Experience
Kristina K. Green was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2011 and has devoted her entire career to helping victims of negligence. Ms. Green has successfully tried and settled numerous personal injury and wrongful death actions in several complex fields, including medical malpractice; auto and trucking accidents; dog bite cases; products liability; and premises liability.
Ms. Green has received several awards and recognitions for her contributions to the legal profession from a number of legal organizations and publications, as well as her clients and peers. Ms. Green is also a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association.
The level of skill, care and attention Ms. Green devotes to her clients’ cases is what truly sets her apart in this industry and is demonstrated by her clients’ satisfaction with the results she obtains on their behalf.
Awards & Recognitions
- Leading Lawyers, Leading Lawyer, 2025
- Super Lawyers, Rising Start, 2017 – 2021
- Leading Lawyers, Emerging Lawyer, 2018 – 2022
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys, 10 Best in Client Satisfaction in Illinois, 2018
- America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, 2018
- Avvo 10.0 Rating
Selected Verdicts
$2.6 Million
- Algonquin woman in a wrongful death medical malpractice case
- Wrongful death action arising out of medical malpractice for delayed insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Selected Settlements
$10.9 Million
- State Trooper’s Death
- Wrongful death action on behalf of an Illinois State Trooper who was killed after a semi-truck crashed into the back of his vehicle while stationed on the side of the highway.
$4.825 Million
- Cabinet that Tipped Over Causing CRPS
- From manufacturer and distributor of cabinet that tipped over on 31-year-old woman causing CRPS
$4 Million
- Arm Caught in Steam Rollers of Machine Resulting in Amputation
- From manufacturer of textile machine after 48-year-old man’s dominant arm got caught in steam rollers of machine resulting in amputation
$3.5 Million
- Staff’s Failure to Properly Monitor Patient Leaves Man Brain Damaged
- Anesthesiology staff’s failure to properly monitor 75-year-old man during ERCP resulting in brain damage.
$3.025 Million
- Wrongful Death after Clothing Caught in Snow Removal Machine
- Action against manufacturer of a salt spreading machine and others for death of a man whose clothing became caught in machine.
$3 Million
- Woman Slipped and Fell on Ice and Suffered Fractures
- Against condo association and management company after 62-year-old woman slipped and fell on ice and suffered fractures to her hip and knee.
$2.65 Million
- Medical Negligence in Connection with Cervical Ablation Procedure
- Medical negligence action for injuries results from negligent administration of anesthesia and post-operative monitoring in connection with an outpatient cervical ablation procedure.
$2 Million
- Failure to Diagnose Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leak
- Against surgeon for failure to diagnose a cerebral spinal fluid leak following spinal fusion surgery of 38-year-old woman resulting in arachnoiditis.
$1.2 Million
- Home Fireplace Cover Causes Severe Burns to 3-year-old
- Personal injury action for severe burns sustained by a 3-year-old after coming in contact with a fireplace cover at a relative’s home.
$1,000,000
- Negligent Administration of Anesthesia and Post-Operative Care
- Medical malpractice action for injuries to a 76 year old woman during from anesthesia and post-operative monitoring in connection with an outpatient vascular procedure.
$950,000
- Delay in Diagnosis of Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Medical negligence action against primary care physician for care and treatment for failing to disclose and coordinate appropriate treatment after imaging study findings causing resulting in delayed diagnosis of small cell lung cancer.
$775,000
- Against orthopedic surgeon for a failed hip replacement surgery resulting in limb length discrepancy in 65-year-old woman.
$750,000
- $750,000 for delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer
- Medical malpractice action for a delayed diagnosis of uterine cancer
$265,000
- Soft tissue injury from motor vehicle accident
- 38-year-old suffered soft tissue injury to cervical spine from motor vehicle accident
