Attorney
Current• Head of the firm’s real estate litigation and environmental litigation groups• Defense of class action brought under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)• Advise business clients on general business and commercial law• Counsel franchisors and franchisees in forming, structuring, negotiating and implementing franchise relationships• Represent businesses in complex tort, contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, non-competition, restrictive covenant, licensing, UCC sales, Magnuson-Moss warranty claims, stock transfer disputes, asset sale disputes and shareholder litigation• Represent insurance carriers, insured parties, agents and brokers and handle fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and negligence cases• Litigate condemnation, inverse condemnation, partition, purchase and sale, title defect, quiet title, contract for deed, adverse possession, prescriptive easement, strict way of necessity, foreclosure, lien and residential and commercial landlord/tenant cases• CERCLA and RCRA litigation and private party liability allocation
