Managing Partner
Sara M. Salger received her undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, graduating cum laude, and Saint Louis University School of Law for her J.D. where she received an International Law Certificate and litigation focus. She spent two semesters abroad during law school attending Università Cà Foscari di Venezia in Venice, Italy and University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. Ms. Salger's legal career has been focused on advocating for individuals wronged by the actions of others, with a particularized focus on representing victims of mesothelioma and lung cancer, as a result of exposure to asbestos. She has also handled complex benzene litigation and general personal injury claims.
Working at The Gori Law Firm since the firm's inception, and a Partner since May 2016, she is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri, is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Missouri State Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, American Association for Justice, National Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers (Member), National Women Trial Lawyers, and is on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Executive Committee and Board. Actively involved in her community, Ms. Salger serves on various philanthropic boards in the area and volunteers her time speaking to local high school and college law classes and groups.
Areas Of Practice Personal Injury Asbestos Litigation Benzene Litigation
Bar Admissions Illinois, 2008 Missouri, 2009
Education Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri J.D. - 2008 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois B.S. - 2004 Honors: cum laude
Professional Associations SIU Board of Trustees, 2022 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, President The National Trial Lawyers: Top 10 Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers Association, 2021 Illinois Trial Lawyers, Executive Board National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40, Member American Bar Association, Member Illinois State Bar Association, Member Madison County Bar Association, Member Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member Missouri State Bar Association, Member American Association for Justice, Member National Asbestos Mesothelioma Trial Lawyers, Member, Present Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Member National Women Trial Lawyers , Member
Honors & Awards 2022 Partners for Pets Rescuer of the Year Award 2022 Emerging Lawyer Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award, Women of PALS (Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar) 2020 – The award recognizes a lawyer who supports, initiates and sustains the advancement and progress of women in our field; contributes to materially altering the structural barriers to the success of women in our field within his or her firm or practice area; provides leadership in his or her firm and the wider legal community on issues related to gender equity; and effectively and consistently speaks truth to power. 2020 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 2020 Super Lawyer Rising Star 2019 Super Lawyer Rising Star 2019 Lawyers of Distinction - Personal Injury 2019 The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys Top 10 Under 40 in the State of Illinois Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Association President’s Award for 2019 for dedication to ITLA and Chair of the ITLA Women's Caucus 2018 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 2018 Emerging Lawyer 2018 Super Lawyer Rising Star Get to Know Me 2017 People to Watch 2015, 2016, 2017 Recipient of Super Lawyers Rising Star Award 2016 Recipient of Law Bulletin’s Emerging Lawyers Distinction Designated Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers
Classes & Seminars Moderated/Planning Chair: Litigation Potpourri Seminar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2022 Presented: The Top Emerging Trends in Asbestos Litigation, Perrin Conferences Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2022 The Judicial Roundtable: A View From the Bench, Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2021 Presented: Caution in the Courtroom: Motion Practice, ITLA Trial & Practice Tips Webinar, 2021 Perrin National Asbestos Conference – Speaker, September 2020 Trial Lawyer Lessons Learned During Quarantine” Webinar Moderator and Co-Planner, September 2020 Presented: Workplace Exposures & Causation and What Does SB1596 Mean for Workers’ Compensation, ITLA Workers’ Compensation Seminar, 2019 Moderated/Presented: The Plaintiff Lawyer’s Perspective, American Bar Association Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Conference, 2019 Moderated/Planning Chair: Trial & Practice Tips Seminar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 2019 Presented: Docket Management in Mass Filing Jurisdictions, Perrin Conferences, 2019 Moderated: The Judicial Roundtable, Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2018 Presented: Asbestos Caselaw Update, Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Shotgun Seminar, 2018 Presented: The View from The Plaintiff Lawyer’s Perspective, American Bar Association Blowout at the Biltmore: Hot Topics in Toxic Torts & Environmental Law, 2018 Presented: Navigating the Hague Convention: Evidence Abroad, Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Shotgun Seminar, 2017 Presented: Jurisdictional Update—Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri & Pennsylvania, Perrin Conferences, 2017 Presented: Medicare: What’s New, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Southern Illinois Shotgun Seminar, 2016 Presented Jurisdictional Updates: Overview of California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Emerging Jurisdictions, Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview & Outlook, Perrin Conference, 2016 Presented: Women in Business Breakfast Roundtable, Cutting Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation, Perrin Conference, 2016 Presented: Ethical Considerations in Asbestos Litigation—The Ethics of Determining Where to File Your Case, Plaintiff’s Asbestos Litigation Seminar, 2016 Presented: Key Jurisdictional Updates in California, Illinois, Louisiana and Pennsylvania, Cutting Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation, Perrin Conference, 2015 Presented: Jurisdictional Updates: Overview of California, Illinois and Emerging Jurisdictions, Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2015 Presented: Asbestos Litigation Update, Illinois Trial Lawyer’s Shotgun Seminar, 2015 Presented: Motion Practice in Madison County, Illinois, HarrisMartin's Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2014 Presented: Key Jurisdictional Updates: Illinois/Missouri, Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2014 Presented: The Growth of Foreign Asbestos Cases, Perrin Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2013 Moderated: From Intake to Trial Seminar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Education Fund, 2013 Presented: Asbestos and Mesothelioma, Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference, 2010
