Seth Cardeli

Seth Cardeli

Chicago, IL recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021
Levin & Perconti

7 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Biography

With more than a decade of experience, Partner Seth L. Cardeli is a skilled trial attorney representing families across the country who have suffered as a result of medical negligence and malpractice, including children who have been injured during labor and delivery.

Seth is well-versed in the many complex legal and medical issues surrounding birth injury claims. He regularly conducts educational seminars for other attorneys on important aspects of litigation such as taking depositions and dealing with obstacles to the discovery process. Seth recently gave a lecture on Basic Fetal Heart Rate Patterns, Nomenclature, and Etiology, in which he taught lawyers how to interpret electronic fetal heart rate tracings used to gain valuable information about babies during labor. Seth has also authored multiple articles for legal journals focused on trial work, writing on topics such as how negligence can occur during the resuscitation of a newborn baby.

After law school, Seth began practicing at a well-known personal injury firm in New York City where he handled a range of personal injury matters, representing victims of defective products, construction accidents, and motor vehicle accidents as well as medical malpractice. After three years practicing in the New York area, Seth relocated to Maryland to join a law firm that enabled him to represent victims of medical malpractice all over the country, having been admitted pro hac vice in numerous jurisdictions including, Arizona, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Levin & Perconti

7 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., graduated 2008
  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., graduated 2008

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Top 10 Medical Malpractice Settlement in the United States, 2020

  • Leading Lawyers
    Leading Lawyer, 2022-present
    Personal Injury Law: General
    Personal Injury Law: Professional Malpractice

  • Super Lawyers
    Illinois Rising Star, 2016-2018, 2020-2021
    Illinois Super Lawyer 2023-2026

  • Jury Verdict Reporter: Trial Excellence Award: Highest Reported Coles County Verdict: Birth Injury Case, 2024

  • Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers, 2014 – 2020
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2016 – 2018, 2020 – 2021

Additional Information

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Case History

Cases
  • J.C. FOR K.C V. SBLHC
$40 Million birth injury verdict, the Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict in Illinois History Outside of Cook County.
  • $29 Million
Birth Injury Settlement on behalf of a child who suffered an injury due to a delayed c-section
  • $20 Million
$27M Recovery after a Cook County jury awarded a $20 Million Verdict on behalf of a child who suffered preventable HIE and asphyxia injuries at birth, resulting in permanent cognitive and developmental impairments, Levin & Perconti continues to advocate for the family and ultimately achieved a $27 million total recovery.
  • $18 Million Settlement
$18M birth injury settlement against a Chicago area hospital on behalf of a young girl who suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy
  • $11.5 Million
FTCA settlement for a child born at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Guam who suffered a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury due to a negligent neonatal resuscitation and intubation
  • $6.5 Million
for a child who suffered a brain injury due to a hospital’s failure to provide appropriately trained health care providers to perform a neonatal resuscitation

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