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List of Forms by Chapter
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Chapter 1 — The Attorney-Client Relationship
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Chapter 2 — Development of the Case on Facts and Law
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Chapter 3 — Settlement
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Chapter 4 — Jurisdiction of the Subject Matter
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Chapter 5 — Venue and Forum Non Conveniens
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Chapter 6 — Limitations
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Chapter 7 — Pleadings
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Chapter 8 — Original Process and Appearance
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Chapter 9 — Interpleader
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Chapter 10 — Third-Party Practice
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Chapter 11 — Motions, Affidavits, and Orders
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Chapter 12 — New Parties
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Owen M. Blood
Owen M. Blood
Owen M. Blood is an associate with Matushek, Nilles & Sinars, L.L.C., in Chicago. Mr. Blood focuses on corporate and insurance civil defense, products liability, and asbestos litigation. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Young Lawyers Section Tort Litigation Committee, and the Notre Dame Club of Chicago. Mr. Blood received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Tulane University Law School.
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Richard H. Chapman
Richard H. Chapman
Richard H. Chapman is a Member of Clark Hill PLC in its Chicago Office, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment litigation. Mr. Chapman is also a member of the newly formed Clark Hill Digital Risk Management practice. He is a regular contributor to numerous legal and business publications, including IICLE® and Illinois Banker. Mr. Chapman has been chosen an Illinois Super Lawyer in business litigation, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy and workout law (commercial) for ten consecutive years. He has been named AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbel and was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to be a member and the secretary of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. Mr. Chapman is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and has served on its Board of Managers (1994 – 1996). Mr. Chapman earned his B.A. with high distinction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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Jacquelyn M. Hill
Jacquelyn M. Hill
Jacquelyn M. Hill is an associate at Cassiday Schade LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on medical malpractice defense. Ms. Hill graduated summa cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University and received her J.D., magna cum laude, from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she served as Executive Articles Editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
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Richard C. Huettel
Richard C. Huettel
Richard C. Huettel is a Partner with Cassiday Schade LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in all areas of civil litigation in the federal and state courts. He has written for IICLE®’s former handbook LAW AT A GLANCE: THE LEGAL ASSISTANT’S GUIDE TO THE LAW. Mr. Huettel is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
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Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keyt is a Partner with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, asbestos defense, and the representation of local public entities. Throughout his career, Mr. Keyt has represented corporate entities, small businesses, governmental entities, and private individuals. He has frequently spoken on the topics of the Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act. He is a member of the Peoria County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations. He received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
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Adria East Mossing
Adria East Mossing
Adria East Mossing, a Partner with the firm of Mossing & Navarre, LLC, in Chicago, concentrates her practice in personal injury and medical malpractice. Ms. Mossing has been named one of the top-100 lawyers in Illinois and one of the top-50 women lawyers in Illinois, both in 2015, and well as a Leading Lawyer in personal injury and medical malpractice in 2014. She is the Second Vice President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. She received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of Notes and Comments for the DePaul Law Review.
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Sean P. Murray
Sean P. Murray
Sean P. Murray is a Partner at Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on plaintiffs’ personal injury and wrongful death. Mr. Murray sits on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Board of Managers. He has been chosen as a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer and has won the Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Award. Mr. Murray is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He earned his B.S., cum laude, from Western Illinois University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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James P. Navarre
James P. Navarre
James P. Navarre is a Partner at Mossing & Navarre, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal defense. Mr. Navarre was chosen as a Leading Lawyer in 2014 and is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations as well as the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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David A. Nilles
David A. Nilles
David A. Nilles, a Partner with Matushek Nilles & Sinars, L.L.C., in Chicago, practices in the areas of products liability and mass toxic tort defense. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. Mr. Nilles received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
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James L. Oakley
James L. Oakley
James L. Oakley is a Partner with the law firm of Thompson Coburn LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in litigation. Mr. Oakley was named an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star (2009 – 2015) and is a member of the Chicago and American Bar Associations. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Stephen D. Phillips
Stephen D. Phillips
Stephen D. Phillips is the Managing Partner with Phillips Law Offices in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful death. Mr. Phillips is on the Executive Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) and received the Association’s President’s Award in 2005. He has also received an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Phillips is a Past President of ITLA (2013 – 2014), served on the Illinois State Bar Association’s Board of Governors (1995 – 1996), and has been an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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Julie Levinson Pustilnik
Julie Levinson Pustilnik
Julie Levinson Pustilnik is an associate at Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd., in Chicago, where she represents seriously injured victims in personal injury cases. Ms. Pustilnik is currently the Vice President of the IIT Chicago-Kent Young Alumni Council and on the Civil Litigation Committee of the Women’s Bar Association. She is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and received the Jury Verdict Reporter Trial Lawyer Excellence Award in 2012. Ms. Pustilnik graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Terrence M. Quinn
Terrence M. Quinn
Terrence M. Quinn is a Partner with Phillips Law Offices in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in personal injury and wrongful-death matters involving automobile and truck negligence, medical malpractice, construction accidents, products liability, aviation, and general torts. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association of Justice. Mr. Quinn graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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Timothy J. Ritchey
Timothy J. Ritchey
Timothy J. Ritchey is a Partner at Peck Bloom, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of guardianship, will and trust litigation, fiduciary litigation, elder law, and estate and special-needs planning. Mr. Ritchey is on the Probate Practice Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, the Young Alumni Council of the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Alumni Board, and the professional board of the Center for Disability and Elder Law. He is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mr. Ritchey was named an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2012 – 2014, was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch in 2014, and was honored with the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law 2014 Young Alumni Award. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D., with honors, from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law and alternative dispute resolution. He is a member of the Illinois Society of Construction Attorneys and the Association of Attorney Mediators. In 2004, he received the American Institute of Architects Illinois Council President’s Award. Mr. Sido received both his B.A. with highest distinction and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.
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Douglas M. Sinars
Douglas M. Sinars
Douglas M. Sinars is a Partner with Matushek, Nilles & Sinars, L.L.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis on products liability and asbestos personal injury litigation. Mr. Sinars is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
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Megan S. Slowikowski
Megan S. Slowikowski
Megan S. Slowikowski is a Partner with Matushek, Nilles & Sinars, L.L.C., in Chicago. She concentrates her practice on products liability and toxic torts claims. Much of her practice involves asbestos litigation. Ms. Slowikowski was a speaker at the 2014 Forum for Environmental and Toxic Tort Issues conference and is a volunteer for Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project, Inc. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the IIT Chicago-Kent Alumni Association. Ms. Slowikowski received her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D., with honors, from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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David A. Sorensen
David A. Sorensen
David A. Sorensen is a Senior Litigation Attorney at the Law Offices of Edward J. Kozel in Chicago and concentrates in the areas of professional malpractice (legal and medical/healthcare). Mr. Sorensen is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network in the areas of medical malpractice and defense law and professional malpractice defense law (2011 – 2012). He was also chosen as an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2012 and 2013 in the area of malpractice defense litigation. Mr. Sorensen received his J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
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Lynsey A. Stewart
Lynsey A. Stewart
Lynsey A. Stewart is an associate at Cassiday Schade LLP in Chicago, where she focuses on medical malpractice. Ms. Stewart earned her B.A. from Georgetown University, her M.A. from American University, and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she received a CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Writing.
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Marc A. Taxman
Marc A. Taxman
Marc A. Taxman is a Partner with Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen Ltd., in Chicago, where he chairs the firm’s new case review committee, which delineates responsibility and plans strategy for successfully prosecuting cases. He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, transportation negligence, and premises liability. He frequently speaks before the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association on such topics as evidence, trial practice, medical malpractice, construction negligence, premises liability, and other areas pertaining to personal injury law. He also serves as an investigator and conducts hearings for the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer and an Illinois Leading Lawyer. Mr. Taxman received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Tobin J. Taylor
Tobin J. Taylor
Tobin J. Taylor is an Office Managing Partner with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the defense of asbestos and toxic tort claims arising from environmental and occupational exposures, including products liability and premises liability claims. Mr. Taylor has been recognized as Martindale-Hubbel AV Preeminent, been selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois for Toxic Torts Defense Law, and been named to the 2011 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Mr. Taylor received his B.S., magna cum laude, from Bradley University and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law.
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Panos T. Topalis
Panos T. Topalis
Panos T. Topalis is a Director at Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in litigation/professional liability. Mr. Topalis is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. He received his B.S. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Melanie J. VanOverloop
Melanie J. VanOverloop
Melanie J. VanOverloop is an attorney at Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., in Chicago. Her practice focuses on litigating cases in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury. She is a Director of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. Ms. VanOverloop received her B.A. from Purdue University and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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John F. Watson
John F. Watson
John F. Watson is a Member at Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mattoon, where he concentrates in civil litigation, medical malpractice defense, insurance coverage litigation, corporate and small business matters, appellate litigation, and intellectual property. He is on the Editorial Board of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s IDC Quarterly, (2012 – present), is the Vice Chair of the Amicus Committee of IDC (2012 – present), and is the Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Medicine and Law Committee (2013 – present). Mr. Watson is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is a 2014 Leading Lawyer. He earned his B.S. from Bradley University and his J.D., with honors, from the John Marshall Law School, where he was Associate Leads Editor of The John Marshall Law Review.
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Julie A. Webb
Julie A. Webb
Julie A. Webb is a partner with Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mt. Vernon, where she concentrates her practice in civil litigation and workers’ compensation and occupational diseases. Ms. Webb is a court-approved mediator for the Second Judicial Circuit and was chosen as a Leading Lawyer in 2014. She is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. Ms. Webb received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Civil Practice (Illinois): Opening The Case 2015 Edition
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