In a case where Denean Sturino represented a volunteer firefighter, her client was awarded summary judgment which was affirmed after oral argument in the Fourth District Illinois Appellate Court. Recently, the Illinois Supreme Court denied Plaintiffs’ petition for leave to appeal. The Illinois Appellate court’s written opinion will thus stand and is published and instructive […]

Previously, a dispositive motion to dismiss was granted in favor of several of Denean Sturino’s clients who were officers and directors of a textile plant in Virginia. This month, and after extensive briefing, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld the finding of the trial court dismissing Denean’s officers and directors from personal liability, which is of […]

Jamie Filipovic and Julie Pearce recently secured a major summary judgment victory for our client, a large Chicago area property management company, in an employment discrimination claim. The individual union employee Plaintiff sued his employer in federal court for national origin and disability discrimination after he was terminated. Filipovic and Pearce successfully argued to the […]

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 & […]