BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that twelve of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars lists.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that it has once again been named to the “Best Law Firms” list by global ranking authority U.S. News & World Report.  Over the years BatesCarey has consistently achieved this prestigious ranking in Insurance Law both as a top-ranked Chicago firm and a top-ranked national firm. The streak continued in the 2018 rankings, which were...

On September 13, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated a prior 2014 ruling that Westport Insurance Corporation was required to defend a wrongful conviction claim against the City of Waukegan. In obtaining vacatur of the 2014 ruling, BatesCarey’s Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell and Justin K. Seigler defeated the insured’s claims that...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that Robert J. Bates, Jr., Scott L. Carey, Adam H. Fleischer and Mark G. Sheridan have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Insurance Law.  Best Lawyers engages a purely peer reviewed nomination and voting process whereby lawyers in certain practice areas are asked to...

BatesCarey LLP once again ranked as a top-tier insurance coverage firm in Chambers USA, the legal industry’s most respected rankings list.

BatesCarey  partner, Robert J. Bates, Jr., has been ranked as the number one “Thought Leader” in North America by Who’s Who Legal.  Who’s Who describes “Thought Leaders” as “worthy of special mention owing not only to their vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters, but also their ability to innovate, inspire and go above and beyond to deliver for their clients.”

BatesCarey LLP successfully defended an insurer when an Illinois appellate court ruled in favor of the insurer in interpreting exhaustion provisions in excess D&O policies.  The court held that an underlying insurer’s “pledge” of its remaining policy limit did not constitute proper exhaustion, where the excess policies required exhaustion “solely as a result of...

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favor of a BatesCarey LLP client in a coverage dispute, holding that a mold exclusion in a general liability coverage part of a package policy unambiguously excluded coverage for bodily injuries allegedly sustained by tenants who leased an apartment from the insured. The coverage action arose from a dispute...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that eleven of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars lists. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that it has been included in the 2017 “Best Law Firms” list by global ranking authority U.S. News & World Report. As in years past, the firm received a national and metropolitan ranking in the area of Insurance Law, which reflects recognition for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. The...