Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, a national personal injury firm primarily based in Chicago, is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael R. Grieco and Bryce T. Hensley have been named Partners of the firm.

Michael helps manage the practice areas of medical malpractice, product liability, construction negligence, toxic torts, motor vehicle collision, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. Since becoming a lawyer at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC in 2018, Michael individually and as an instrumental leader and contributor within the firm has successfully obtained numerous favorable settlements and verdicts for victims of personal injury throughout the country with tenacity and passion. In the courtroom, Michael has obtained a $28.7 million verdict in a medical malpractice wrongful death case, a $1.3 million verdict in a dental practice case, and a $1.33 million verdict in a motor vehicle collision case. Outside of the courtroom, Michael’s work has helped secure multiple medical malpractice settlements in the amounts of $12.35 million, $6.9 million, $8 million, $4.25 million, and $2.875 million. Michael played a critical role in obtaining settlements alongside Founding Partner Stephan D. Blandin, including a workplace injury case for $50 million where Michael took over 40 depositions in the case and worked with and presented experts across the country. Additionally, Michael has secured millions of dollars in cases for his individual clients including: a premises liability case for $3.3 million, a product liability case for $2.675 million, a nursing home wrongful death case for $1.2 million and motor vehicle collision cases for $750,000 and $725,000. Michael is currently litigating cases on behalf of 19 Plaintiffs who have been diagnosed with cancer or other illness from toxic chemicals that were dumped into the groundwater by two companies in Union, Illinois. Michael has appeared in the media to discuss the case. Further, Michael continues to litigate the firm’s concussion cases against the National Football League (NFL) on behalf of retired football players who sustained traumatic brain injuries. He is also helping prosecute several cases against Boeing for the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 airplane crash as well as a helicopter crash case against the helicopter’s maintenance company in Kansas.

Michael is an active member of various professional organizations and holds leadership roles with the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Michael was elected to the Board of Governors and is on the executive committee for the Professional Negligence section. He has also been elected to the executive board of the Justinian Society of Lawyers and is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyer Association (ITLA) and Illinois State Bar Association. He also recently served in two leadership roles for the Chicago Bar Association: On the Judicial Evaluation Committee and Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division Tort Litigation Committee. Michael is regularly asked to speak at conferences around the country by ITLA and AAJ. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2012, and he walked on the football team as a kicker and earned a varsity letter during his senior year. Michael earned his Juris Doctor from the Loyola University School of Law.

Bryce helps manage the firm’s complex litigation group representing individual and classes of victims of toxic exposures, product defects, civil rights violations, automobile accidents, and other catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death. He has had a key leadership role in the firm’s efforts on some of the highest-profile mass tort cases in the country alongside Founding Partner Antonio Romanucci, representing Romanucci & Blandin clients’ portion of global settlements. Bryce’s leadership and skill have been recognized in Chicago as he was appointed by the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2019 as the Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in the Willowbrook ethylene oxide litigation, which resulted in a nine-figure global settlement for over 870 Plaintiffs diagnosed with cancer and other illnesses from toxic air emissions from local sterilization facilities. Bryce also represented more than 70 victims of the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas mass shooting, who were part of the $800 million global settlement in the case. Bryce has also obtained tens of millions of dollars in settlements for his clients in individual cases, which include: a $4.25 million wrongful death settlement against the City of Chicago for a police shooting, a $4 million wrongful death settlement for a workplace toxic exposure, a $2.25 million settlement against a multi-purpose arena in a premises liability case that resulted in a client suffering a fractured ankle and CRPS, a $2.1 million settlement against the Archdiocese of Chicago for the sexual abuse of a minor child, $750,000 and $610,000 in settlements on behalf of clients with herniated discs due to various automobile collisions, and $301,000 for a client suffering a vicious dog bite. Along with settling cases, Bryce has taken numerous cases to trial. In March 2023, Bryce tried a wrongful death case against the City of Chicago, which resulted in a $4.93 million verdict for the estate of an 82-year-old woman killed in a motor vehicle collision while in a car stopped at a red light. In March 2022, Bryce delivered the rebuttal closing argument in a wrongful death case against the City of Chicago for the death of an emotionally disturbed person that resulted in a $742,500 verdict.

In 2020, he was honored to be named to the Crain’s Chicago Business list of the city’s “20 in their 20s.” Bryce is an active member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) and is a member of The National Trial Lawyers. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and earned his Juris Doctor with magna cum laude honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2017. He also earned his Mass-Tort MDL Certificate from Duke Law School—Bolch Judicial Institute in 2020.

“Michael Grieco is very deserving of the title of Partner, and it acknowledges his work ethic, knowledge of the law, and his results for our clients in several key practice areas including medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, and toxic torts. We are proud of him and look forward to his continued contributions to our firm and our community,” said Founding Partner Stephan D. Blandin.

“It is with pride that we welcome Bryce Hensley as a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin. This is a well-deserved career milestone and reflects his dedication to our clients and his meaningful contributions to the firm. We value his fierce advocacy for those who have been harmed or lost their lives because of individual or corporate negligence, and in other unfortunate circumstances,” said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci.

View Michael R. Grieco’s biography. 

View Bryce T. Hensley’s biography. 

About Romanucci & Blandin, LLC

Romanucci & Blandin is a Chicago-based national trial practice committed to fighting for victims of negligence, abuse and wrongful death. Founded in 1998, we have decades of history securing verdicts and settlements for our clients - many for millions of dollars and others record-setting awards.  Our expertise ranges from medical malpractice and sexual abuse cases involving individual or institutional negligence to civil rights, police misconduct and workers' compensation, making Romanucci & Blandin a valuable legal resource to individuals and groups of people who have been injured by others’ wrongdoing. Referring attorneys and clients say several factors differentiate our firm: Our record of success, depth of experience, talented and dedicated legal team, tireless preparation and strategic use of communications to fight for the rights of those whose lives have been changed forever. We are different from other personal injury firms in that our work does not stop when a verdict or settlement is secured. We are often inspired by our clients’ experiences and commit resources to create change in our communities. For more information about Romanucci & Blandin, please visit www.rblaw.net or call (312) 313-7543.