Craig L. Manchik
Craig L. Manchik was born in Chicago and grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. He attended the University of Kansas, where he graduated with Honors with a degree in Business Administration. Craig was a member of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and was awarded the coveted Sobal Cup for excellence in academics.
Craig attended DCL Michigan State University College of Law where he graduated Cum Laude. He was a member of the Student Senate, and was elected Vice President of the Senate during his third year of law school.
He had previously held elected positions including Treasurer and Secretary of the Senate.
Amicus, the alumni magazine for Michigan State University College of Law, recently featured Craig in an article titled “The Lawyers Who Win”. The article highlights Craig’s success as a trial attorney and his commitment to his clients.
Craig has been in private practice since 1994 and has tried many Jury Trials to verdict. Three notable cases were as follows:
- $3.75 Million dollar settlement, after one week on trial, in medical malpractice case;
- $2.7 Million dollar verdict in medical malpractice case involving failure to delivery a baby timely; and
- $1.2 Million dollar verdict in willful and wanton case versus the Village of Skokie and two of its police officers.
Craig currently resides in Lake Forest, Illinois with his wife, Allyson, and their three sons, Jackson, Grayson Samuel, and Maxwell Joseph. In his free time he enjoys coaching his son’s hockey team, playing hockey and golf.
Lawyers Who Win
[An MSU article featuring Craig Manchik]
Craig Manchik, ’94, managing partner in the Chicago-based firm of Manchik & Romaker, has been arguing his position since he was a child. Manchik recently won a jury verdict of more than $1.1 million on a difficult liability case against an Illinois municipality and its police officers. He agrees that you win cases by doing a thorough and complete investigation that includes lining up appropriate experts early so they can advise you in discovery.
Manchik’s firm concentrates on medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. To him, successful litigation hinges on the ability to be a good listener. Manchik believes “you must be in a position to feel your client’s pain. You must bring forth the passion necessary to convince a jury of the wrongs that have been done to the client. If you can do that, you have a good start.”