Firm News
New Associate Joins TDR
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn N. Kloss recently joined the firm as an associate. Kaitlyn’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and business disputes. She has represented clients on both sides of litigation across a wide...
Fitzgerald Appointed Vice Chair of the Amicus Committee for the Illinois Defense Counsel
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that partner John M. Fitzgerald has been appointed to serve as Vice Chair of the Amicus Committee for the Illinois Defense Counsel during the 2025-2026 bar year. The ICD is the premier association of attorneys in...
Grinde Authors Article in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein associate Jeffrey L. Grinde, Jr. authored an article featured in the June 2025 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Grinde’s article is titled “Too Many Books, Too Little Time,” and discusses three books that young attorneys should read and...
TDR Wins Appeal Cementing Earlier Trial Victory
On April 24, 2025, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court issued a decision affirming in all respects the firm’s recent trial victory in the case Wood River, LLC v. SFA Holdings, Inc. The case involved the guaranty of a commercial lease for the Carson...
TDR Elevates Michael Grant and Brian Haussmann to Equity Partners
On January 1, 2025, TDR elevated long-time TDR attorneys Michael J. Grant and Brian C. Haussmann to equity partners of the firm, a milestone that resulted from their tremendous dedication to the firm’s clients and their extraordinary contributions to the firm and the...
Chicago Litigation Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Holds that Collateral Source Rule Does Not Apply in Pure Economic Loss Tort Cases
Plaintiffs asserting purely economic losses in tort cases already face a significant hurdle in Illinois: the well-established economic loss rule, otherwise known as the Moorman doctrine. But those plaintiffs now face an additional challenge, because in Lewis v. Lead...
“Used with a View to Profit”–An Interesting Statutory Phrase and a Property Tax Dispute
In University of Chicago v. Department of Revenue, 2020 IL App (1st) 191195 (opinion issued May 15, 2020), the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court faced a unique property tax dispute that required the interpretation of a curious phrase in section 15-35 of...
Illinois Appellate Court Publishes Analysis on a Statutory Fee-Shifting Provision
Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court published its 2019 decision in Lopez v. Rendered Servs., Inc., 2019 IL App (1st) 181869. Lopez serves as a great refresher on the American Rule regarding attorney fees and statutory fee-shifting provisions in Illinois.In Lopez,...
Seventh Circuit Issues Stern Warning to Violators of Telemarketing Statutes
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in United States v. DISH Network LLC, 954 F.3d 970 (7th Cir. 2020), comes with a stern warning to companies that violate state and federal telemarketing statutes: "Someone whose maximum penalty reaches the mesosphere only...
Crim v. Dietrich: Focus on the Necessity for a Posttrial Motion in a Civil Jury Trial and the Effect of Not Filing Such a Motion
In the medical malpractice case of Crim v. Dietrich, 2020 IL 124318 (issued on April 2, 2020), plaintiffs, the mother and father of the injured newborn baby, alleged that defendant, the doctor who delivered the baby: (1) failed to obtain the mother's informed consent...
Publications
Grinde Authors Article in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein associate Jeffrey L. Grinde, Jr. authored an article featured in the June 2025 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Grinde’s article is titled “Too Many Books, Too Little Time,” and discusses three books that young attorneys should read and...
DiVito Authors Part Five of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the February 2024 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned from Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Closing Argument,” and is the final article in his...
DiVito Authors Part Four of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the January 2024 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Cross-Examination,” and is the fourth part of his...
DiVito Authors Part Three of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the December 2023 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Direct Examination,” and is the third part of his...
DiVito Authors Part Two of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the November 2023 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Essential Elements of Persuasion: What To Do and How and...
Events
ISBA Publishes Fitzgerald’s “Guide to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act”
The Illinois State Bar Association has just published TDR partner John Fitzgerald’s Guide to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The Guide is available in both hard copy and electronic formats. The Guide is the first published book about the Illinois...
TDR Partner Quoted on Facebook BIPA Settlement
TDR partner John Fitzgerald was quoted in a news story by Law360 concerning Facebook’s $550 million settlement of class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. As Fitzgerald explained in the Law360 article, “This settlement shows that...
TDR Partner Quoted in Articles About Constitutional Litigation
TDR partner John Fitzgerald has been quoted in several news articles (Article 1) (Article 2) this past week concerning disputes arising under the Illinois Constitution, including TDRs representation of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association and...
Kate O’Brien Quoted in The Associated Press
TDR partner Kate O'Brien spoke to The Associated Press about recent rulings TDR secured for our client the United States Conference of Mayors in City of Evanston and United States Conference of Mayors v. Sessions. The lawsuit challenges the Attorney General's decision...
Tim Hudson Appointed to Advisory Committee on MIDP
The Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois have appointed Tim Hudson to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Court on the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program ("MIDP"). On April 27, 2017, Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of...