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Address
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1940
Chicago, Illinois 60601 (Cook Co.)
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Korein Tillery's class action practice spans a wide variety of cases across the country, including insurance, securities, antitrust, pension funds, products, environmental, tobacco, computer technology and consumer fraud cases. Although many law firms "handle" class actions, very few have the resources and experience to prosecute class actions as vigorously as they are defended. We consider it our mission to outclass the defense in every case, and our results speak for themselves: Korein Tillery has generated billions of dollars in class action verdicts and recovery funds in the last three years alone. Korein Tillery has been named to The National Law Journal's Plaintiffs' Hot List as one of the top plaintiffs' firms from all specialties in 2008, 2007, 2004, and 2003. Statement of PracticeConsumer Rights, ERISA/Pension Fund Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Tobacco Litigation, Appellate, Class Actions, False Claims Act, Pharmaceutical/Health Care, Product Liability, Securities Litigation, Telecommunications, Celexa/Lexapro investigation. Firm Size: 21
ClientsIn addition to individuals and class representatives, we have represented Holiday Shores Sanitary District
Brentwood Travel
City of University City, Missouri
and various other cities throughout Missouri.
Address205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1940
Chicago, IL 60601, (Cook Co.)
PhonePhone: 312-641-9750
Fax: 312-641-9751
Website
http://www.koreintillery.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
Firm/Affiliate OfficesSt. Louis, Missouri: (Main Office) One U.S. Bank Plaza, 505 North 7th Street, Suite 3600, 63101. Telephone: 314-241-4844. Telecopier: 314-241-3525
Belleville, Illinois: 10 Executive Woods Court, 62226. Telephone: 618-277-1180
George A. Zelcs (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, September 15, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Illinois; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals. Eleventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1976); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1979). Selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney, 1993. Selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer, 1993. Finalist, Trial Lawyers For Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 2003. George Zelcs focuses his practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation including consumer fraud, qui tam/whistleblower, securities, pharmaceutical and antitrust litigation in state and federal courts. Prior to joining Korein Tillery, Mr. Zelcs was a partner at Clausen Miller in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Zelcs completed his undergraduate degree at Indiana University (B.A. Political Science, Urban Planning, and Sociology) in 1976. Throughout his years of practice, he has concentrated on complex commercial litigation. Mr. Zelcs was first selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney in 1993 and also as an Illinois Super Lawyer. He was selected as a Finalist in 2003 for the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for his work on the Price, et al. vs. Philip Morris USA class action case. He serves on the Leadership Circle of the Prescription Access Litigation Project. PAL is a coalition of over 125 non-profit organizations in 35 states including labor, senior citizens, health advocacy and women's health groups that engages in litigation regarding fair pricing for prescription drugs. Mr. Zelcs has conducted numerous jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the United States and has participated in arbitration proceedings in foreign venues. He has obtained numerous settlements or judgments ranging from fifteen million to in excess of ten billion dollars for his clients in various state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States. He has frequently served as lead counsel with responsibility for the coordination of the litigation activities of lawyers from multiple law firms representing common interests in numerous complex multi-party litigations including, most recently, In re Motor Fuel Temperature Sales Litigation. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Sections on: Litigation; Tort; Insurance Practice; International Law; Construction Law Forum) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Latvian. Practice Areas: Consumer Rights; Environmental Litigation; Tobacco Litigation; Class Actions; False Claims Act; Pharmaceutical/Health Care; Products Liability; Securities Litigation.Email: George A. Zelcs
Stephen A. Swedlow (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1993); The Ohio State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1995). Associate Editor, Ohio State University Law Review, 1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jerome Farris of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Named on the list of 2007 Superlawyers and featured in Illinois Superlawyers and Chicago. Finalist, 2003 Trial Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Invited to testify before the Illinois Senate Executive Committee relating to proposed bond cap legislation, 2003. In 2008, Stephen A. Swedlow merged his firm, Swedlow & Associates, with Korein Tillery to rejoin the practice with which he was affiliated from 2001 - 2004. He has extensive trial experience in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts as well as in alternative dispute resolution forums. Mr. Swedlow possesses a unique hybrid of experience in class action/derivative claims litigation; over the course of his career, he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in consumer class actions as well as in securities claims. Most recently, while at Swedlow & Associates, Mr. Swedlow functioned as the primary negotiating counsel on behalf of plaintiffs in class action litigation against GlaxoSmithKline concerning the prescription drug Paxil. These negotiations culminated in GSK agreement to reimburse third-party payors up to $40 million for their costs in insuring purchases paid for by the parents of minors prescribed Paxil or Paxil CR. Stephen Swedlow also recently participated in the settlement of a nationwide class of pediatric Paxil and Paxil CR users that required GSK to reimburse up to $63.8 million. While with Korein Tillery in 2002 and 2003, Mr. Swedlow spearheaded a team of 35 attorneys and paralegals in class action litigation against the three primary domestic tobacco manufacturers (Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds and Brown and Williamson) under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act on behalf of all Illinois purchasers of "Lights" cigarettes over the past 32 years. Mr. Swedlow served as trial counsel in Price v. Philip Morris and was responsible for the presentation and cross examination of expert witnesses and fact witnesses, including world-renowned tobacco experts testifying on behalf of the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Lombardi Cancer Center. Following an 8-week trial, a $10.1 billion judgment was entered against Philip Morris - the largest verdict in the history of the Illinois court system. In recognition of his efforts, Mr. Swedlow was nominated as a Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist for 2003 by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. During the pursuit of this case, Mr. Swedlow was invited to testify before the Illinois Senate Executive Committee regarding proposed bond cap legislation and was successful in defeating this legislative initiative in Illinois. Mr. Swedlow also recently settled an employment-related class action on behalf of all hourly employees of Sport Chalet. He continues to actively prosecute class actions in the areas of tobacco, pharmaceuticals, securities and consumer fraud in state and federal courts throughout the country. Before joining Korein Tillery, Mr. Swedlow had extensive commercial litigation experience in federal and state courts as well as commercial arbitrations - both for plaintiffs and defendants - while practicing in the Litigation and Environmental departments at Latham & Watkins in Chicago. He has served as lead counsel in several hearings, arbitrations and jury trials, argued and won motions, taken and defended over 250 fact and expert depositions, drafted several successful appellate briefs and handled over a dozen direct and cross examinations in federal court. Mr. Swedlow has obtained multi-million dollar awards for his clients in federal court, state court and binding arbitrations. While representing defendants, he has been equally successful in defeating potentially enterprise threatening claims brought by plaintiffs. Mr. Swedlow has also successfully defended these favorable trial rulings at the appellate level both in federal and state courts of appeals. As for his areas of expertise beyond class actions, Mr. Swedlow has had substantial experience in litigating cases involving intellectual property rights - representing both plaintiffs and defendants in jury trial patent infringement cases. He has also obtained preliminary injunctive relief for his clients under the Copyright Act after full evidentiary hearings. Mr. Swedlow also has broad experience in the field of environmental litigation, representing clients with regard to CERCLA, RCRA, common law and contractual indemnity claims. He has represented parties in defense of claims brought by the U.S.E.P.A. as well as parties involved in private party cost recovery litigation. He has taken an active role in representing clients at Superfund sites across the country. Mr. Swedlow has also represented clients in Alternative Dispute Resolution proceedings involving the remediation of environmental contamination under CERCLA and RCRA. Practice Areas: Consumer Rights; Environmental Litigation; Tobacco Litigation; Appellate; Class Actions; False Claims Act; Pharmaceutical/Health Care; Products Liability; Securities Litigation.
ASSOCIATESJohn A. Libra (Associate) born St. Paul, Minnesota, August 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois; 2006, Missouri. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 1999); Washington University (J.D., 2005). Mr. Libra has experience at the trial and appellate level representing plaintiffs in individual and class actions. He has represented clients in a wide range of state and federal cases, including cases brought under state consumer fraud acts, ERISA, RESPA, and the Railway Labor Act. Mr. Libra has been involved in complex discovery issues, the taking of depositions, and the briefing and researching of class certification and dispositive motions in matters including: Parker v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Case No.: 04-L-716 (Ill.Cir.Ct. Feb. 7, 2007), Mansfield v. ALPA, Case No. 06-cv- 6869 (N.D.Ill. Dec. 12, 2006), and Ruppert v. Principal, Case No. (S.D. Iowa Aug. 7, 2007). In addition, Mr. Libra has experience with multidistrict litigation, including in In re Motor Fuel Temperature Sales Practices Litigation, Case No. 7:02-md-1840 (D.Kan. June 22, 2007), currently pending in the District of Kansas. Mr. Libra has also been involved in negotiating and obtaining approval of beneficial class settlements. For example, in Parker v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Case No. 04-L-716 (Ill.Cir.Ct. Jan. 16, 2007), Korein Tillery acted as lead counsel against Sears involving allegations that Sears sold and set-up gas and electric ranges throughout the United States without installing anti-tip safety devices, which prevent ranges from tipping over and severely burning or injuring unsuspecting consumers. In January, 2008 the Court granted final approval of a settlement which provides complete relief by requiring Sears to install anti-tip brackets for the class as well as requiring the installation of such brackets in the future. The settlement is valued at more than $544,500,000. Finally, Mr Libra has been involved in the settlement of personal injury and other civil cases in the state and federal courts. Practice Areas: Consumer Rights; ERISA/Pension Fund Litigation; Class Actions; Securities Litigation.
Alexis Claire Tillery (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois and Missouri. Education: Carleton College (B.A., 2001); St. Louis University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Consumer Rights; Products Liability.
Maximilian C. Gibbons (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of California (B.A., with honors, 1999); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2003). Editor, UCLA Law Review, 2003; author, Comment, Of Windfalls and Property Rights: Palazzolo and the Regulatory Takings Notice Debate, 2003. Mr. Gibbons has extensive experience at both the trial and appellate level representing plaintiffs in individual and class actions in Illinois, Missouri and California. He has represented clients in a wide range of cases, including consumer fraud, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, labor, securities, asbestos, and environmental contamination. He has been heavily involved in the briefing, presentation and appeal of class certification motions in many matters including: Barbara's Sales, Inc. v. Intel Corp., No. 02-L-788 (Ill. Cir. Ct.); Lott v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 05-L-204 (Ill. Cir. Ct.); Craft v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., No. 002-00406A (Mo. Cir. Ct.); and Henderson v. Sport Chalet, Inc., No. BC318081 (Cal. Sup. Ct.). Mr. Gibbons has represented plaintiff classes in state and federal court, briefing dispositive motions, engaging in complex discovery, and taking and defending depositions. Such actions include: Devine v. Commonwealth Edison Co., No. 06CV2383 (N.D. Ill.); Herrera v. Caliber Bodyworks, Inc., No. BC328623 (Cal. Sup. Ct.); Hoormann v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 04-L-715 (Ill. Cir. Ct.); Meyer v. HomEq Servicing Corp., No. 05-L-208 (Ill. Cir. Ct.); Hubbert v. Dell, Inc., No. 02-L-786 (Ill. Cir. Ct.). Mr. Gibbons has also represented individual clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, in the circuit courts of Cook County and Kane County, Illinois, including conducting discovery and successfully briefing and arguing summary judgment motions. Mr. Gibbons has considerable experience researching, briefing and preparing matters at the appellate level, including in: Price v. Philip Morris, Inc., 219 Ill.2d 182 (2005); Craft v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 190 S.W.3d 368 (Mo. App. 2005); Caliber Bodyworks, Inc. v. Superior Court, 134 Cal. App. 4th 365 (2005); Barbara's Sales v. Intel Corp., 227 Ill.2d 45 (2007). Mr. Gibbons has also been involved in numerous disputes over federal jurisdiction in, for example: Black v. Brown & Williamson, No. 4:05CV01544 (E.D. Mo. 2006); Collora v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 428 F.Supp.2d 1018 (E.D. Mo. 2006); Craft v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., No. 4:05CV01531 (E.D. Mo. 2006); Lott v. Pfizer, No. 05CV230 (S.D. Ill. 2005); and Pfizer Inc. v. Lott, 417 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 2005). Finally, Mr. Gibbons has been involved in negotiating and obtaining approval of beneficial class settlements. In Hoormann v. SmithKline Beecham, 04-L-715 (Ill. Cir. Ct. May 17, 2007), Korein Tillery obtained a settlement that established a $63.8 million fund to fully reimburse class members who had purchased Paxil® and Paxil CRTM for children. In Henderson v. Sport Chalet, Inc., No. BC318081 (Cal. Sup. Ct.), the settlement provided a class of employees of a sporting goods store compensation for missed lunch and rest breaks, among other benefits. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Reported Cases: Price v. Philip Morris, Inc., 219 Ill.2d 182 (2005); Craft v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 190 S.W.3d 368 (Mo. App. 2005); Caliber Bodyworks, Inc. v. Superior Court, 134 Cal.App.4th 365 (2005); Barbara's Sales v. Intel Corp., 227 Ill.2d 45 (2007); Collora v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 428 F.Supp.2d 1018 (E.D. Mo. 2006); Pfizer Inc. v. Lott, 417 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 2005). Practice Areas: Consumer Rights; Tobacco Litigation; Class Actions; Pharmaceutical/Health Care.Email: Maximilian C. Gibbons
OF COUNSELKlint Bruno (Of Counsel) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., 1995); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1999). Member, John Marshall Law Review, 1999. Klint Bruno concentrates his practice in securities litigation and representation of mutual fund shareholders in class litigation in state and federal courts. Mr. Bruno began his investigation of the so-called "market timing" abuses by mutual funds months before widespread media revelations in late 2003 caused the New York Attorney General to file criminal charges. Mr. Bruno is currently litigating several such cases as private mutual fund class actions. He was a member of the appellate team that won a key victory for shareholders in the United States Supreme Court in Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust (2006). Mr. Bruno also has extensive experience in securities arbitrations and mediations. Before joining the firm, he worked in the securities industry, including service as regional director for a prominent Wall Street financial services firm. He also served as portfolio manager for an arbitrage group of options traders on the floors of both the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Bruno serves as co-lead class counsel in Wiggenhorn v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company pending before the Fourth Circuit. In addition to his securities litigation experience, Mr. Bruno also has extensive experience handling ERISA claims on behalf of plan trustees and plan beneficiaries. Currently, he is representing a putative class of retirement plan trustees in an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit against their 401(k) plan service provider in Iowa federal court in Ruppert v. Principal Life Insurance Company. Practice Areas: ERISA/Pension Fund Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Appellate; Class Actions; False Claims Act; Products Liability; Securities Litigation.Email: Klint Bruno
All of the firm's attorneys are licensed in Illinois and/or Missouri; additionally, the firm has attorneys licensed in California, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Florida.
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