Overview

Jack is a highly experienced commercial litigator and trial attorney. He has practiced for over 40 years in a wide variety of matters and commercial disputes, most recently relating to real estate and construction litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and large commercial real estate loan defaults.

Jack is a partner in BFKN’s Litigation Group. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation matters.

Jack has tried matters both to juries and in bench trials. He also has represented clients in arbitration hearings and is familiar with all means of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation. Jack holds a certificate from the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies in Mediation Skills Training and is also a certified mediator for the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Credentials

Admissions

  • State of Illinois
  • State of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • Harvard University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1982
  • Lake Forest College, B.S. in Mathematics, B.A. in Politics, 1979

Experience

  • Represented lenders in large commercial loan disputes, including commercial mortgage foreclosures and suits upon commercial loan guarantees.
  • Represented clients in matters involving allegations of construction defects, design errors, and cost overruns.
  • Represented claims under purchase and sales agreements and indemnity contracts, business acquisitions, and transactional disputes.
  • Represented insureds in a variety of insurance coverage matters.
  • Environmental litigation, including five trials pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.

Representative Reported & Appellate Decisions

  • First Bank and Trust Company of Illinois v. Cimerring, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2603 (7th 2010), appeal of 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36296 (N.D. Ill. 2008).
  • First Bank and Trust Company of Illinois v. Walker, Docket No. 2-07-0348 (Ill. App. Ct. 2d Dist. 2008).
  • Baird and Warner Residential Sales, Inc. v. Mazzone et al., 893 N.E. 2d 1010 (Ill. App. 2008).
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. OSI Industries Inc., 831 N.E. 2d 192 (Ind. App. 2005). 
  • Rutgerswerke AG v. Abex Corp., 2002 WL 1203836 (S.D.N.Y. June 4, 2002).
  • Waste Management of Alameda County v. East Bay Regional Park District, 135 F. Supp. 2d 1071 (N.D. Calif. 2001). 
  • Abex Corp. v. Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, Inc. et al., 921 F. Supp. 336, 936 F. Supp. 1250 (E.D. Va. 1996), 142 F.3d 769 (4th 1998). 
  • Anschutz Mining Corporation v. NL Industries Inc., 891 F. Supp. 492 (E.D. Mo. 1995). 
  • H & H Sand and Gravel Haulers Company v. Coyne Cylinder Company, 632 N.E.2d 697 (Ill. App. 1994). 
  • Home Indemnity Company v. Wil-Freds, Inc., 601 N.E. 2d 282 (Ill. App. 1992). 
  • Board of Library Directors v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 574 N.E.2d 869 (Ill. App. 1991).
  • Edward Hines Lumber Company v. Vulcan Materials Company, 669 F. Supp. 854 (N.D. Ill. 1987); 685 F. Supp. 651 (N.D. Ill. 1988).
  • Inland Steel Company v. Koppers Company, 498 N.E. 2d 1247 (Ind. App. 1986). 
  • Richman v. Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc., 468 N.E. 2d 487 (Ill. App. 1984). 

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Recognitions

  • Leading Lawyers, Leading Lawyers Network (2021-2025)
  • Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating – AV Preeminent

Organizations

  • Phi Beta Kappa
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