Megan Shore
Founder / Trial Attorney
Chicago Office
About Megan
Attorney Megan Shore is a plaintiff’s attorney who represents clients in cases involving sexual assault, medical malpractice, birth injury, nursing home abuse and neglect, assisted living abuse and neglect, community integrated living arrangement (CILA) abuse and neglect, dental malpractice, and other personal injury cases, including privacy invasion, slip and falls, and auto accidents. Throughout her career, Megan has maintained a 100% success rate in securing compensation for her clients. Megan has been recognized as a National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 honoree, a Super Lawyer’s Illinois Rising Star, one of The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers, a member of The National Trial Lawyer’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and one of their Top 10 Nursing Home Lawyers. She has handled cases that have been highly publicized in the media, including CBS, ABC local news, NBC 5 Chicago Nightly News, AARP, Law360, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post.
Megan has presented (and continues to do so) at law schools and continuing education courses for lawyers and nurse consultants regarding electronic medical records for hospitals and nursing homes, audit trails, preventing obstruction of justice, written and oral discovery, defeating motions to compel arbitration, and the Medical Studies Act.
She has also published articles nationwide on birth injury, electronic medical records for hospitals and nursing homes, and audit trails. Additionally, Megan has served as a consultant to AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). She continues to work with special monitors of skilled nursing facilities appointed by the Attorney General to review nursing home abuse and neglect and audit electronic medical records.
Prior to founding her own firm, Megan litigated hundreds of cases at a top-rated Chicago law firm, recognized by US News as “Best Law Firms in Illinois First Tier Rankings Recognition,” and #1 for the number of settlements reported by The Jury Verdict Reporter.
Among her many accomplishments, Megan secured the first federal motion to remand within the 7th Circuit, establishing that nursing homes are not immune from liability under the PREP Act and federal officer immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also trained with and litigated alongside nationally renowned birth injury attorneys, with whom she continues to collaborate on cases across Illinois and nationwide.
Megan has handled birth injury cases in both state and federal courts that have resulted in multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts ranging from $4.5 million to $143 million – the largest obstetrical malpractice verdict in United States history at the time.
Notable Settlements & Verdicts
$9 Million
Jury Verdict
$6 Million
Jury Verdict
$5 Million
Settlement
$4 Million
Settlement
$3.5 Million
Settlement
$2.5 Million
Settlement
Presentations
- Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice Webinar
- AAJ Annual Convention Speaker
- Elder Abuse Trial College
- AAJ Webinar
- Dallas Nursing Home Abuse Conference
- Ohio Association for Justice
- AAJ Mediation Strategies
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- AAJ Elder Abuse College 2024
- Women in Trial Summit
- Advocating for the Aging
- MAJ Medical Malpractice Seminar
- AAJ Annual Convention Speaker
- AAJ Elder Abuse College 2023
- LNC Success Conference
- MAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group
- OAJ Annual Convention
- AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Webinar
- Legal Nurse Consultants Conference
- Northwest Suburban Bar Association
- AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Seminar
- AAJ Spring Seminar
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Seminar
Publications
- Trial Magazine
- AAJ Birth Trauma Journal
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal
Megan Shore In the News
- Crain's Chicago Business Notable Women in Law Crain's Chicago Business
- Advocating for the Aging RVN TV
- The Washington Post
- Nursing Home Unlikely to Sway 9th Circ. in Virus Venue Fight Law360
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- The Trial Lawyer Magazine
- Member Spotlight: Megan Shore Women's Bar Association of Illinois
- CBS News Chicago
- NBC 5 Chicago
- 2nd Symphony of Joliet Wrongful Death Lawsuit Yahoo News
- Nursing Homes Struggle to Keep COVID Out as Deaths Rise WGLT Radio
- COVID Executive Order Limits Malpractice Lawsuits WGLT Radio
- Week 25 News
- ABC News
- Bloomington Nursing Home Lawsuit Coverage
Teaching & Mentoring
- Chicago-Kent College of Law 2022
- Mentor for the UIC Law Alumni Mentor Program 2022
- Mentor for the Illinois State Bar Association's Lawyer-to-Lawyer Mentoring 2022
- Mentor for the Women's Bar Association of Illinois 2022
- Trial Advocacy, Guest Speaker, at The John Marshall Law School 2017
