Antonio Romanucci
Founding Partner | Romanucci & Blandin, LLC
Antonio Romanucci is a civil rights, wrongful death and medical malpractice trial lawyer and founding partner at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC in Chicago, Illinois. Admitted in Illinois; J.D., UIC John Marshall Law School (1985).
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Antonio M. Romanucci is a founding partner of Romanucci & Blandin, a Chicago, Illinois, trial firm that represents victims of negligence, abuse and wrongful death across the country. His work centers on civil rights and police misconduct, mass torts and class actions, medical malpractice and other catastrophic injury cases.
Romanucci began his career as a Cook County public defender and co-founded the firm more than 25 years ago. He served as co-counsel with Ben Crump in the civil case against the City of Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, which settled for $27 million, and was part of the team that won a $98.65 million verdict in Dallas in 2024 for the family of Botham Jean. He served on the legal steering committee after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting and was appointed to the executive leadership group in the Boeing 737 MAX litigation.
He was president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association in 2019-2020, chaired the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee and has held numerous American Association for Justice roles, including service on its Executive Committee and Board of Governors. Leading Lawyers named him its Number One Civil Rights Lawyer in 2024, and Chicago Lawyer named him Person of the Year in 2021. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1982 and his law degree from UIC John Marshall Law School in 1985, and he speaks English and Italian.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., UIC John Marshall Law School, 1985
- B.A., Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
- Admitted to practice in Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Board of Governors; Executive Committee, 2022-2026; Chair, National Finance Council, 2020-2023)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2019-2020; Board of Managers)
- Chicago Bar Association (Board of Managers, 2020-2022)
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Justinian Society of Lawyers (President, 2002-2003)
- International Society of Barristers (Board of Governors, 2020-2021)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- National Crime Victim Bar Association
- National Italian American Bar Association
- Leading Lawyers (Advisory Board Member)
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Frank Carrington Award, National Center for Victims of Crime (2026)
- Champion of Justice, Public Justice (2026)
- Above and Beyond Award, American Association for Justice (2018, 2019, 2023, 2026)
- Richard D. Hailey Distinguished Service Award, American Association for Justice (2025)
- Leading Lawyers Number One Civil Rights Lawyer (2024)
- Chicago Lawyer Person of the Year (2021)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers (2024)
- Top 100 Super Lawyers in Illinois
- The Best Lawyers in America (2013-present)
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers (2012-present)
- $98.65 Million Verdict: Dallas police wrongful shooting death of Botham Jean.
- $44.7 Million Verdict: Off-duty Chicago police wrongful shooting.
- $38.75 Million Settlement: Chicago red light cameras class action.
- $27 Million Settlement: Minneapolis police wrongful death of George Floyd.
- $22.3 Million Verdict: Delayed diagnosis medical malpractice resulting in amputation and stroke.
- $21.3 Million Verdict: Chicago police chase bystander wrongful death.
- $17.6 Million Verdict: Chicago police car chase bystander quadriplegic injury.
- $16.83 Million Settlement: Route 91/Mandalay Bay mass shooting.
- $13 Million Settlement: Wrongful conviction of Herman Williams.
- $10.5 Million Settlement: Elk Grove police wrongful shooting death of Jack Murray.
- $10 Million Settlement: Sangamon County wrongful police shooting death of Sonya Massey.
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