Romanucci & Blandin, LLC

08/14/2026

We're proud of Senior Attorney Michelle DiSilvestro's legal leadership and mentorship of the next class of UIC Law. Michelle, an alumna of UIC Law, joined a panel of esteemed members of the Chicago and Illinois legal community to talk to the latest group of 1Ls about law school and the legal profession.

08/13/2026

“Our prayers are extended to Ash for a full recovery from his extensive, catastrophic injuries. This simply never should have happened. We will work tirelessly to gather all information, history of the property and related complaints, witness testimony, and other information with the goal of holding those responsible accountable for this senseless tragedy, with the hope that this never happens to another child or teenager again,” said Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci.

The legal team representing the teenager includes Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci, Partner John R. Gorey and Attorney Isabella A. Mazzanti, with co-counsel, Minnesota Attorney Kevin C. Riach.

Romanucci & Blandin will commence a civil investigation into the tragic and preventable fall by a teenager at an out-of-service grain elevator in Minneapolis, MN. Ash Ranallo-Korbel, 18, suffered catastrophic injuries on August 3, 2026, at the facility, located at 37th Street East and Cheatham Avenu...

08/11/2026

Partner Michael D. Cerasa spoke to attendees at The National Trial Lawyers' Big Truck and Auto Summit this past weekend on “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Auto Case Evaluation and Litigation.”

08/10/2026

“Twenty seconds. Just twenty seconds from when Officer Walzer arrived on the scene to when he fired deadly shots. What’s important is that Derek was inside a vehicle, that vehicle was blocked in and couldn’t leave the scene, and other officers who arrived before Walzer appeared to be in a de-escalation mode. Walzer came in, predisposed to deadly force, stating multiple times with intensity and profanity that he was going to kill Derek. And he made good on those threats, in only twenty seconds,” said Antonio Romanucci, Founding Partner of Romanucci & Blandin.

Legal Team:

Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci
Partner John R. Gorey
Senior Attorney Maura D. White
And Ankin Law

The lawsuit for the police shooting death of Derek Jordan was filed on August 6, 2026. Defendants include the City of Chicago and Max W. Walzer. The Plaintiff is Christine Thompkins, Derek’s mother.

08/07/2026

Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci spoke yesterday to a crowd of attorneys from the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association at their 2026 Convention.

His presentation was "Achieving Justice and Accountability in the Days of Invented Truths, Denials and Cover Stories: Complexities of Municipal and Federal Liability in Law Enforcement Cases," part of his 2026 speaking engagement series that has covered America from coast to coast and will continue through the end of the year.

08/05/2026

Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci provided valuable testimony at an international hearing in Washington, D.C. The topic was immigration and human rights violations by ICE and CBP in many U.S. cities in the past year. Tony discussed the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis and the multiple citizens in Chicago who had their Constitutional Rights violated.

The hearing was conducted by the Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, a multinational organization that includes the U.S., Central American and South American countries. Tony and others at the hearing urged the Commission to urge the U.S. to comply with Inter-American human rights laws.

The hearing was conducted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a multinational organization that includes the U.S., Central American and South American countries. Antonio Romanucci and others at the hearing urged the Commission to urge the U.S. to comply with Inter-American human rights...

08/04/2026

Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci and Thomas Becker of University Network for Human Rights wrote an editorial in The Guardian about how they’re seeking help from outside of the United States to hold the administration accountable for civil rights violations from its policies:

We are constitutional law, civil rights, and human rights scholars and practitioners who have spent decades litigating government abuse cases in the United States. Despite the US legal system’s flaws, our work – from securing a record civil settlement for George Floyd’s family to holding Boliv...

07/31/2026

Learn what our team was up to in July via our latest monthly newsletter:

Read about what Romanucci & Blandin’s team was up to in July 2026.

07/31/2026

Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci respond to denial of Sean Grayson's medical release in Sonya Massey killing:

Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio M. Romanucci, who represent the family of Sonya Massey, responded to today's decision by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to deny medical release to Sean Grayson.

07/30/2026

R&B was proud to be a Premier Sponsor of the American Association for Justice's Convention in Chicago. Our attorneys and staff had a wonderful time, which included presenting, networking and learning from others in the industry.

Featured in the reel:

From R&B: Antonio Romanucci, Stephan Blandin, Gina Arquilla DeBoni, Michael Holden, Frank A. Sommario, Daisy Ayllon, Michael Cerasa, John R. Gorey, Joe Kolar, Paul M. McMahon, Sarah Raisch, Debra Liss Thomas, Michelle DiSilvestro, Sam A. Harton, Patrick A. Huber, Joshua M. Levin, Stephen H. Weil, Maura D. White, Isabella A. Mazzanti, Lucy Gonzalez, Dana Kondos, Elizabeth Romanucci

Organizations: American Association for Justice, Public Justice and The Milestone Foundation, Everytown for Gun Safety Law

Others: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton, Illinois Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II, Ben Crump