We have also acted as counsel for the Federal Judges Association and/or a class of federal judges in numerous constitutional cases in the Supreme Court and Circuit Court. Atkins v. United States, 556 F.2d 1028 (Ct. Cl. 1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1009 (1978); Hatter v. United States, 121 S. Ct. 1782 (2001); Humphrey v. Baker, 848 F.2d 211 (D.C. Cir. 1988); and Williams v. United States, 240 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 2001).
Representing the Federal Judiciary
Successful Appeal in Seminal Case Regarding Preemption and Product Liability
We served as appellate counsel for the plaintiff in an appeal involving a products liability lawsuit brought against a generic drug manufacturer and distributor that asserted federal conflict preemption defenses at the pleading stage. The Appellate Court answered the certified questions and rejected the defendants’ federal preemption defenses. This case was one of the first in the United States (federal and state courts) to reject a federal preemption defense raised by a generic drug manufacturer. Guvenoz v. Target Corporation and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 2015 IL App (1st) 133940, pet. for leave to appeal denied, No. 119226 (Sept. 30, 2015); cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2409 (2016).
Successful Appeals in Two of the Leading Insurance Coverage Cases in Illinois
John Crane, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance Company, et al., 2013 IL App (1st) 1093240-B; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Abbott Laboratories, 2014 IL App (1st) 132020.
Successfully Handled Some of the Leading Land Use Challenges in Illinois
527 S. Clinton, LLC v. Westloop Equities, LLC, 403 Ill. App. 3d 42 (1st Dist. 2010); Holz v. Makray Memorial Golf Club, No. 1-06-2938 (2008) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23).
