Martin A. Dolan

For more than two decades as a trial lawyer, Dolan has earned an outstanding reputation for successfully representing victims of personal injury and wrongful death in state and federal court. He is known for taking on the most complex, high-profile cases including those hurt by institutional and government failures, medical malpractice, reckless drivers, sexual assault, defective products, whistleblowers, criminal and professional malpractice cases. He will and has taken on the biggest companies, corporations, institutions and professionals.

Dolan has rarely lost at trial whether in the criminal courts or state courts. Dolan has obtained record verdicts and doing so with the support of an excellent team at Dolan Law. He is the principal attorney and sole owner of Dolan Law, PC. Earlier, he practiced as a Cook County State’s Attorney office in Chicago for six years and then as a litigator for the national firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney. In all, he has personally tried more than 50 cases to verdict in federal and state courts and more than 130 arbitration and bench trials. His cases have been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and USA Today.

Dolan received a Bachelor of Arts degree of St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and his Juris Doctorate from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1988.  He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and to trial bar in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Dolan contributes to the legal and local communities as a volunteer by publishing articles and giving presentations on legal issues, serving on local professional boards and committees, contributing financial needs to educational objectives, and volunteering for a local high school. He is a former travel baseball coach for 15 years and local grammar school basketball coach for 10 years. He routinely donates time and money to local charities and organizations.