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 range of matters, including breach of contract claims, consumer fraud, class actions, and business […]

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 incorporate into their practice. A copy of Grinde’s article can be read […]

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 Pirie Scott department store formerly located at the Yorktown […]

TDR Obtains Voluntary Dismissal of BIPA Lawsuit

On January 5, 2025, TDR attorneys secured voluntary dismissal–without settlement–of a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois accusing our client of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). The dismissal ended the lawsuit at an early stage and exonerated our client as to the claims […]

Kansas Federal Court Ends Class Action Lawsuit Based on Credit Repair Organizations Act

On December 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted our clients’ motion for summary judgment in a class action lawsuit in which our clients were accused of violating the Credit Repair Organizations Act (“CROA”).  The Court’s ruling ended the lawsuit and exonerated our clients as to all claims filed against […]

Client Prevails on Trade Secret Claims in Alabama Federal Court

On December 10, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama granted our client’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit in which our client was accused of misappropriating trade secrets in the field of financial technology, or “fintech.” The Court’s ruling ended the lawsuit and exonerated our client as to all […]

New Associates Join TDR

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that John Andreasen and Jeffrey L. Grinde, Jr. recently joined the firm as associates. John’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy matters, and business disputes. Prior to joining TDR, John was an associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm where he worked on all phases of […]

Law360 Features Key Ruling Secured by TDR

TDR and the Nelson Mullins firm recently helped their client, a machine manufacturer, obtain a key ruling. As a result of the opinion issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, only a single claim of strict product liability remains in a case filed by a worker against TDR’s client. […]

TDR Partner John Fitzgerald Elected to ISBA Assembly

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that partner John M. Fitzgerald has been elected to the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly. The ISBA Assembly is the supreme policy making body of the ISBA. The Assembly has authority to establish and amend bylaws and policies, approves and reviews legislative and rulemaking efforts, and adopts […]

NITA Releases 7th Edition of Illinois Rules of Evidence with Objections Edited By TDR Partner Gino DiVito

NITA (the National Institute for Trial Advocacy) has released the seventh edition of its pocket-sized booklet entitled Illinois Rules of Evidence with Objections. The current edition is solely edited by TDR partner Gino L. DiVito. Its 258-pages—updated from the 2020 version—offers framing for both objections and responses to the admission of evidence, as well as […]

Federal Court Grants Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Enforce Settlement Agreement

On May 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted our client’s motion for preliminary injunction to enforce a settlement agreement that our client had entered into in a previously resolved matter. The preliminary injunction order required the defendant to withdraw its complaint of patent infringement it made to Amazon, […]

New Associate Joins TDR

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that Ryan Muhlstock recently joined the firm as an associate. Ryan’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and business disputes. He has represented clients in a variety of commercial issues including chapter 11 bankruptcy, events of default, business valuation disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, and lien priority. […]

Twelve TDR Attorneys Named 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is proud to announce that 12 of its attorney have been selected as 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Congratulations to all of them for attaining this high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. 2024 Super Lawyers Karina Zabicki DeHayes John M. Fitzgerald Brian C. Haussmann Mark H. Horwitch Timothy […]

TDR Partner Kyle Cooper Named President of the Chicago Police Board

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is proud to announce that the Chicago City Council approved the appointment of partner Kyle A. Cooper to the Chicago Police Board. Mayor Brandon Johnson designated Kyle president of the Board. The Chicago Police Board is a nine-person body that metes out discipline in the most serious cases of alleged misconduct […]

Haussmann and Cooper Present CBA Seminar

TDR is pleased to announce that partners Brian C. Haussmann and Kyle A. Cooper will be presenting a Chicago Bar Association seminar on November 14, 2023. The presentation, “Law Firm Breakups: What Lawyers Need to Know to Protect Themselves and Their Clients,” offers CLE credit and is free to CBA members. For more information and […]

Seventh Circuit Holds that Plaintiffs Challenging the Constitutionality of the Protect Illinois Communities Act Did Not Show a Likelihood of Success on the Merits

TDR is pro bono counsel for March For Our Lives Foundation (“MFOL”) as amicus curiae in the matter Bevis, et al. v. City of Naperville, et al., No. 23-1353 (7th Cir.).  On Friday, November 3, 2023, the Seventh Circuit in Bevis addressed for the first time the constitutionality of the Protect Illinois Communities Act (“PICA”), a law that, among other […]