Our Chicago Civil Litigation Team of Attorneys
Our lawyers have the reputations and devotion to protect your rights and to fight for fair compensation for your injuries. As experienced trial advocates, the attorneys at Cogan and McNabola, P.C., Attorneys at Law, have litigated complex injury and medical malpractice cases in both federal and state court.
Mark E. McNabola has personally litigated hundreds of state and federal complex court cases involving claims of negligence, products liability, professional malpractice, civil rights violations and wrongful death. He represents people who have been wrongfully killed or seriously injured through the fault of others. He and his partner, Michael Cogan, formed Cogan & McNabola in 1992. Mr. McNabola's entire career over 25 years has involved prosecuting cases for severely injured people. Ask Chicago attorneys to name the best trial attorneys and Mark McNabola's name is sure to surface. Consider these facts about attorney Mark McNabola according to the experts in the legal field (including the Jury Verdict Reporter):
- success rate of almost 100 percent of the cases he accepts
- top 5 percent of lawyers in the Illinois bar
- highest Martindale-Hubbell rating
- many results over $10 million
Michael P. Cogan, along with his partner, Mark McNabola, formed Cogan & McNabola, P.C., in 1992. Mr. Cogan grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago and attended the University of Illinois where he obtained his college degree in 1978. He then went on to attend the John Marshall Law School in Chicago to earn his J.D. in 1981. Mr. Cogan is a trial attorney who spends his days in the courtrooms of Illinois fighting for victims' rights. He has numerous multimillion-dollar results for his clients by way of jury trial or negotiated settlement totaling in excess of $45 million. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized by his peers by way of induction into the Network of Leading American Attorneys. He has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is an Illinois Super Lawyer. He has been chosen as one of the top 100 attorneys in Illinois by the Leading Lawyer Network.
Attorney Edward (Ted) McNabola has successfully handled hundreds of professional negligence, personal injury and class action cases. He is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern School of Law and was recently named one of the top 100 lawyers in the state of Illinois by Law & Politics magazine. Ted McNabola was selected by his peers as one of the top 100 consumer attorneys in Illinois. He has successfully handled hundreds of cases involving personal injury, medical negligence and class actions, including a recent verdict at trial of $3.7 million for the family of a young woman who died as a result of negligent medical care. His last three trials resulted in jury verdicts in favor of his clients totaling nearly $10 million. Also, Ted recently obtained a settlement in excess of $3.15 million for a Chicago police officer who suffered an injury to his eye resulting in partial loss of vision.
Attorney John M. Power has more than 20 years of experience and has achieved over $85 million in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. His record breaking achievements in the court room include a multimillion-dollar jury verdict for the family of a 16-day-old baby who died after being misdiagnosed and sent home from a Kane County hospital. In addition, he won a record-breaking jury verdict for a woman who had a surgical sponge left inside of her abdominal cavity. He has obtained over $12 million for his clients in the last year alone.
Our associates have similarly impressive backgrounds, experience, and achievements.
We invite you to learn more about our personal injury litigation legal team by visiting the links to our attorney profile pages, below.
- Michael P. Cogan
- Mark E. McNabola
- Edward (Ted) McNabola
- John M. Power
- Theodore C. Jennings
- Terrance M. Nofsinger
- Jon C. Papin
- Patti L. Tuttle
We Offer a No-Cost, No-Pressure, No-Obligation Consultation to Discuss Your Rights
From our offices in downtown Chicago our personal injury litigation attorneys represent clients in communities throughout Cook County and Illinois. Learn more about ways we can help you receive the compensation you need for your physical and financial recovery. Contact us today to schedule a free initial consultation.

