so that they will be able to move forward with their lives.