James O’Hagan and Kevin Rasp successfully defended a receiver on appeal when the creditor bank challenged the receiver’s conduct and the chancery court’s oversight of the receivership proceedings. The bank also sued the receiver in a separate action. After winning on appeal, O’Hagan and Rasp used this resolution to reach a favorable settlement of the […]

Kevin C. Rasp joined the associate board of CARPLS, which is a local non-profit organization that provides pro bono and low-cost legal advice through its hotline and four court-based help desks. CARPLS serves more clients than any other legal assistance organization in Cook County, counseling thousands of clients each year. It celebrates its twentieth anniversary […]

On January 30, 2013 James P. Balog presented the seminar “Taking a Plaintiff Deposition” to O’Hagan LLC attorneys at the Chicago office location. Over the course of an hour, Mr. Balog presented educational materials to other O’Hagan LLC attorneys on the preparation for and taking of a Plaintiff’s deposition. Mr. Balog discussed documents which should […]

Mr. Meyer defended a lawyer against a complaint alleging malicious prosecution, stemming from the lawyer’s representation of a client in a series of employment-related disputes. The Cook County trial court dismissed the malicious prosecution claim in May 2011. On December 14, 2012, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the dismissal. The Appellate Court’s opinion can be read […]

On October 17, 2012, Heather L. Keil received an Outstanding Defense Verdict award from the Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter. While working at the Chicago Park District, Heather Keil was part of the trial team that received a defense verdict in Presley v. Chicago Park District, a case where Plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on ice, […]

While in New York, Kevin O’Hagan and Joseph Vaughan (Philadelphia) presented “TIC’s, REITS and BDC’s, Does the JOBS Act Change Anything?”. With private placement TIC’s and REIT’s creating a wave of investor litigation, are broker dealers simply moving to the sale of BDC’s as an alternative, higher-yield investment strategy? If so, does the new Jumpstart […]

On October 2, 2012, Kristine Phillips, along with a distinguished panel, presented for the second time at the National Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit. Among directors and representatives from the EEOC and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, Kristine Phillips presented to the conference “How to Guide a Claim Through the EEOC & […]

Jamie Filipovic and Julie Pearce successfully achieved a dismissal on behalf of a Chicago-area condominium cooperative, management company, and President of the cooperative board, in a lawsuit brought by a former Board member who was removed from the Board. Filipovic and Pearce successfully argued that the management company had no claims against a property management […]

Jamie Filipovic and Julie Pearce recently secured a major summary judgment victory for our client, a Chicago-area condominium association and its individual former board members. The individual Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment by the Court that certain past actions by Board members were wrongful and violative of the Condominium’s Bylaws. Filipovic and Pearce successfully argued […]

Recently, our Appellate Department and Retail Department joined forces to successfully defend two grants of summary judgment in our clients’ favor. Each appeal involved a retailer’s notice of an allegedly dangerous condition, and spoliation of possible video footage was also addressed in one of the appeals. On appeal, both grants of summary judgment were upheld […]