David Osborne: 01 P 115, Docket 076 (Cir.Ct. Cook Co., Probate Div.) (secured dismissal with prejudice of petition to surcharge against law firm client accused of misappropriating estate assets and convinced petitioner to dismiss client prior to decision by Appellate Court as to other respondents, see: In re Estate of Lis, […]

David Osborne: 441 F.3d 536 (7th Cir. 2006) (persuaded Seventh Circuit to depart from numerous prior District Court cases which refused, on grounds of ripeness, to take potential indemnity stakes into account in determining amount-in-controversy for purposes of diversity jurisdiction, allowing blast fax TCPA coverage dispute to remain in federal […]

David Osborne: P.C., 444 F.3d 587, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1715 (7th Cir. 2006) (argued and won legal malpractice action on behalf of defense attorney clients on theory of no proximate cause against claim for $1 million in fees purportedly incurred by their client’s insurer in defending discovery sanctions proceeding in […]

David Osborne: 221 Ill.2d 195, 850 N.E.2d 183 (2006) (argued and won $5 million appellate malpractice case in Illinois Supreme Court on argument that client’s Tort Immunity Act argument in underlying appeal would not have prevailed as a matter of law, despite clients’ alleged “admissions” (i.e., opinion letters) to the […]

Joe Postel: Kalis v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., 357 Ill. App. 3d 172 (1st Dist. 2005)