Natalie R. Purko is an associate at Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine. She works at the firm’s Chicago office with a focus on medical malpractice and professional liability defense.

 

Natalie earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, graduating with Dean’s List honors and a certificate in Health Law from the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy. During law school, she was an Academic Tutor in Torts, and she competed nationally on the Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Team. Natalie also was an Associate Editor for the Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences, where she published her own article regarding access to telemedicine. 

 

Natalie is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she double majored in Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies. She joined the firm in 2025 as a law clerk and stayed on as an attorney following her admission to the Illinois Bar.