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Areas
oF Practice:
Appeals
Insurance Law
Commercial Litigation
Admitted:
Illinois State Bar, 1980
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1989
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1993
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1996
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1988
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1983
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 2005
Education:
Washington University School of
Law, St Louis, MO, 1980
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,
1977
M.A.R.
DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana, 1975
B.A.,
Honors: With Honors
Published
Works:
Claims-Made and First-Party Policies, Co-author with Jennifer L. Tweeton, Illinois Insurance Law (IICLE 2009). – Click to read »
What
Insurers Can Do to Secure Reasonable Rates from
Conflict Counsel Co-author with Douglas
M. DeWitt, The Carrier Chronicle,
October 2005. - Click to read »
Peaceful
Co-Existence in Complex Litigation: Defendants
Can't We Just Get Along? Co-author with
Lori E. Iwan, For The Defense, July 2000. - Click to read »
Punitive and Other Damages
for Emotional distress in Third Party Bad Faith
Actions, Federation of Insurance and
Corporate Counsel , Fall, 1999.
Directors and Officers at
Risk for Y2K Liability (Co-Author), Illinois
State Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Committee
Newsletter, October, 1999.
Winding the Litigation Clock
- Statutes of Limitations and the Year 2000 (Co-Author),
Mealey's Year 2000 Report, April, 1999
Doing Business in an Age
of Uncertainty: Popping the Y2K Compliance Question,
Mealey's Year 2000 Report, September, 1998
The Standard of Care for
Year 2000 Remediation (Co-Author), Year
2000 Law Report (BNA), September, 1998
Year 2000 Coverage Issues
Under General Liability Policies, CPCU
Society Claims Section Quarterly, May, 1998
Ten Good Reasons to Worry
About Tobacco Liability Exposure, For
the Defense, August, 1997
Federal Preemption:
Still a Cure for Managed Care Liability Claims?,
For the Defense, July, 1997
ADDRESSING THE EMERGENT REINSURANCE CLAIMS CHALLENGE, PROACTIVE LOSS EXPOSURE ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE - Click to read »
HIGH STAKES AND HARD DECISIONS: Serving the Tripartite Relationship - Click to read »
PREPARING FOR INTERNET CLAIMS: Secrets For Successful Handling of E-Claims - Click to read »
SAVING EXPENSE THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY: Smarter, Faster, Better - Click to read »
Representative
Cases (link topics):
First
Springfield Bank v. Galman, 720 N.E.2d 1068 (
1999)
State
Farm v. Universal Underwriters, 695 N.E.2d 848
( 1998)
State
Farm v. Villacana, 692 N.E.2d 1196 ( 1998)
Varelis
v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 657 N.E.2d
997 ( 1995)
Obenland
v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co, 612 N.E.2d
748 (1993)
U.S.F&G. v. Wilkin Insulation
Co., 578 N.E.2d 976 ( 1991)
Blagg
v. F.W.D. Truck, 572 N.E.2d 920 ( 1991)
Hall
v. ADM, 524 N.E.2d 586 ( 1988)
Zurich
Insurance Co. v. Raymark Industries , 514 N.E.2d
150 ( 1987)
City
of Dubuque v. Iowa Trust, 587 N.W.2d 216 ( 1998)
Honors:
Martindale-Hubbell "AV Preeminent" (highest) Peer Rating
Leading Lawyers Network "Top Lawyer" peer rating in Appellate Law, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance
Illinois Super Lawyer List, 2008-2011, by Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine
Who's Who in American Law Recognition
Top Attorneys in Illinois, February 2011, by Chicago Magazine
Affiliations:
American Bar
Association
Appellate Lawyer's Association
Illinois Bar Association
Illinois Association of Defense
Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Federation of Defense & Corporate
Counsel (formerly Federation of Insurance &
Corporate Counsel)
Born:
Chicago,
Illinois
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