DiTommaso-Lubin specializes in handling complex commercial litigation and consumer class actions. Courts have appointed Mr. DiTommaso, or Mr. Lubin lead or co-lead counsel in over 100 hundred contested or settlement class actions in Illinois and across the country. In 2005, Crain's Chicago Business ranked the settlement achieved by DiTommaso-Lubin as co-lead counsel in the Erickson v. SBC class action as the 3rd highest settlement/verdict achieved in Illinois by a law firm for 2004. In 2008, DiTommaso-Lubin received the first "Law Firm of the Year" awarded by the DuPage County Bar Legal Assistance Foundation for the Firm's "Commitment to the ideals of the legal profession." The Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit invited Mr. Lubin to be one of the founding members of the Markey-Wigmore Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Mr. DiTommaso is Past President (2001), and Member of the Executive Committee (2001-2002) of the Justinian Society of Lawyers. In 1996, the Chief Judge of DuPage County Illinois appointed Mr. DiTommaso to the Judicial Evaluation Committee for the selection and evaluation of DuPage County Judges. In 1998, the Illinois Attorney General appointed Mr. DiTommaso as Special Assistant Attorney General to act as Counsel for Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka. The Director of the University of Chicago Law School's Mandel Legal Aid Clinic has invited Mr. Lubin and Mr. DiTommaso to teach trial and litigation skills to second and third year law students who participate in the Law School's clinical training programs.

Statement of Practice

Business Litigation, Consumer, Consumer Fraud, Unsafe Products, Warranties, Class Actions, Consumer Class Actions, Legal Malpractice, Dealer and Distributor Termination, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Fraud, Business Torts, Family Business Mediation, Chancery and Equity, Chancery Practice, Commercial Bad Faith, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Fraud, Commercial Litigation, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Arbitration, Consumer Litigation, Consumer Arbitration, Consumer Litigation, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Identity Theft, Fraud, Civil Fraud, Automobile Fraud, Fraud and Deceit, Odometer Tampering, Art Fraud, Entertainment Litigation, Mass Torts, Intentional Torts, Franchise Arbitration, Franchise Litigation, Franchise Termination, Defamation, Libel and Slander, Libel Defense, Civil Liability, Accountants Malpractice, Auditors Malpractice, Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions, Directors and Officers Liability, Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment, Covenants Not to Compete, Class Action Defense, Corporate Law, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Fiduciary Law, Corporate Litigation, Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Alimony, Divorce Arbitration, Divorce Mediation, Domestic Relations, Marital Agreements, Marital Property Distribution, Marital Property Settlements, Matrimonial Law, Paternity, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Separation Agreements.

Representative Clients:

Experian
Aspen Marketing Services, Inc.
Molex
Leslie Hindman Auctions
DiMucci Family Corporations
Capitol Wholesale Meat Company
Simplot Corporation
McDonald's Corporation
Flynn Beverage Corporation
Lexington Homes
Concord Homes
Dean Foods Corporation
Motorola
Mobile Management Co.
Berthold Types
Tulip Food Company.

Address

332 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60604, (Cook Co.)

Phone

Phone: 630-333-0000
Facsimile: 630-333-0333

Website

http://www.ditommasolaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Oak Brook, Illinois)

PARTNERS OF FIRM

Vincent L. DiTommaso (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, May 31, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Federal Trial Bar. Education: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (B.A., 1979); Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., with honors, 1982). Recipient, First "Law Firm of the Year," DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation. Asked by Head of Mandel Legal Aid Clinic to Serve as an Instructor for Trial Practice Skills to Students at the University of Chicago Law School. Appointed Special Assistant Attorney General as Counsel for Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka. Among First Group of Certified Court Appointed Mediators Appointed by Chief Judge of Dupage County. Appointed by Chief Judge of DuPage County to Serve on Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee. Member: Chicago, Illinois State, DuPage and American (Member, Litigation Section and Class Action Committee) Bar Associations; Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation; Justinian Society of Lawyers (Past President). Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Dissolutions; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Torts; Complex Business Litigation; Chancery and Equity; Chancery Practice; Children; Child Custody; Fathers Rights; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Parental Rights; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Class Actions; Class Action Defense; Small Business Law; Fraud and Deceit; Art Fraud; Automobile Fraud; Civil Fraud; Fraud; Odometer Tampering; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Law; Consumer Arbitration; Consumer Class Actions; Consumer Fraud; Consumer Litigation; Consumer Protection; Construction Law; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Unfair Competition; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Closely Held Business Law; Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Consumer Finance; Consumer Collections; Consumer Rights; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Breach of Contract; Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Law; Franchise Law; Franchise Litigation; Franchise Mediation; Franchise Termination; Boundary Disputes; Real Estate Arbitration; Real Estate Fraud; Real Estate Litigation; Lemon Law; Auto, Boat and RV Dealer Fraud; Commercial Contracts.Email: Vincent L. DiTommaso

Peter S. Lubin (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, December 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1980); University of Chicago (J.D., 1983). Recipient, First "Law Firm of the Year," DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation. Member, Visiting Committee, University of Chicago Law School; Commendations From DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation and Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. Instructor for Student Mock Trial at the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School. Member: Chicago, Illinois State, DuPage and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court (Markey-Wigmore Chapter); Chicago Council of Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Consumer; Consumer Fraud; Unsafe Products; Warranties; Class Actions; Consumer Class Actions; Legal Malpractice; Dealer and Distributor Termination; Business Mediation; Complex Business Litigation; Family Business Mediation; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Bad Faith; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Chancery and Equity; Chancery Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Consumer Credit; Consumer Law; Consumer Litigation; Consumer Protection; Consumer Rights; Fair Credit Reporting Act; Identity Theft; Fraud; Civil Fraud; Automobile Fraud; Fraud and Deceit; Odometer Tampering; Art Fraud; Entertainment Litigation; Civil Liability; Mass Torts; Intentional Torts; Franchise Litigation; Franchise Termination; Libel and Slander; Defamation; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Libel Defense; Federal Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Litigation; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Business Fraud; Business Torts; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Arbitration; Accountants Malpractice; Auditors Malpractice; Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions; Directors and Officers Liability; Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Age Discrimination in Employment; Covenants Not To Compete; Class Action Defense; Corporate Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Fraud; Closely Held Business Law; Small Business Law; Family Business Law; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Partnership Dissolution; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Control Contests; Lemon Law; Auto, Boat and RV Dealer Fraud; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts.Email: Peter S. Lubin