Sara M. Salger

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      Sara M. Salger

      Sara M. Salger

      The Gori Law FirmTotal Records: 1
      156 North Main Street, Edwardsville, IL, 62025, - 1972
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      Biography

      Sara M. Salger received her undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, graduating cum laude, and Saint Louis University School of Law for her J.D. where she received an International Law Certificate and litigation focus. She spent two semesters abroad during law school attending Università Cà Foscari di Venezia in Venice, Italy and University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. Ms. Salger's legal career has been focused on advocating for individuals wronged by the actions of others, with a particularized focus on representing victims of mesothelioma and lung cancer, as a result of exposure to asbestos. She has also handled complex benzene litigation and general personal injury claims.

      Working at The Gori Law Firm since the firm's inception, and a Partner since May 2016, she is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri, is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Missouri State Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, American Association for Justice, National Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers (Member), National Women Trial Lawyers, and is on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Executive Committee and Board. Actively involved in her community, Ms. Salger serves on various philanthropic boards in the area and volunteers her time speaking to local high school and college law classes and groups.

      Bar Admission

      Illinois, 2008

      Missouri, 2009

      Other Affiliations

      SIU Board of Trustees, 2022

      Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2nd Vice President

      The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers Association, 2021

      Illinois Trial Lawyers (Executive Board)

      National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40 (Member)

      American Bar Association (Member)

      Illinois State Bar Association (Member)

      Madison County Bar Association (Member)

      Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

      Missouri State Bar Association (Member)

      American Association for Justice (Member)

      National Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers (Member)

      Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Member)

      National Women Trial Lawyers (Member)

      Achievements

      • Other Sources of Feedback About Sara M. Salger
      • Included on the 2023 Illinois

      Past Lists

      • 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers list
      • 2015 Illinois Super Lawyers list

      Education

      • Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008 J.D.

      • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, 2004 B.S.

        Honors: cum laude

      Honers

      • 2022 Partners for Pets Rescuer of the Year Award
      • 2022 Emerging Lawyer
      • Lead Counsel Verified Since 2022
      • Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award, Women of PALS (Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar) 2020 – The award recognizes a lawyer who supports, initiates and sustains the advancement and progress of women in our field
      • contributes to materially altering the structural barriers to the success of women in our field within his or her firm or practice area
      • provides leadership in his or her firm and the wider legal community on issues related to gender equity
      • and effectively and consistently speaks truth to power.
      • 2020 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
      • 2020 Super Lawyer Rising Star
      • 2019 Super Lawyer Rising Star
      • 2019 Lawyers of Distinction - Personal Injury
      • 2019 The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 Under 40 in the State of Illinois
      • Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Association President’s Award for 2019 for dedication to ITLA and Chair of the ITLA Women's Caucus
      • 2018 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
      • 2018 Emerging Lawyer
      • 2018 Super Lawyer Rising Star
      • Get to Know Me 2017 People to Watch
      • 2015, 2016, 2017 Recipient of Super Lawyers Rising Star Award
      • 2016 Recipient of Law Bulletin’s Emerging Lawyers Distinction
      • Designated Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers

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