Cases
Representative Cases/Matters: Reported cases: Mississippi State
School Employees' Life
Health Plan v. KCC, Inc., 108 S.3d 932 (2013)
The Residences of Riverbend Condominium Association v. City of Chicago, 5 F. Supp. 3d 982 (N.D.Ill. 2013)
Corwin v. Abbott Laboratories, 353 Ill. App. 3d 848 (2d Dist. 2005)
Poeta v. Sheridan Point Shopping Plaza Partnership, 195 Ill. App. 3d 852 (2d Dist. 1990)
Goldstein v. Mitchell, 144 Ill. App. 3d 474 (2d Dist. 1986)
Complex Commercial Litigation: Representative trial
litigation matters: Represented medical billing company in claims involving breach of contract
defamation. Case resolved after three days of trial.
Represented public company in a class action in District Court, California asserting various claims relating to product labeling. Motion practice resulted in our obtaining a dismissal of the claims.
Represented public company in a class action in District Court, California asserting various claims relating to product labeling. Motion practice resulted in the dismissal of the federal court claims
transfer to state court resulting in a favorable resolution of the claims.
Represented client in a claim arising out of personal guarantees on defaulted loans secured by property situated in Nevada. Summary judgment granted in favor of our client resulting in a judgment in excess of $2,700,000.
Represented defendants in state court action asserting claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with business relations,
breach of fiduciary duty. Verdict for our client following a three week jury trial.
Represented large financial services firm in claims against former shareholder, director/employee in breach of fiduciary duty
fraud claims. Three day arbitration resulting in decision for client inclusive of an award of punitive damages.
Represented clients in contested estate involving claims of undue influence
declaratory judgment as to interpretation of serial trust amendments. Following a five day trial, court ruled in favor of our clients resulting in a multi-million dollar swing in disposition of trust assets to our client.
Represented defendants against claims of breach of contract claim involving the development of a residential subdivision. Obtained a directed finding following a four day trial
a judgment for our attorney's fees in the sum of $320,000 on our counterclaim.
Represented owner of historic l
mark building in a breach of lease. Following a three day trial, judgment was entered in favor of our client in the sum of $270,000.
Labor
Employment - Restrictive Covenant Cases: Trials
TROs: Represented defendant corporation
individuals in suit brought by public company asserting claims for violation of non-solicitation provision of various agreements. Motion practice resulted in favorable disposition of the litigation.
Represented public foreign corporation in district court on petition for entry of TRO
claims against multiple defendants arising out of breach of restrictive covenants. TRO was entered in favor of our client resulting in a successful resolution to the litigation.
Represented defendant corporation in claims
petition for TRO brought by a domestic public corporation for breach of restrictive covenants. Litigation resulted in a successful resolution for our client.
Represented physician in a claim brought by employer alleging breach of a restrictive covenant. Following a four day trial, court granted our motion for a directed finding.
Represented professional service corporation in claims
TRO brought against former physician for breach of restrictive covenant. TRO was entered resulting in a successful resolution to the litigation.
Represented defendant physician in claims for breach of restrictive covenant
petition for entry of TRO. Successfully defeated entry of TRO resulting in a successful resolution of the litigation.
Represented defendant physician
his professional service corporation in claims brought by public corporation for breach of restrictive covenant
petition for entry of TRO. Successfully defeated entry of TRO resulting in a successful resolution of the litigation.
Other recent
current representative matters: Represented clients in state court in a contested estate involving trust interpretation
claims of professional malpractice against attorney in drafting of trust instruments. As a result of motion practice
discovery, case resolved favorably for our clients who under the trust instruments were to receive $250,00 while resolution resulted in $5,000,000 to our clients.
Represented physician in limited liability company member dispute involving claims as to value of limited liability company. Case resolved favorably for our client.
Represented physician professional service corporation in claim brought by former shareholder challenging the efficacy of a restrictive covenant. Case resolved favorably for our client.
Representing company in a claim for breach of contract
fraud in case pending in Florida state court involving the sale of improved but undeveloped l
. Case remains pending.
