Chicago Partner Mark Miller was a guest of the Chicago Olympic bid committee, Chicago 2016, and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as one of more than 70 leaders of U.S. national governing bodies (NGBs) for sport and 25 USOC staff for a conference held in Chicago on January 15-17.
The three-day conference introduced heads of [...]

Chicago Partner Hal Morris and Chicago Associate Jenifer Caracciolo have successfully represented the Village of Campton Hills in what is currently the firm’s most high-profile litigation. In addition, Hoffman Estates Partner J. William Braithwaite is the Village attorney.
In the spring of 2007, Arnstein & Lehr facilitated the incorporation and initial formation of the Village of [...]

The West Palm Beach office of Arnstein & Lehr was a Silver sponsor of the 17th Annual Susan G. Komen South Florida Race for the Cure, held Saturday morning, January 19, in beautiful downtown West Palm Beach. More than 30,000 runners, walkers, and spectators gathered along Flagler Drive, making it one of the largest 5K [...]

Fort Lauderdale Partner Franklin Zemel and Associate Jason Gordon were extensively quoted in “Cooper City synagogue wins court ruling on zoning: Cooper City law overturned,” an article appearing in the January 12 edition of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The article cites a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonga that could clear the [...]

Nearly 200 professional estate and financial planners attended the American Technion Society (ATS) breakfast and educational seminar in December. This annual event, which continues to grow in both industry recognition and attendance, featured guest speaker Russ Sullivan, Majority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Sullivan provided vital, up-to-the-minute information on pending tax legislation.
Co-hosted by [...]

Arnstein & Lehr recently sponsored two Smyser Elementary School classes to attend Exchange City, a 25,000 square foot simulated city with the look and feel of Chicago, located at 770 North Halstead Street.
Students who visit Exchange City can learn more than 90 occupations. And, as citizens of the city, they are taught to create resumes, [...]

Partners Thadford Felton and John Ropiequet recently obtained a $42.5 million settlement for the bankruptcy trusts of garment company Fruit of the Loom against its insurance company in litigation involving environmental insurance coverage.
The trusts attempted to collect environmental cleanup costs for seven sites in Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and Tennessee from AIG under an environmental [...]

Chicago Partner Hal Morris, with Chicago Associates Jenifer Caracciolo and Nicole Gross, authored three chapters in Real Estate Litigation, a newly published book by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE). Chapter 2, entitled “Reformation,” discusses presumption of validity of a writing, elements of reformation, instruments subject to reformation, grounds for relief, pleading, burden [...]

The new president of the Uniform Law Commission, Oregon Supreme Court Associate Justice Martha Lee Walters, has appointed Chicago Partner Howard Swibel to chair the International Legal Developments Committee of the Uniform Law Commission and also to serve a four-year term as one of the five trustees of the Uniform Law Foundation, a separate charitable [...]