Thomas P. Yardley

Partner

Mr. Yardley is a partner in Arnstein & Lehr’s Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights groups.  He handles a variety of litigation matters in State and Federal courts including disputes involving bankruptcy, commercial, and contractual matters.  He has extensive experience in litigation involving financially distressed and bankrupt companies.  Mr. Yardley has obtained successful verdicts as first and second chair of both jury and non-jury trials, including cases against high profile plaintiffs’ counsel. He served as law clerk to Cook County Circuit Court Motion Judge Paddy McNamara.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Yardley represented Lloyds of London and CNA in multi-million dollar insurance coverage litigation. He also received his MBA in Electronic Commerce from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.

Professional Activities and Achievements

While attending Marquette University Law School, Mr. Yardley worked as an intern for Judge John L. Coffey of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Yardley has also clerked for the United States Attorney’s Office and the Felony Trial Division of the Cook County States Attorney’s Office. Mr. Yardley worked for more than two years as an Assistant to the Editor of the American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Newsletter. During that time, he wrote several articles on important cases in the field of Fidelity and Surety Bonds, including case summaries of In Re Ben Kennedy and Associates v. St. Paul Insurance Company, 40 F.3d 318 (10th Cir. 1994) and Bank One v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., 869 F. Supp. 426 (S.D. W. Va.).

Education

DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., Electronic Commerce, 2003)
Marquette University (J.D., 1991)
University of Michigan (B.A., 1986)
University of Essex (1985)

Bar Admissions

State of Illinois, U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois