Michael D. "Mike" Ditore

Michael D. "Mike" Ditore

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023
Awarded Practice Areas
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
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Power Rogers LLP

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Biography

Michael D. DiTore is a trial attorney at Power Rogers LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where he represents individuals and families in matters involving medical malpractice, civil rights violations, wrongful death, and catastrophic personal injury litigation. His practice focuses on Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, with an emphasis on complex and high-stakes cases throughout Illinois.

Serving as lead counsel, Mike has obtained substantial recoveries in cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. In 2026, he secured several significant results, including record wrongful death recoveries in Kane and McLean Counties and a nearly $18 million settlement for a woman who suffered catastrophic injuries in a boating incident. These matters continue a history of seven- and eight-figure recoveries in contested litigation involving serious injuries and loss of life.

In 2024, Mike obtained multiple seven-figure recoveries, including a $7.7 million settlement for a man injured in a motor vehicle collision and a record wrongful death recovery in Lake County. In 2023, he secured a $10.5 million wrongful death verdict on behalf of the family of a man killed during a police pursuit, as well as a $10 million settlement in a case involving the failure to diagnose cervical cancer.

Mike also obtained a record-setting $42.4 million medical malpractice verdict in 2022 on behalf of a patient who suffered catastrophic injuries, and he later helped defend that verdict on appeal. Earlier in his career, he obtained a $2.6 million medical malpractice jury verdict that was recognized among the Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois in 2019.

Based in Chicago, Mike represents clients across Illinois in complex personal injury, medical negligence, wrongful death, and civil litigation matters through his work with Power Rogers LLP.

Works at
Power Rogers LLP

10 Best Lawyers awards

Power Rogers LLP logo

Locations

Education

  • Loyola University Chicago, J.D., graduated 2013
  • Illinois State University, B.S., graduated 2010

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, State of Illinois

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Lawdragon 500 X - the Next Generation, 2023-present

  • Best Lawyers in America, 2024

  • Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch", 2022
  • Illinois Rising Stars, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Top 50 Verdicts in Illinois, 2019
  • Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2023
  • 40 Under Forty, 2020, by Chicago Lawyer magazine and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
  • Emerging Lawyers, 2021, 2022

Case History

Cases
  • $10 Million Settlement for Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer
Corboy & Demetrio Partner Mike Ditore obtained a settlement of $10 million against a Chicago-area health system that failed to timely diagnose cervical cancer.
  • $10.5 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Chicago Police Chase
Corboy & Demetrio Partners Mike Ditore and Bill Gibbs obtained a Cook County jury verdict of $10.5 million in the death of a 61-year-old Chicago man who was killed as a result of a police chase that took place on April 13, 2018. The crash occurred while three Chicago Police Department officers were chasing a motorist for a traffic violation without contacting their supervisors on the radio.
  • $42,4 Million Jury Verdict
Corboy & Demetrio obtained a record-setting jury verdict of $42,400,000 against Advocate Condell Medical Center for the wrongful death of a 47-year-old husband and father of two girls. The decedent was a quadriplegic who was being monitored for the signs and symptoms of baclofen withdrawal, while awaiting surgery for the replacement of the pump that delivered the medication to him to control his muscle spasms. Corboy & Demetrio Attorneys Thomas A. Demetrio, Michael D. Ditore, and David R. Barry, Jr. represented the Estate in the two and a half-week trial. The verdict set a record for the highest jury verdict for the wrongful death of a man age 20 or older in a medical malpractice case in Illinois.

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