Michael

Kosner

Michael Kosner has been practicing law in Chicago since 1998. After graduating from the University of Miami, he practiced in southern Florida before returning to Chicago, where he was raised in the northern suburbs. In 2018, he became a partner at Deratany & Kosner.

Legal Career

In 2005, at the age of 35, Mr. Kosner effectuated one of the largest stillbirth settlements in Illinois history. The case was settled in fewer than 90 days from the time he started working on it.

In 2009, Mr. Kosner settled the second largest wrongful death/medical malpractice case ever against Cook County Hospital. The settlement of $9.8 million was achieved just over two years after the filing of the lawsuit. The average medical malpractice case in Cook County takes more than three years to resolve.

Personal Life

Mr. Kosner is a devoted family man. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two children.