About Heidi Leigh
Heidi Leigh Wickstrom took a conventional path into the law. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2003. Four years later she graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 2007.
Her career after law school moved steadily toward trial work. Records show she joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. as a lawyer in 2018. Five years later she was elevated to partner at the same firm in 2023. Along the way she gained admission to multiple jurisdictions. She is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Northern District of Illinois.
Wickstrom’s professional life is anchored in courtroom practice and bar involvement. She serves on the board of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and holds membership in the Illinois State Bar Association. She has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 2020. Those roles place her in established networks of trial lawyers and bar professionals in both Illinois and New York.
Colleagues describe her as steady and practical in the courtroom. She pursues claims methodically and prepares cases with attention to procedural detail. Her practice requires managing discovery demands, taking depositions and arguing motions in federal and state court. She also handles the organizational work that trial litigation demands — drafting pleadings, coordinating experts and preparing witnesses for trial.
Clients and other lawyers note that her experience spans the kinds of civil litigation most commonly contested in state and federal forums. She has developed a lawyer’s instincts about when a case should settle and when it should proceed to trial. That judgment has shaped how she allocates time between case preparation and courtroom advocacy.
Wickstrom’s daily work is based at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. There she divides her time between motion practice, discovery supervision and courtroom appearances in the district and state courts where she is admitted. Her practice continues to center on civil litigation and trial work in Illinois and New York federal and state courts.
