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Address
150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, Illinois 60606 (Cook Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeCivil Defense Litigation, Employment, General Tort Defense, Medical Malpractice, Municipal Liability, Products Liability, Professional Liability. Commercial Litigation and Consulting, Construction, Commercial Dispute Avoidance and Resolution, Healthcare Consulting, Sustainable Building and LEED Consulting.Insurance, Excess Insurance and Reinsurance, Insurance Coverage Litigation and Counseling, Property Insurance, Subrogation. International Litigation. Firm Size: 21
Address150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606, (Cook Co.)
PhonePhone: 312-863-5000
Fax: 312-863-5099
Website
http://www.fgpp.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesNewport Beach, California: 2424 S.E. Bristol Street, Suite 300, 92660. Telephone: 949-955-1150. Fax: 949-955-1151.
Robert T. Boylan (Member) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1992); Boston University (J.D., 1995). Practice Areas: Construction; Products Liability; Professional Liability; First Party Property.Email: Robert T. Boylan
George M. Ferreti (Member) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., cum laude, 1991); University of Michigan (J.D., 1994). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Subrogation; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: George M. Ferreti
Michael L. Foran (Member) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Colgate University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Property Insurance; Environmental Insurance Claims; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Reinsurance; Professional Liability; Civil Litigation; Mold Litigation.Email: Michael L. Foran
Kevin J. Glenn (Member) born Syracuse, New York, May 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1991, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1973); Lewis University (J.D., 1978). Member: Chicago, Illinois State, New York State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Society of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.Email: Kevin J. Glenn
James B. Glennon (Member) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1999, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1985); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 1988). Member: State Bar of Nevada. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Subrogation; Property Insurance; Products Liability; Construction Litigation.Email: James B. Glennon
Michael H. McColl (Member) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1991); Northwestern University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage.Email: Michael H. McColl
Mary C. O'Connor (Member) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois inculing Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1973); Northwestern University (J.D., 1976). Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, 1976-1983. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Municipal Liability; Civil Rights Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Casualty Defense; Employer Liability; Insurance Coverage.Email: Mary C. O'Connor
Thomas B. Orlando (Member) born 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1988); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1988. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Property Insurance; Reinsurance; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Construction Law.Email: Thomas B. Orlando
Douglas J. Palandech (Member) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Texas (B.A. with high honors, 1973); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D. with honors, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Practice Areas: Design Professional Liability; First-Party Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Products Liability; Mold Litigation.Email: Douglas J. Palandech
George Daniel Pilja (Member) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1997, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: North Central College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); University of Illinois (J.D., 1996). Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Construction Litigation; Subrogation.Email: George Daniel Pilja
Matthew S. Ponzi (Member) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1985); George Washington University (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Property Insurance; Excess and Reinsurance; Insurance Coverage Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Mold Litigation.Email: Matthew S. Ponzi
Douglas A. Lange (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 29, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., Political Science, 1989); Loyola University (J.D., 1993). Formerly with, Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. and Wagner Labor Law Moot Court, 1992-1993. Recipient: Loyola Academic Achievement Awards, 1991, 1992; Loyola Leadership and Service Award, 1993. Liaison and Participant, Loyola Programs Abroad, London England and Rome, Italy, 1991. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Subrogation; Insurance Litigation; Tort Litigation; Contracts; Casualty.Email: Douglas A. Lange
——————————Keith J. Turner (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1991, California. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1986); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1990). Recipient, Webster Burke Merit Scholarship. Co-Author: "Not All Insurance Policies Are Adhesion Contracts; Debunking Sophistry With The Sophisticated Policyholders Exception: A Case Study of the Alta Loan Title Policy", 33 ABA Torts and Insurance Law Journal 1123, 1998. Member: State Bar of California.
Brian T. Parsons (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., Health Sciences, 1994); Loyola University, Chicago (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Construction Litigation; Products Liability; Mold Litigation.Email: Brian T. Parsons
Garrett P. Kern (Associate) born Arlington Heights, Illinois, January 30, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1997); Loyola University (J.D., 2001). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability.Email: Garrett P. Kern
Michael A. Kuiken (Associate) born Centralia, Illinois, January 6, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2003); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2007). Formerly with: Mordini Schwartz, P.C.; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Products Liability; Products Liability Defense; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Subrogation; Construction Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Reinsurance; Tort Defense.Email: Michael A. Kuiken
C. Zachary Ransel (Associate) born Elkhart, Indiana, May 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: Miami University (B.S., Economics, 1997); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction; Products Liability.Email: C. Zachary Ransel
Maura Yusof (Associate) born Kabul, Afghanistan, June 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2003, Missouri. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.L.A., 1998); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Teaching Assistant, First Year Law Students Legal Research Writing, Fall, 2001-2002. Languages: Dari (dialect of Persian), Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Large Loss Subrogation; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Maura Yusof
Douglas R. Allen (Associate) born Lafayette, Indiana, September 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Valparaiso University (B.A., 1999); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Liability Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Property Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Douglas R. Allen
Ashley W. Brandt (Associate) born Illinois, September 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2000); Northwestern University (J.D., 2003).Email: Ashley W. Brandt
Matthew R. Hess (Associate) born Palos Heights, Illinois, April 18, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2004, U.S. District of Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2000); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association. Reported Cases: Kennedy v. Medtronic, 366 IA. App. 3d. 298 (1st. Dist. 2006). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Matthew R. Hess
Megan E. Ritenour (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2000); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2003). Order of the Coif, 2003. Member, National Moot Court Society, DePaul University, 2001-2003. Practice Areas: Insurance Subrogation; Products Liability Litigation; Contractual Business Disputes.Email: Megan E. Ritenour
Renata Biernat (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.A., Communication, 2002); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2005). Former Associate, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney and Novak Law Offices. Member: Chicago Bar Association (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 2007); American Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Public Education; Committee Chair, Liaison to Standing Committee on Public Education). Languages: Polish. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; General Litigation.Email: Renata Biernat
Amee Laknani (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., 2003); DePaul University (J.D., 2007). Senior Staff Writer, DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, 2005-2007. Author: note, "Scheider v. National Organization for Women, Inc." 10 DePaul Journal of Healthcare Law, 2007. Member: Chicago, Asian American, Indian American and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Amee Laknani
Stuart E. Card (Associate) born Aylesbury, England, October 1, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., Philosophy, 2000); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Formerly with: Marc J. Shuman & Associates; Law Office of Kenneth C. Chessick, M.D.; Parrillo, Weiss & O'Halloran. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Stuart E. Card
Diana Lotfi (Associate) born Oak Park, Illinois, December 5, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., 2003); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Subrogation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Business Litigation.Email: Diana Lotfi
OF COUNSELGeorge C. Ellison (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, May 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.A., 1976); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Formerly with Ellison, Nielsen, Zehe & Antas, P.C. [USNR, Inactive]. Reported Cases: Brooke v. Columbia, 249 Ill. App.3d 1064, 618 N.E. 2d 734 (1st Dist. 1993). Languages: French, Italian, Spanish, French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Subrogation; Insurance Coverage.Email: George C. Ellison
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