Adam Carter has recently been selected as one of the Emerging Lawyers in Illinois by Leading Lawyers. The Leading Lawyers Network is a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company, established in 1854, that selects top lawyers in Illinois based on their legal skills, reputation and experience. Leading Lawyers conducted a statewide extensive peer review process surveying thousands of Illinois lawyers to determine the top lawyers in the state.  Survey respondents could not nominate themselves or other lawyers at their own firms.   Only those lawyers who were recommended the most often qualified as Leading Lawyers.  Emerging Lawyers, a new recognition, identifies the top 2 percent of lawyers in Illinois who are under the age of 40 or have practiced less than 10 years.  Adam has a diverse practice, representing both companies and individuals in the defense of product liability, professional liability, and commercial, construction, and real estate litigation.

Cray Huber was a sponsor of the 2015 Irresolute Golf Outing that was held at Manufacturers’ Golf and Country Club in Fort Washington, PA on July 27.

On May 14, Michael Huber made a presentation to the FDCC/IADC Joint Law Firm Management Conference in Chicago on “Demystifying the Billing Audit Bogeyman.”

Benjamin Beringer has been included among a list of the Leading Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyers in the May 2015 issue of Chicago Medicine Magazine.  Chicago Medicine is the official publication of the Chicago Medical Society and serves as a resource for more than 17,000 practicing physicians in Cook County and their staff.

On April 29-May 1, Scott Pfeiffer attended the 2015 EECMA Annual Conference at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida.  The EECMA is an informal association of major and minor, domestic and international, property and casualty insurers and reinsurers. The members of EECMA are focused on continued education about the many issues surrounding environmental, asbestos, and other long-term exposure litigation.

Zachary Shook and Michael Huber co-authored an article entitled Different Roads to Deep Pockets Preventing Alternative Routes of Liability Against 3PLS featured in the TIDA 2015 Spring newsletter.  Click here to read.

On April 23, Adam Carter presented “Personal Jurisdiction After Daimler AG v. Bauman,” at the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s Statewide CLE Series at The Outing Club in Davenport, IA.  Adam prepared the presentation on the Supreme Court’s 2014 ruling in Daimler AG v. Bauman and its effects on the parameters of personal jurisdiction for corporations foreign to the venue in which they are sued for the IDC Statewide CLE Series.  He will also give the presentation on June 11, 2015 at the offices of Heyl Royster in Rockford, Illinois.  For more information on the presentation or the IDC’s Statewide CLE Series, please contact Adam.

On March 26 and 27, Adam Carter attended the 49th Annual SMU Air Law Symposium in Dallas, Texas.  The SMU Air Law Symposium is the oldest and largest annual aviation law symposium in the world, and brings together aviation lawyers, pilots, and industry representatives to discuss a wide variety of aviation law topics and recent events.

Jeffrey Siderius recently obtained a favorable ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in an insurance coverage dispute.  The court ruled that our client, AMCO Insurance Company, had no duty to defend or indemnify its named insured, Northern Heritage Builders, against a subrogation lawsuit filed by American Family Insurance.  American Family sued Northern Heritage, seeking recovery of $1.1 million which American Family had previously paid to homeowner Michael McGrath to settle McGrath’s construction defect claim for water damage to his home.  Northern Heritage was the general contractor for the construction of Mr. McGrath’s home.

Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District ruled there was no coverage under the AMCO general liability policy because the entire $1.1 million consisted of the costs of repairing and replacing Northern’s defective work, which did not constitute covered “property damage” within the meaning of the AMCO policy.  The court accordingly ruled that AMCO had no duty to defend or indemnify Northern Heritage against American Family’s subrogation lawsuit.

On February 22, 2015 Anthony M. Sam judged the American Mock Trial Association’s Joliet Regional Competition held at the Will County Courthouse. This year’s competition featured teams from Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin.  Eight teams from the Joliet Regional will compete in the Opening Round Championship Series Tournament at the Kane County Courthouse on March 21-22, 2015. Those teams include Northern Illinois University, Loyola University, Chicago, Wheaton College, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Chicago, Lewis University, and Michigan State University.  The American Mock Trial Association was founded in 1985 and provides college students from around the country an opportunity to develop critical thinking and public speaking skills, as well as a knowledge of legal practices and procedures by participating in trial simulations. Approximately 600 teams from over 350 universities and colleges participate in the American Mock Trial Association’s tournaments each year.