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Address
200 South Michigan, 20th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60604 (Cook Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.4
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeInsurance, Reinsurance, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Environmental Law, Environmental Coverage, Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, Fidelity and Surety Bonds, Employment Practices Liability, Labor and Employment, Professional Liability, Legal Malpractice, Accountant Malpractice, Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions, Design Professional Liability, Architect's Liability, Engineers' Liability, Casualty Insurance, Bankers' Bond, Insurance Defense, Excess Liability Coverage, Bad Faith, Property Insurance. Firm Size: 18
Representative Clients:Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Allianz Underwriters Ins. Co.
Benchmark Professional Ins. Services, Inc.
Equitas Ltd.
Glaxo Wellcome Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd
SmithKline Beecham Insurance Limited, London
Navigators Ins. Co.
Old Republic Ins. Co.
The St. Paul Companies.
Address200 South Michigan, 20th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604, (Cook Co.)
PhonePhone: 312-431-3700
Fax: 312-431-3670
Website
http://www.karballaw.com
Edward A. Cohen (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., 1978); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1981). Associate Research Editor, John Marshall Law Review, 1981. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Contracts; Business Law.Email: Edward A. Cohen
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1990); Illinois Institute of Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property.
Roderick T. Dunne (Member) admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois including Trial Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1982); Northwestern University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Construction Litigation.Email: Roderick T. Dunne
Dena Economou (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1988); IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (M.B.A., 1991; J.D., 1991). Moot Court Society. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental Insurance Coverage.Email: Dena Economou
Stacy S. Freel (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1990); Loyola University (J.D., 1993). Member, Loyola Law Journal. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Complex Litigation.Email: Stacy S. Freel
Samuel M. Greenberg (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1988); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Practices Liability; Professional Liability; Fidelity and Surety; Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Coverage.Email: Samuel M. Greenberg
Larry A. Hoellwarth (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Albion College (B.A., summa cum laude); Northwestern University (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Professional Liability Committee; Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability); Forum on Construction Law; Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Reported Cases: Smith v. Newman, 682 N.E.2d 1245 (2nd Dist. 1997); Those Certain Underwriters v. Professional Underwriters Agency, Inc., 848 N.E. 2d 597, 364 Ill. App. 3d 974 (2nd Dist. 2006). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Liability Insurance Coverage; Attorneys Liability; Accountants Liability; Agents and Brokers Errors and Omissions; Design Professionals Errors and Omissions.Email: Larry A. Hoellwarth
Wayne S. Karbal (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1983); Northwestern University (D.D.S., 1988); DePaul University (J.D., 1991). Assistant Casenotes Editor, Journal of Health and Hospital Law, 1990-1991. Licensed Dentist, Illinois and Michigan, 1988. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; American Dental Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Employment Discrimination; Commercial Litigation.Email: Wayne S. Karbal
Newton C. Marshall, II (Member) born Summit, New Jersey, September 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1986); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1992); Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University (Mediation Training, 2005). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel; Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Association. (Certified Mediator, Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program, Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois). Reported Cases: Flowers v. ERA Unique Real Estate, Inc.; 170 F. Supp. 2d 840 (N.D. Ill. 2001); Martusciello vs. JDS Homer, Inc., 361 Ill. App 3rd 568 (1st Dist. 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Architects and Engineers Liability Litigation; Real Estate; Agents and Brokers Liability Litigation; Fraud Defense; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation.
Charles F. Morrissey (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits. Education: St. Ambrose College (1991); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1997). Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, 1997-2001. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Complex Commercial Litigation; Environmental Coverage; Toxic Tort Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate; Construction Law.Email: Charles F. Morrissey
John K. Silk (Member) admitted to bar, 1979, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1976); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Member, Indiana Law Journal, 1978-1979. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Employer-Employee Relations Committee; Professionals, Officers and Directors Liability Law Committee); Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Practice Areas: Commercial Insurance; Fidelity and Surety; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Directors and Officers Liability Insurance; Professional Liability; Insurance Coverage.Email: John K. Silk
Gerald E. Ziebell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1981); IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., with highest honors, 1996). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Asbestos Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Gerald E. Ziebell
ASSOCIATESAdam R. Bunge (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: University of North Dakota (B.A., 1999); Northern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Moot Court, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Litigation.Email: Adam R. Bunge
Linda J. Carwile (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: University of Louisville (B.S., 1992; M.P.A., 1996); Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (J.D., 2001). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation.
Dennis B. Condon (Associate) admitted to bar, 1991, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1977); ITT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1991). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comment Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1990-1991. Practice Areas: Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Litigation; Professional Liability; Professional Liability Insurance Coverage.Email: Dennis B. Condon
Cathleen G. Crowley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Regis University (B.A.); John Marshall Law School (J.D.). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Toxic Torts; Real Estate; Construction Litigation.
Sarah A. Johnson (Associate) born Hoffman Estates, Illinois, February 12, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Illinois. Education: Washington University (B.A., summa cum laude, with senior honors in Anthropology, 2004); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Recipient, Academic Excellence Award in Anthropology. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Litigation Section, 2008-2009) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage(60%); Professional Liability(30%); Construction Contracts(10%).Email: Sarah A. Johnson
Paul Parker (Associate) admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.S., 1978); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1981). Member, John Marshall Law Review. Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Insurance Law Section). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Toxic Torts.Email: Paul Parker
Carrie A. Von Hoff (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of Illinois; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 2000); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 2003). Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Author: note, "Avoiding a Nuclear Trade War: Strategies for Retaining Tax Incentives for U.S. Corporations in a Post-FSC World," 35 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational 1349, 2002. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Litigation.
OF COUNSELAlan M. Posner (Of Counsel) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Chicago (J.D., 1977). Author: "Factors To Consider in Bringing Federal Declaratory Judgment Actions in the United States," 7 Intl. Ins. Law Rev. 230 (1995); "Prematurity of Declaratory Judgment Actions," 25 The Brief 15 (1995). Visiting Professorial Lecturer in Law, Holland Law Center, University of Florida, 1980-1981. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Litigation.Email: Alan M. Posner
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