BatesCarey is proud to announce partner R. Patrick Bedell was selected as one of Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s 2019 40 Under Forty Illinois Attorneys to Watch.

BatesCarey’s David J. Buishas and Mark A. Deptula secured a unanimous ruling in Illinois’ First District Court of Appeals affirming the dismissal of a fraud and breach of contract lawsuit brought by Adrenaline Sports Management, Inc. against Greenlayer LLC in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

In a case of first impression in Arizona, BatesCarey’s Adam Fleischer and Michael Passman recently obtained summary judgment for Gotham Insurance Company in the Superior Court of Maricopa County where another insurer attempted to hold Gotham responsible for an underlying judgment entered against an alleged predecessor of Gotham’s insured.

Strong briefs filed by Jordon Steinway and Amanda Bushemi Buckley in the Southern District of Texas recently elicited a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of BatesCarey’s client, Munich Re (PESLIC).  After Maxum Indemnity Company refused to defend PESLIC’s insureds in an underlying lawsuit in which the plaintiff was the victim of an assault at a Houston-area gentlemen’s club, PESLIC filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking a determination that Maxum has a duty to defend PESLIC’s insureds as additional insureds under the Maxum policy, and that such duty is primary to PESLIC.  PESLIC also requested, and was granted, equitable contribution from Maxum for its fees incurred in the defense of such insureds. 

BatesCarey's Adam Fleischer, John Husmann and Joanna Swartout recently obtained summary judgment for Rockhill Insurance Company in the District Court of Nevada where another insurer had sued Rockhill for not appropriately settling a mold remediation claim, and sought over $3 million in bad faith damages.

Abigail E. Rocap and Michael T. Skoglund achieved a victory in Doe v. Citizens Ins. Co. of Ill., a coverage action that was pending in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. 

Agelo L. Reppas and Justin K. Seigler achieved a victory on behalf of their client in Schnabel Foundation Co. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co of Pittsburg, PA, a coverage action pending in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals against a construction subcontractor whose faulty excavation work caused soil to shift, resulting in county authorities issuing a stop-work order.

BatesCarey is pleased to announce that Ommid C. Farashahi and Adam H. Fleischer have been named to Crain’s Chicago Business as 2019 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law.

BatesCarey Founding Partner Robert J. Bates, Jr. has been named a top five Global Elite Thought Leader in North America by the London-based publishing group Who’s Who Legal for the third year in a row. This coveted distinction is earned through the nominations of peers, clients and industry sources.

For the 15th consecutive year, BatesCarey has earned recognition as a leading insurance coverage firm from Chambers USA, the legal industry’s most respected rankings list.