Chicago, IL
Appeals Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Appeals, Employment & Labor ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Direct appeal affirmed. Cross appeal (Navistar) denied
The court found a company arbitration agreement was carved out by a waiver & release agreement contemporaneously signed but held that the arbitrators had the right to and properly awarded Fernandez's f ... ees and costs in defending the appeal and those fees and costs..
OUTCOME: reversed in favor of client
The court ruled in favor of client on all four issues: that the Dept of Rev. failed to comply with statutory notice and that certified mail containing a Notice of Personal Liability returned to the De ... partment with the correct address affixed to the front of the envelope by the USPS renders its subsequent failure to send resend notice to Sweilem violative of due process, relying on Jones v. Flowers. After reversal and remand the matter settled.
OUTCOME: explained IL.Const. rights
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States)(whether Illinois should abandon the lock-step doctrine in cases arising under both the Illinois Constitution right of privacy in Art. 1, § 6 and ... under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - held: no by 4-3 vote;
OUTCOME: Reversed conviction: murder
Outright reversal of murder conviction and 60 year sentence.
OUTCOME: US Sup.Ct. reversed in favor of client, R. Brown
Intersecting 4th and 5th Amend. rights compelled the Supreme Court to find that the giving of Miranda warnings by themselves did not dissipate an illegal arrest.
OUTCOME: Board settled in excess of $500000.
Breach of contract action against the Chicago Bd. of Education
OUTCOME: Matter settled; plaintiffs promoted.
Civil rights action for discrimination against female supervisors in the Public Defenders Office.
OUTCOME: Case was settled without a finding of liability.
Mr. Tabor and others were charged with market manipulation and setting the initial offering price. Expert evidence established that it was equally likely that Messrs. Tabor and Ogle broke no laws. So ... me 25 depositions were taken with 40 more in line but the matter settled.
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