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Overview

Cindy Medina-Cervantes focuses her practice on toxic tort with extensive experience drafting pleadings and dispositive motions, conducting and defending depositions, and preparing expert witnesses for trial.

Prior to joining MG+M, Cindy worked as an associate at a national Chicago-based firm and a litigation defense firm, where she represented physicians, nurses, professional corporations and hospitals. She also served as a clerk for the Honorable Ronald F. Bartkowicz in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois.

While attending DePaul University College of Law, Cindy was president of the Latino/a Law Student Association, member of the DePaul Appellate Moot Court Society, a writer for the DePaul Journal of Health Care Law and the recipient of two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards after receiving the highest grade in two of the school’s writing courses.

She currently serves as a member of the DePaul Moot Court Alumni Board, where she coaches and advises law students preparing for national moot court competitions. She is also a board member of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois.

Outside of the office, she enjoys cooking, hiking and traveling.

Recognition

  • Young Lawyer of the Year, HLAI—Serving the Hispanic Lawyers of Ilinois 
  • Board Member, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois 
  • Illinois State Bar Association 
  • LCLD 2023 Pathfinder
  • Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2024

Involvement

  • Board Member, President-Elect, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois 
  • Illinois State Bar Association

Education

  • DePaul University College of Law, JD, 2017
  • The George Washington University, BA, International Affairs, 2012

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Court Admissions

  • US District Court, Northern District of Illinois