Marcus Stone
Marcus leads the firm’s motor-vehicle and catastrophic-injury practice and is known for record verdicts against national trucking carriers.
Background.
Marcus Stone built his reputation taking on the trucking and insurance industries — and winning. He has secured multiple seven- and eight-figure results for victims of catastrophic crashes, including a $9 million verdict against a national carrier that had refused to offer policy limits.
A former prosecutor, Marcus is at his best in front of a jury, translating complex accident reconstruction and biomechanics into a story jurors trust. He is a frequent lecturer on trucking litigation and serves on the board of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
He co-founded the firm’s 24/7 rapid-response program, which dispatches investigators to the scene of serious crashes within hours.
Admissions & recognition.
Bar Admissions
- Illinois State Bar
- Indiana State Bar
- U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois
Education
- J.D. — Loyola University Chicago School of Law (2001)
- B.S., Economics — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1998)
Awards & Recognition
- Super Lawyers (2018–2025)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Avvo 10.0 — Superb
Professional Memberships
- American Association for Justice
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Select outcomes.
- $9.0M
Family of four struck by a fatigued long-haul driver running falsified logs
Verdict against a national carrier that refused policy limits; ELD data proved hours-of-service violations the company had ignored.
- $5.4M
Pedestrian killed in a crosswalk by a distracted commercial driver
Settlement securing the future of two surviving children after a full forensic-economic accounting of lifetime support.
- $4.1M
Spinal injury from a rear-end collision the insurer first valued at $40,000
Settlement reached on the eve of trial after we documented the full extent of a disputed spinal injury.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts.