Michael E. Holden and Paul M. McMahon named to Irish Legal 100 list

CHICAGO, IL (October 22, 2026) - The Legal Irish 100 list for 2026 proudly includes Romanucci & Blandin Senior Partner Michael E. Holden and Partner Paul M. McMahon. Both attorneys were among those recognized this year for their achievements. 

The Irish Legal 100 is an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States who share the common bond: their pride in their Irish heritage. The list includes attorneys, legal scholars and members of the judiciary from all over the United States who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. Each year the honorees are hosted at a celebration reception at the Washington D.C. residence of the Irish Ambassador to the United States. This year's event was hosted on October 21, 2026, by Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason. You can read the Irish Legal 100 publication here. 

As a senior leader of the firm, Michael Holden 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 Abuse, Premises Liability, Construction and Workplace Injury and Transportation & Car Accidents, as well as abuse in medical settings. Michael has extensive experience in litigating personal injury cases, including medical malpractice, product liability, nursing home negligence, premises liability, construction injury, and auto accident cases. 

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; a $30 million settlement for a family after their son was left permanently disabled and brain injured as a result of 25 experimental surgeries; a $24 million surgical and medical malpractice settlement; a $22.3 million verdict for the family of a young boy who lost his leg due to medical malpractice; a record-breaking $12.35 million settlement on behalf of the family of a client whose doctors failed to diagnose her breast cancer in a timely manner, which ultimately led to her death at 37 years old; and an $8 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a middle-aged union laborer who sustained permanent spinal cord damage and partial paralysis as a result of a delayed diagnosis and treatment of a spinal cord injury known as a spinal epidural abscess (SEA).

You can read Michael's full bio here.

Paul McMahon is a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, with over 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs harmed by 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, Nursing Home Abuse and other negligence by an individual or organization.   

Paul’s career 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.   

You can read Paul's full bio here.

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