Mallory Sanzeri brings to Mohan Groble Scolaro over a decade of exceptional experience defending target companies in catastrophic injury, occupational exposure, wrongful death and other high exposure cases. She has defended her clients across the country in jurisdictions commonly referred to as “judicial hellholes” including personal injury cases under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Mallory has tried over 20 jury cases to verdict in the state of Illinois alone and has represented companies in railroad, other transportation, construction, insurance and products liability cases.

Mallory’s experience includes not only working for other defense firms representing clients similar to those she represents in her new role as partner at Mohan Groble Scolaro, but also as a trial lawyer in an in-house litigation role, where she was freely allowed to gain valuable jury trial experience and learned the impact of her results on the business of which she was part. Her fascination with winning jury trials began even before she finished law school as she served the DuPage County Illinois State’s Attorney’s office under a Rule 711 license, allowing law students to practice law while supervised, providing her valuable courtroom experience during her second and third years. Mallory displayed her drive and determination by taking an accelerated course load, graduating from law school in two and a half years. Mallory looks forward to helping lead MGS into the next generation.

EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University College of Law, J.D., 2012
Winona State University, B.A., 2010

BAR ADMISSIONS

Illinois
Montana

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Author, Targeted: The Transportation Industry and Illinois’ Wrongful Death Act, ISBA-EUTT Newsletter, September 2023
Author, Current Status of Prejudgment Interest in Illinois, ISBA-YLD Newsletter, March 2023
Author, ICC Crossing Safety Improvement Plan: Where We Came From and Where We Are Going, ISBA-EUTT Newsletter, December 2022
Author, Young Lawyers as Expert Second-Chair Trial Attorneys, ISBA-YLD Newsletter, April 2022
Author, Remote Jury Selection for Civil Trial – Are Remote Jury Trials Next?, ISBA-YLD Newsletter, January 2021
Author, When Form Construction Contracts Are Not Enough: Top 5 Construction Contract Drafting Tips, ISBA-YLD Newsletter, November 2019
Presenter, Update: Personal Jurisdiction and Forum Shopping, NARTC Special Litigation Conference, March 2019

COURT MEMBERSHIPS

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

AFFILIATIONS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Illinois State Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division Section Council
Illinois State Bar Association – Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications & Transportation Section Council