Michael E. Holden named Senior Partner at Romanucci & Blandin
CHICAGO (July 1, 2025) – Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, a national personal injury firm primarily based in Chicago, announces that Michael E. Holden has been named Senior Partner at the firm. As a senior leader of the firm, Mike contributes to Romanucci & Blandin's management, operational efficiency, technology, and special projects, while also being responsible for a significant caseload of medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, premises liability, construction injury and auto accident cases.
Michael has been an attorney for 17 years and has been with Romanucci & Blandin since 2005, beginning as a law clerk while in law school. Throughout his tenure at Romanucci & Blandin, Michael has successfully obtained dozens of verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients – many in excess of $1 million – through trial, mediation, arbitration, and negotiation, including a $50 million settlement for the wife of a worker who died following a workplace injury in the Chicago area in 2016; $40 million awarded by a jury for a child paralyzed due to a spinal cord stroke that occurred during heart surgery; a $35 million settlement for following a three-week trial for a birth injury resulting in cerebral palsy; and a $30 million settlement for a family after their son was left permanently disabled and brain injured as a result of 25 experimental surgeries.
Michael has been widely recognized for his insight, experience and leadership as an attorney, and has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America®, a Super Lawyer (2023-2025) by Super Lawyers® in Illinois, a Rising Star by Super Lawyers® in Illinois from 2011-2022, a Leading Lawyer (2023-2025) by Leading Lawyers, and an Emerging Lawyer (2015-2022) by Leading Lawyers. Michael has been published and has presented on topics related to personal injury litigation with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association, Stafford Continuing Legal Education, and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law and his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
“Michael Holden is an integral part of our firm’s leadership team, and we are pleased to name him Senior Partner. We value his many and varied contributions and look forward to the next chapter with Michael in a further increased leadership capacity,” said Founding Partners Antonio M. Romanucci and Stephan D. Blandin.
