About Danielle
Danielle Downey completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016 and earned her J.D. from DePaul College of Law in 2020. Her time in law school coincided with a period of rapid change in legal education, and she entered the profession directly after graduation. The academic path she took combined a Midwestern public-university background with legal training in Chicago.
She is licensed to practice in Illinois and is an associate at Levin & Perconti. Since joining the firm she has taken on responsibilities typical of a trial attorney in a busy practice. Her role has required handling complex schedules, preparing factual records, and coordinating with clients and experts.
Day-to-day work for Downey involves legal research, drafting pleadings and motions, and participating in discovery. She has assisted in preparing witnesses for depositions and trials. The tasks can be exacting. She approaches them with careful attention to procedure and to deadlines.
Outside of firm responsibilities she maintains memberships in several professional organizations. She is a current member of the American Association for Justice, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Womens Bar Association. Those memberships keep her connected to continuing education offerings and to colleagues across the state and nation.
Colleagues describe her as someone who moves methodically through the facts of a file and communicates clearly with clients. She balances listening with the need to push a case forward. That style fits the needs of a firm where litigation timelines and client expectations demand steady attention.
Based in Illinois at Levin & Perconti, she works on matters handled by the firm and contributes to case preparation and courtroom readiness. Her current practice is centered on litigation work in Illinois, where she serves as an associate at Levin & Perconti.
