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Matthew R. Basinger is a Chicago medical malpractice attorney and personal injury attorney, and a lawyer at Shapiro, Cohen & Basinger since 2007. Since 2012 he has been a partner at the firm. He is an experienced trial attorney in the areas of medical malpractice, car and truck accidents, personal injury, and wrongful death.
Matt is licensed to practice in Ohio and Illinois. He started his career as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Cleveland. Since moving to Chicago in 2005, he has exclusively represented victims of medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death in courts throughout Illinois and beyond. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, and he volunteers as an elected member of his local school board.
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23 years
23 years
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State: Illinois
Acquired: 2005
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State: Ohio
Acquired: 2003
No misconduct found
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180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 3050, Chicago, IL, 60601
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Posted by Emily | July 29, 2015
Proficient, highly skilful legal practitioner
Matt Basinger, Esq. is adept at all matters pertaining to his field. He expeditiously secured a monetary settlement for a car accident case that far exceeded my expectations. Always professional yet never aloof, Matt Basinger is quite polite and always a gentleman. He promptly returns telephone calls...
Posted by Martha | August 31, 2014
Matthew Basinger/Shapiro Ltd.
Matt was recommended to us at a time when we didn't know where to turn to for a specialty/personal injury lawyer. Our daughter had been in an apartment fire and at the time, we had hopes she would recover but sadly, did not. Not only did Matt drive five hours to meet with us but he was with us when w...
"I had the chance to work with Matt on a case and he was very impressive. He is always well-prepared and fights aggressively for his clients."
"I have worked with and known Matthew for over ten years. He is ethical, professional, extremely hard working, and dedicated to advocating for his clients. I couldn't recommend him highly enough."
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2025
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2023
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2000
City Scholarship, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
2007 - Present
Partner, Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd.
2004 - 2007
Attorney, Matthew Basinger
2003 - 2004
Prosecuting Attorney, Medina County Prosecutor's Office
2005 - Present
Illinois Trial Lawyers AssociationMember
2005 - Present
American Association for JusticeMember
2005 - Present
Illinois Bar FoundationMember
Verdict for the plaintiff: $420,000
$2,000,000 settlement
2003
JD - Juris Doctor
2000
BS - Bachelor of Science
2003
Appellate Advocacy
English
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