Nicky M. Priovolos

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Attorney Nicky Priovolos is a litigation attorney with a background in civil disputes and federal litigation. She has extensive experience handling cases in all stages of litigation.

Nicky earned her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School. During law school, Nicky was a Staff Editor for The John Marshall Law Review. She also earned CALI Awards for the highest grade in her Medical Negligence and Labor Law classes.

She served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge Charles P. Kocoras in the Northern District of Illinois, as he presided over civil and criminal federal cases.

In her third year of law school, Nicky was a Teaching Assistant for a first-year Legal Writing class. As a reporting intern in college, Nicky wrote news and human-interest articles published in a variety of Pioneer Press suburban local newspapers. She is also fluent in Greek.

Practice Areas

• Transportation Litigation
• Civil Defense Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• Cargo

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2015
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2016

Education

• University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law (formerly The John Marshall Law School), Chicago, Illinois
  • Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2015
• DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
  • Bachelor of Arts; Journalism, summa cum laude, 2012

Current/Past Affiliations and Offices Held

• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers, Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2024
• Dean's List, 2012 – 2015
• CALI Award: Labor Law and Medical Negligence, 2015