Joseph P. Sorce

Throughout the course of his distinguished career, Joe has obtained multiple record-setting verdicts on behalf of his clients, including the largest ever worker injury verdict in Macon County and the largest settlement for a hand amputation ever reported in Winnebago County.

Many of Joe’s greatest successes have involved cases with disputed liability for which the insurance companies offered either little or nothing at all for settlement. Joe won a $1.2 million verdict for a sprinkler fitter after the insurer offered $60,000 to settle. He secured $5.1 million for an electrician following an initial settlement offer of $90,000. Joe rejected the insurance company’s initial offer of $500,000 for an injured bricklayer and went on to obtain an $8.3 million verdict for his client at trial.

Joe is especially proud of his work on behalf of victims of complex workplace events, such as chemical exposure and electrical explosions. He obtained a $6 million verdict for the family of an electrician killed while working at a CTA substation, disproving defense efforts to blame the electrician for causing a switchgear to explode. In a single two-year period, Joe obtained over $19 million for ironworkers injured at four separate projects. In 2021, Joe obtained over $11,500,000 for his clients on cases he managed.  In 2022, he secured $8 million for plaintiffs suing over the death of a 52-year-old union cement mason who was fatally hurt in 2017 while trying to help an injured friend off a ladder on the friend’s property. In 2024, Joe obtained a $6.7 million jury verdict for a Local 134 electrician on a case where the defense was so confident of victory that they never extended an offer.”

Joe’s consistently stellar work has earned him multiple honors in his field, including Martindale-Hubbell’s highest ranking for legal ability. He has also been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer, a National Top 100 Trial Lawyer, an Illinois SuperLawyer, and a Crain’s Chicago Business Leading Lawyer.