Paul M. McMahon

Paul M. McMahon is a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, with more than 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs harmed in medical negligence, product liability, automobile accidents, premises liability, railroad negligence, and FELA.  As to damages, he has extensive experience in cases involving wrongful death and traumatic brain injuries.   

At Romanucci & Blandin, Paul represents plaintiffs injured because of medical malpractice or other negligence by an individual or organization.   

Paul has been recognized for his work by Leading Lawyers. He has been a frequent lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, training lawyers in Basic Skills as well as more advanced seminars on the issues of proving damages.  He has also been a guest on the national television broadcast, TODAY on NBC, and a guest panelist on an East Coast talk show to discuss a successful result in a case that had made national and international headlines as far away as India and New Zealand.  In the Gant case, discussed below, his verdict was found to be one of four of the most significant verdicts in the United States that year by The National Law Review, and Paul was featured on the Review’s cover.  He was also recently featured discussing a successful auto accident trial verdict on the national podcast, The Result.  

Before joining Romanucci & Blandin, Paul was most recently a Partner at a Chicago-area personal injury law firm.  Paul’s trial results include a $50 million jury verdict for the parents of an 18-year-old asthmatic young man who died after a delayed paramedics and 911 response.  This remains the largest jury verdict ever in a wrongful death case in Illinois involving solely loss of society damages.  Other significant trial verdicts include a $4.75 million jury verdict for a man whose legs were permanently injured by mismarked electrical lines in his yard, a $2.8 million verdict for an electrician who walked into an open manhole and a $2 million verdict for the death of a 68-year-old who died of sepsis after being sent home without antibiotics at the University of Chicago. One of his trial accomplishments of which he is most proud was obtaining a $1.25 million verdict, second chairing in his very first jury trial, the case of a brain-injured client that employers and doctors had dismissed as not credible, who only had a small amount in medical visits and bills.   

 He is admitted to practice in Illinois, both state and federal courts.  

Paul graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago, obtaining a B.A. with Honors in English, in 1989. He graduated with his Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University in 1992, where he was named the Captain of the Mock Trial Team by his professor and later Federal jurist, Hon. John Darrah.  

Paul takes great pride in his service in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Detroit (AOE-4), and he is a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).   He is also a past President of the St. Athanasius Parish Council in Evanston, Illinois. 

A Chicago native and the youngest of a blue-collar family of nine children, Paul lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago, where he is married to his high school sweetheart, Ruth, and they have four children.   

B.A. in English, University of Illinois Chicago, 1989

J.D., Northern Illinois University, 1992

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

• Lifetime Member

St. Athanasius Parish Council in Evanston, Illinois

• Past President 

• $50 million jury verdict for the parents of an 18-year-old asthmatic young man who died after a delayed paramedics and 911 response.  This remains the largest jury verdict ever in a wrongful death case in Illinois involving solely loss of society damages. 
• $4.75 million jury verdict for a man whose legs were permanently injured by mismarked electrical lines in his yard.
• $2.8 million verdict for an electrician who walked into an open manhole.
• $2 million verdict for the death of a 68-year-old who died of sepsis after being sent home without antibiotics at the University of Chicago.
• $1.25 million verdict, second chairing in his very first jury trial, the case of a brain-injured client that employers and doctors had dismissed as not credible, who only had a small amount in medical visits and bills.