Welcome To Fabiano Law Offices

Established in 1954, Fabiano Law Offices was founded to serve personal injury victims.

In 1954 Anthony R. Fabiano started Fabiano Law Office, and for the last 70 years Fabiano Law Offices has been entrusted to help and protect the rights of injured victims. During that time, Fabiano Law Office has been involved in many serious and high-profile cases. As a result of the lawyers’ dedication and tenacity, Fabiano Law Office has been successful in not only achieving significant success for injured victims, but also in forcing large corporations to change their safety policies, as well as modifying Illinois Law to promote and further the rights of injured victims.

We know the most important part of the lawyer/client relationship is that the client can trust the lawyer. That the client can trust the lawyer has integrity; trust the lawyer has the competence and experience to handle the case, and not just because they say so; trust the lawyer will look out only for the client’s best interest, not theirs, or anyone else’s; and trust, that when the lawyer tells you something, good or bad, it is the truth.

This is the standard at Fabiano Law Office.

Our Services

You Have Come To The Right Place

In addition to offering compassionate, personalized counsel, our attorneys have a deep understanding of personal injury law. You will benefit from the knowledge they have attained.

Thomas Fabiano

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• Juris Doctorate - 1992
• University of Iowa
• BA - 1988

Current Position

• Attorney

Selected to Super Lawyers 2021 to 2025; Top 100 Lawyers



Other Activities

• Sits on the City of Rockford Zoning Board and Liquor Advisory
  

Thomas Fabiano has been practicing law since 1992, the last 32 years as a partner at Fabiano Law Offices. Thomas started out his law career working for a large and aggressive law firm in Chicago defending personal injury lawsuits. During those years of practice, Thomas tried many cases before juries in Chicago, Skokie, Rolling Meadows, and Bridgeview achieving excellent results. Within a short time of practicing law, Thomas, on several occasions, was asked by the Illinois State Bar Association to speak to lawyers regarding the Supreme Court Rules of Civil Procedure and Trial Strategy. In 1996, Thomas made the decision to return to his roots and his hometown of Rockford, so he could practice law with his father, Anthony R. Fabiano. It was the best decision he could make.

 This time, however, Thomas chose to concentrate his practice to helping persons who were seriously injured due to someone’s negligence or wrongful conduct. Thomas has tried more than 50 jury trials, including wrongful death cases, traumatic brain injury cases, orthopedic injuries, disfigurement cases, ear injuries, injuries from animal attacks, as well as a variety of other injuries. On many occasions, the jury awarded Thomas's client more than what the insurance company or corporation offered, and even more than what Tom had requested before trial. In addition to his trial experience, Thomas, himself, has successfully resolved thousands of cases, including brain injury cases, amputation cases, and death cases as a result of automobile collisions, semi-tractor crashes, carbon monoxide poisoning, structural fires, premise liability cases, Nursing Home negligence and product liability cases. His tenacity, dedication, deliberate and very well-prepared approach to representing his clients has resulted in large corporations changing their safety policies as well as modifying Illinois Law. He frequently serves as local counsel for out of state lawyers and is asked to work on cases with other lawyers. Thomas understands that a person's life and family can be greatly disrupted because of a loved one suffering serious injuries and so he approaches each case as if it is his only case; and he is always available to respond to a client questions or concerns.

Thomas knows the most important part of the lawyer/client relationship is that the client can trust the lawyer. Trust that the lawyer has the integrity and competence to handle the case, and trust that the lawyer will look out only for the client’s best interest, not theirs, or anyone else’s. Thomas prides himself in the fact that his clients tell him they came to him because they knew they could trust him. Thomas’ greatest pleasure is in developing relationships with his clients and playing a role in not only achieving an excellent outcome, but in knowing he helped restore their client’s life as best as the circumstances would allow.



Thomas has been married for 27 years to Seema Fabiano, a second-grade school teacher, and together they have four children: Jamie, Maya, Olivia, and Sophia.

Tonsha Carter

Tonsha Carter has been with Fabiano Law Offices for 19 years, and she has been an integral part of serving the client’s needs. She has a tremendous work ethic and strong desire to help clients. She relates very well with all of our clients, and has developed many lasting relationships with the clients long after their cases have been resolved. Many of our clients remark at how Tonsha is very responsible, diligent, and always available to answer the needs, questions or concerns they may have. In fact, well after the clients’ case has resolved, clients periodically call to reconnect with Tonsha.



She is a lifelong resident of Rockford having raised her 2 children in this area.

Tracey Weeks

Tracey also is a substantial asset to the team at Fabiano Law Office, and she has 20 plus years of experience in the legal field. She, too, possess a terrific work ethic, and has a keen interest in researching the law. She treats our clients as if they are friends or family and takes immense pride in her role in the process of achieving an excellent outcome for our clients. Like everyone at Fabiano Law Office, Tracey is always willing and able to answer any questions that our clients have and does so with great understanding and respect.



She is a lifelong resident of Rockford having raised her 2 children in this area.

Koty Stannard

Koty has been with Fabiano Law Office since 2015, and he is the technological expert for the office. His knowledge of computers and software allows the office to run very efficiently, allowing our office to better serve our client’s needs. He also plays an integral role when the office is on trial, making sure all the electronics, exhibits and computers are preprepared properly and working, and helping to make certain that the electronics are presented at trial without any technical difficulties. His expertise in technology has helped secure a verdict of $1,500,000.00, and recently a verdict of $250,000.00.

Anthony Fabiano

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury

Education

• University of Illinois
• University of Illinois College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
• Juris Doctorate - 1954
  

(1927 to 2019) was a highly respected and accomplished lawyer, and during his legal career he represented individuals who were wrongfully injured, as well being involved in many high-profile cases. In 1971, Anthony represented the school teachers in the first segregation case filed in the federal court in Rockford; he represented the news reporters when they went on strike in 1971 and shut down the Rockford newspapers for several weeks; and later in his career was the Chairman of the United Pipeline eminent domain lawsuit that lasted more than 3 years.  He was the recipient of the Seely Forbes award awarded for outstanding professionalism and dedication to his community; elected into the Italian Hall of Fame; and served as the Chairman for the Winnebago County Zoning Board.

He was possessed with great integrity and loved the law, working until the age of 92. Tony was the father of two daughters and a son, and all are lawyers; a family of lawyers. Janon practiced law with her father for three years and then took a position as an appellate lawyer with the Illinois Attorney General in Chicago. Lisa worked for the federal judge in Rockford for three years and then joined her father and brother Tom in the practice of law. In 2008, Lisa was elected as the Circuit judge for Winnebago and Boone Counties.

A Message from Thomas Fabiano

"For the past 32 years, I personally have dedicated myself to that standard. When a client tells me that he or she called because they can trust us, it is a sobering reminder of a lawyer’s responsibility toward a client.

Needing an attorney can be overwhelming, but whomever you choose to represent you, you must be certain you can:

Trust their integrity

Trust they have the competence and experience to handle your case, and not just because they say so.

Trust they will only look for your best interest, not theirs, or anyone else’s.

And trust, that when they tell you something, good or bad, it is the truth.

If you are an injured victim because of someone else’s fault, and you want an experienced, competent opinion about your injury case that you can trust, call our office for a free discussion."

Signed,

Thomas Fabiano