Founder and Principal Trial Attorney

Marvet M. Sweis, Esq.

Last reviewed: June 7, 2026 · Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Illinois

Practice focus

Marvet's practice is concentrated in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation. She represents accident victims and their families in matters involving severe traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputation, severe burns, and fatalities arising from motor vehicle collisions, trucking incidents, rideshare crashes, premises liability, and dram shop liability.

Before founding MSD Injury Lawyers, Marvet was an associate attorney at one of Chicago's premier personal injury trial firms, where she served as Director of Intake and Case Management. In that role she personally investigated several hundred cases per month involving serious personal injury. Over the years she received commendations from clients, co-counsel, and the bench for her ability to listen carefully to clients and produce record-setting results.

Marvet represents clients in English, Arabic, and Spanish, making her practice accessible to the Chicago corridor's broader immigrant and bilingual communities.

Awards and recognition

Recent recognition

• Leading Lawyer (2026) — recognition by Leading Lawyer Magazine
• Top 10 Personal Injury Law Firm Dedicated to Justice (2025) — America's Best Advocates
• Illinois Super Lawyers Top 5% (2024, 2025, 2026) — designation awarded to the top 5% of lawyers in the state
• Certificate of Excellence (2025) — Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas
• Vanguard Award (2024) — Chicago Bar Association, recognizing individuals who have made the law and legal profession more accessible to and reflective of the community at large

Earlier recognition

• Top 40 Professionals Under 40 in America (2021) — AA Foundation
• DSF Advocate for Diversity Award (2021) — Diversity Scholarship Foundation, with Justice Jesse G. Reyes of the Illinois Appellate Court
• AABAR & DSF Building Bridges MVP Award (2020)
• Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star (2014-2022) — nine consecutive years
• Emerging Leading Lawyers Award (2015-2021) — seven consecutive years
• Top 40 Attorneys Under Forty to Watch in Illinois (2015) — Chicago Lawyer Magazine, Law Bulletin Publishing Company

Education

UIC Law (University of Illinois Chicago School of Law). Juris Doctor. Dean's List. Inducted into Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity.

DePaul University. Dual Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology, with a concentration in Human Services. Inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society.

Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School. Chicago. An institution that advocates for the empowerment and advancement of young women, where Marvet remains a member of the Alumnae Law Society.

Public service and appointments

Marvet's civic engagement has resulted in several gubernatorial and judicial appointments to public bodies addressing civil rights, court administration, and cross-cultural inclusion:

• Commissioner, Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes (appointed by Governor JB Pritzker, currently serving second term). In 2024, appointed Chair of the Commission's Understanding Hate Committee, leading efforts aimed at increasing knowledge about hate and bias, prevention, available resources, and rapid response.
• Board Member, Illinois Secretary of State Cross-Cultural Advisory Board (appointed by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias).
• Council Member, Office of the Circuit Court of Cook County Advisory Council (appointed in 2025 by the Honorable Mariyana Spyropoulos), providing strategic guidance on modernizing the Clerk's Office and advancing the judicial process.
• MENA Advisory Council, appointed by the Mayor of Chicago.
• Vice Chair, AMVOTE Political Action Committee (appointed by the Honorable William J. Haddad, retired).
• Executive Board Member, UIC Law Advisory Board and Alumni Association (appointed by the Honorable Margaret O'Mara Frossard), where Marvet mentors law students.

Bar associations and professional memberships

• Arab American Bar Association of Illinois (AABAR) — Board of Directors and Past President
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois
• Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School Alumnae Law Society

Speaking engagements and publications

Marvet is a regular presenter at continuing legal education programs, bar association events, law schools, and government convenings. Selected recent engagements:

• DuPage County State's Attorney's Office. CLE Seminar: Understanding and Prosecuting Hate Crimes in Illinois (February 2026)
• Illinois Together Against Hate Conference. Human Rights in Action: Protecting our Democracy, with IDHR Director Jim Bennett (October 2025)
• Illinois State Bar Association. Hate Crime Laws in Illinois: An Overview (April 2025)
• Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Keynote speaker (April 2025)
• Southern Illinois University School of Law. Faculty panel (April 2025)
• Illinois Department of Human Rights. Help Stop Hate Campaign press conference (November 2024)
• Chicago-Kent College of Law. Guiding First Generation Law Students (November 2023)
• Loyola University School of Law. MENA Women in Law: Understanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (April 2022)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Successfully Using HITECH to Reduce Medical Records Costs

Approach to representation

Marvet's approach is direct: she is dedicated to her clients and works with them at every step to ensure they understand their rights. Her firm philosophy is that communication is everything and that aggressive trial advocacy can be paired with compassion. The goal is to fight until the client receives top results.

Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case turns on its specific facts. Nothing on this page constitutes legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship. The advertising-responsible attorney for this site is identified in our Editorial Policy. Marvet M. Sweis is admitted to practice in Illinois.