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Each year, Super Lawyers honors top lawyers in Illinois via a multi-step process, involving peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluations. And for a number of years, Levinson and Stefani Injury Lawyers has been proud to have some of its attorneys listed. This is no different, as Ken Levinson, Jay Stefani, and Brett Kaplan have been chosen for 2023.

For Ken, this is his fourteenth consecutive year making the list of Illinois Super Lawyers for personal injury. More impressively, he was included on the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers list, his sixth appearance.

Jay made the Illinois Super Lawyers list for the fourth consecutive year. He previously made the Rising Stars lists in 2012 and 2014-2016.

The firm is pleased to announce Brett Kaplan, one of its associates, was listed in Rising Stars for his first time.

Only 5% of the nearly 100,000 attorneys in the state are honored with the inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers. A mere 2.5% are chosen for Rising Stars.

On Thursday, December 15, 2022, Levinson and Stefani Injury Lawyers founding partner, Ken Levinson, presented on, “Using Focus Groups to Develop Your Discovery Plan.” The presentation took place during the free premises webinar hosted by the National Association of Premises Liability Attorneys (“NAPLA”).

NAPLA is the first and only national organization for trial attorneys who handle premises liability cases. It exists to support attorneys who seek justice for injured people.

Ken spends considerable time running focus groups for trial lawyers nationally. Through these focus groups, attorneys across the country are able to prepare for discovery, test issues they may face at trial, and much more.

Ken founded his firm in 2014 in order to offer client-first legal representation for victims of personal injury from auto, truck, and bus crashes. Ken is a co- author of Litigating Major Automobile Injury and Death Cases, published by AAJ Press/Thomson-Reuters. Ken holds leadership roles with the American Association for Justice and the Chicago Bar Association. Ken also sits on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers.

On Thursday, December 8, 2022, during the Louisiana Association for Justice’s (“LAJ”) Last Chance Conference: Winning With The Masters, Ken Levinson presented on, “Maximizing Your Trucking Cases Using Focus Groups.”

As an avid believer, Ken spends considerable time running focus groups for trial lawyers nationally. Through these focus groups, attorneys across the country are able to test issues they may face at trial and much more.

We are proud to announce that Ken Levinson was recently recognized by the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”) for his contributions helping fellow trial lawyers. Ken is a long standing board member and holds multiple other positions within the AAJ.

We are excited to congratulate our Managing Partner, Jay Stefani, on receiving the American Association of Justice’s Certificate of Recognition for 2022. The certificate is awarded annually in recognition of service to AAJ. Of the roughly 20,000 AAJ members, only 46 were bestowed Certificates of Recognition this year.

“It was certainly a surprise and honor, and I am very grateful. It’s rewarding when an organization that has provided me with so much acknowledges my efforts to give back,” Jay said.

As someone who is active in AAJ leadership and regularly speaks at seminars and conventions, Jay looks forward to continuing to align himself with the organization’s three foundational pillars: community, advocacy, and education.

“It especially means a lot knowing Ken received the same award last year — I’m in excellent company!”