Practice Areas - Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Professional Liability
- Litigation
- Employee Benefits
- Life, Health, Disability Insurance and ERISA
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- Civil Practice
- Class Actions
- Fidelity and Surety
- Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
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| University | University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1986 |
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| Law School | University of Notre Dame, J.D., 1989 |
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| Admitted | 1989, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Member: TIPS Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Lawyer's Professional Liability Committee); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Life, Health, Disability & ERISA Committee; Professional Liability Committee; Fidelity & Surety Committee); Professional Liability Underwriting Society. |
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| Biography | Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Illinois Super Lawyers, Chicago Magazine, May 2005 and February 2006. Lecturer, "Anatomy of a Class Action," WEMED University-London, September 28, 2004. Speaker: "ERISA Update — What's New and What's Going on?" 37th Annual Midwest Claims Confernce, May 23, 2005; "Effective Use of Summary Judgment," Eastern Claims Conference, March 1, 2005; "Current Issues in Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Cases" Principal Life Insurance CE andCLE Lecture, November 30, 2004; "Litigation Cost Control: Early Evaluation Through the Trial Process," AIG CE and CLE Claims Seminar, August 3, 2004; "An Overview of ERISA from a Litigator's Perspective," Principal Outside Litigators Conference, October 17-18, 2002. Co-author: "Job Stress and Coronary Risk: Disability Claims Based on the Risk of Future Harm," Life, Health and Disability News (Summer 2004); "'Loss' Under Directors and Officers Liability Policy Does Not Include Section 11 Ill-Gotten Gain Settlement," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Committee News (Summer 2003); "Life, Health, and Disability Claims Involving Intoxicated Motorists," Life, Health, and Disability News (Winter 2001); "Direct Liability Exposure to Insurers, Under the Americans With Disabilities Act," Health & Life Insurance Liability Reporter (Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, 1997).
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| Reported Cases | Conseco, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, et al., 2002 WL 31961447 (Ind. Cir. December 31, 2002); Leipzig v. AIG Life Ins. Co., 362 F.3d 406 (7th Cir. 2004); O'Reilly v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 272 F.3d 955 (7th Cir. 2001), affirming, 1999 WL 15631 (N.D. Ill. March 3, 1999); Bock v. Computer Associates Intl., Inc. and Platinum Technology, Inc., No. 99 C 5967, 2000 WL 310288, 2000 WL 1053974, 257 F.3d 700 (7th Cir. 2001), 2001 WL 1195842 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 5, 2001), 2002 WL 511560 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 3, 2002); Much v. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co., 266 F.3d 637 (7th Cir. 2001), reversing, 1999 WL 146586 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 26, 1999); Sileo v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2002 WL 355919 (2d Cir. March 6, 2002); Harper v. Yale Intl. Ins. Agency, Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8476 (N.D. Ill. May 12, 2004); Fisher v. PCI, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14707 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 16, 1999); Silverstein v. J.C. Penney Financial Services, Inc., et al., 1999 WL 160232 (N.D. Ill. March 10, 1999); Bass v. Arrow Financial, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12909 (N.D. Ill. July 15, 2002); Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Med. Center v. Prudential, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5187 (N.D. Ill. March 30, 2004); Clark v. Anesi, Ozmon & Rodin, Ltd., 194 Ill.2d 566, 747 N.E.2d 352 (Ill. 2001); Golden Rule Insurance Company v. Schwartz, 203 Ill.2d 456, 786 N.E.2d 1010 (Ill. 2003); Southgate Bank v. Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland, 794 P.2d 310 (Kan. App. 1990); Funeral Financial Systems, Inc. v. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co., 46 F.Supp.2d 801 (N.D. Ill. 1999); Newport v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14104 (E.D. Mich. July 21, 2004); Lyles v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11003 (E.D. Mich. June 14, 2004); Surgicore, Inc. v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9122 (N.D. Ill. May 21, 2002); Schluter v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5613 (N.D. Ill. May 1, 2001); Chambers v. Prudential, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 16264 (6th Cir. 2004); Welder-Kays v. Kleinert, et al., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20247 (S.D. Ind. 2005); Tawse v. DHL Airways, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13700 (N.D. Ill. 2005); Alberts v. Prudential, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4250 (N.D. Iowa 2005); Riordan v. Golden Rule, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10673 (S.D. Iowa 2005); Schwartz v. Prudential, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3674 (N.D. Ill. 2005); White v. Prudential, 354 F.Supp.2d 1008 (S.D. Iowa 2005); Chimmy v. Prudential, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23516 (N.D. Ill. 2004); Hedeen v. Aon Corp., 2004 Y.S. Dist. LEXIS 21706 (N.D. Ill. 2004); CNA Cas. v. E.C. Fackler, __ Ill.App. __, 2005 Ill.App. LEXIS 935 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 2005). |
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