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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 Blood
Owen Blood
Owen Blood is an Partner with Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska LLC, in Chicago, and focuses on civil litigation, products and premises liability claims, environmental and occupation exposures, and toxic tort claims. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, and is licensed in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. 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 is Chair of the firm’s Governmental Practice. Mr. Keyt has been selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois and is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Abraham Lincoln Court. Mr. Keyt received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
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Adria East Mossing
Adria East Mossing
Adria East Mossing is a Partner at Mossing & Navarre, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on personal injury and medical malpractice. Ms. Mossing served as President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (2016 – 2017). She has been chosen by Leading Lawyers Illinois as one of the Top 10 Women Leading Lawyers in Illinois in personal injury and medical malpractice and an Illinois Super Lawyers as a Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer and a Top 50 Women Illinois Super Lawyer. Ms. Mossing received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. from DePaul College of Law where she was the Notes and Comments Managing Editor for the DePaul Law Review.
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Sean P. Murray
Sean P. Murray
Sean P. Murray is a Partner at Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in plaintiff personal injury. Mr. Murray is on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers and has been chosen as an Illinois Super Lawyer and Illinois Leading Lawyer. 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 and medical malpractice. Mr. Navarre is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, has been named to the Leading Lawyers Illinois list for personal injury and medical malpractice, and as an Illinois Super Lawyer. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. cum laude from Loyola University 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 L. Pustilnik
Julie L. Pustilnik
Julie L. Pustilnik is an attorney at Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on personal injury trial work. Ms. Pustilnik is President of the Chicago-Kent College of Law Young Alumni Council and has been named an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star and a Law Bulletin Leading Lawyers Emerging Lawyer. 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 an attorney with Phillips Law Offices, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in personal injury. Mr. Quinn is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers, the American Association of Justice, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.A. from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and 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 in the Chicago office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation with an emphasis in construction law and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Sido is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Systems Chicago and the American Arbitration Assocation. He is a Member of the Society of Construction Attorneys and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Sido received his B.A. from the University of Illinois, where he earned the Bronze Tablet Award and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and he received his J.D. from the University of Illinois.
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Douglas M. Sinars
Douglas M. Sinars
Douglas M. Sinars is a Partner at Sinars Slowikowski Tomaska LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, medical malpractice, products and premises liability claims, environmental and occupation exposures, and toxic tort claims. Mr. Sinars is a member of the Illinois Association of Trial Defense Counsel and the Chicago Bar Association and is licensed in Illinois, Missouri, and New York. 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 a senior associate at Cassiday Schade LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses on litigation and appeals. Ms. Stewart is a member of the Chicago and Women’s Bar Associations and Phi Beta Kappa. She 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 Founding Partner of Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on person injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, transportation negligence, premises liability, and trial practice. Mr. Taxman has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer and Illinois Leading Lawyer, and he was recognized in “Best Lawyers in America.” 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 a Partner with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in litigation. Mr. Taylor has been recognized as Martindale-Hubbel AV Preeminent, been selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois for Toxic Torts Defense Law, and is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. He 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 civil litigation. Mr. Topalis is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Counsel for Litigation Management, and the Hellenic Bar Association where he was Past President. 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 his practice in civil litigation. Mr. Watson writes a professional liability column for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s IDC Quarterly, was Editor-in-Chief of the IDC Survey of Law (2017 –2018), and Editor-in-Chief of the IDC Quarterly (2016 – 2017). 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 Mount Vernon, where she concentrates her practice in litigation defense. Ms. Webb is a court-approved mediator and a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Illinois State Bar Association. 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 (ARCHIVED 2015 EDITION)
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