Mordini Schwartz Vine.

Twenty years ago, Mark Mordini and Brad Schwartz were straight out of law school when they met as associates at Moss & Hillison - a firm notorious for its willingness to go to trial. Those early years were like boot camp. The experience was similar to a medical resident spending four years at the Cook County Hospital emergency room. Mark and Brad learned fast and they both tried a lot of cases. Mark and Brad were lured by an insurance company client to form an in-house defense firm. The firm became known as Galvin, Mordini, Schwartz & Meade.

Eager to re-enter private practice, Mark A. Mordini and L. Bradley Schwartz formed Mordini & Schwartz in 1996. Their relationship has lasted more than fifteen years and continues to this day. In 2014, Mark Mordini and Eli Vine formed Mordini Schwartz Vine.
Experience and Growth

Since its formation in 1996, Mordini Schwartz Vine has continuously represented the interests of numerous insurance companies and self-insureds including American Service Insurance Company, American Country Insurance Company, Kingsway America, State Farm Insurance Company, Midway Moving & Storage, Inc., Enterprise Leasing Company, Founders Insurance Company, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, American Heartland Insurance Company, Universal Casualty Company, Safeway Insurance Company, Badger Mutual Insurance Company, Hanover Insurance Company, Alamo Rent-A-Car, American Access Casualty Company, Ace Specialty Insurance, Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, Lancer Insurance Company, Ameriprise Home & Auto, Progressive Insurance, Providence Washington Insurance Company, Apollo Casualty Company, United Equitable Insurance Company, Medmarc Casualty Insurance Company, Unique Insurance Company, American Family Insurance, Allstate Insurance Company, Great American Insurance Company and American Alliance Casualty Company.

Transportation clients include Lincoln Towing, Nationwide Trucking, Chicago Medicar, American Taxi Dispatch, Inc., 303 Taxi, City of Chicago, Peoria Charter Coach, Frontline Transportation, SCR Medical, 5-Star Flash Taxi, Inc., Grossinger Toyota, Landmark Ford, Eastern Cab Company and J.R. Transportation.

Mordini Schwartz Vine attorneys have tried literally hundreds of cases to verdict in every venue in northern Illinois. Every member of the firm is expected to regularly try cases so that even the youngest associates have extensive courtroom experience. Although the firm's client base has broadened and its practice areas have expanded, Mordini Schwartz Vine remains a tight and personable firm with some of the hardest working lawyers in the business.
Defense Philosophy

The lawyers at Mordini Schwartz Vine are not scared of the courtroom. As young lawyers, the partners were either on trial or getting ready for trial every single day. They began to understand the value of preparation. As the firm matured, Mark and Brad applied their courtroom experience and created a simple but important philosophy: Every case is defended with the assumption that it will go to trial. Because each case is prepared for trial from the beginning, settlement is possible at any time on the carrier's terms. If eventual settlement were the only goal, the competitive edge would be lost. Preparation for trial allows the firm to settle cases for far less than full value.