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| Location: 77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4800, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (Cook Co.) | | |
(Main Office)
| Spellmire & Sommer practices in the following areas of law:
Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Insurance Coverage, Medical Hospital Malpractice, Professional Ethics and Attorney Discipline, Directors and Officers, Errors and Omissions, Insurance Law, General Litigation. | Firm Profile:
Spellmire & Sommer is uniquely qualified to advise and represent clients in legal ethics, professional liability, insurance and litigation matters. Spellmire & Sommer provides comprehensive representation to its clients. Spellmire & Sommer have successfully defended lawyers, law firms and other professionals that have been accused of negligence and have prosecuted lawyers, law firms and other professionals that have committed malpractice causing harm to their clients. | | Firm Size: 3 | | George W. Spellmire, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Trial Bar and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1970); DePaul University (J.D., 1974). Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law. Co-author and Author: "Accounting, Auditing and Financial Malpractice," (HBJ, 1998); "Accountant's Legal Liability" (HBJ, 1993); "Attorney Malpractice: Prevention & Defense," (Garland Publishing, 1990); "The Associates' Primer for the Prevention of Legal Defense," (Garland Publishing, 1990); "The Associates' Primer for the Prevention of Legal Malpractice," (Garland Publishing, 1987); " Illinois Handbook on Legal Malpractice," (Eterna Press, 1982); "Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings: Illinois Practice and Procedure," (Hinshaw & Culbertson, 1991); "Attorney Communications," (Chapter IADC Defense Management Manual, 1991). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 8th Ed. and Leading Illinois Attorneys. Presentations: American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, International Association of Defense Counsel, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, CNA (CLE) Lawyers Loss Control Seminars (Ariz., Ark., Cal., Colo., Ill., Ind., Kan., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.M., N.Y., Ohio, Tex., Wash., Wis.), Professional Liability Underwriter's Society, Workers Compensation Lawyers Association. Member: Chicago and Illinois State and American (Standing Committee on Professional Liability) Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel (Advocacy Practice and Procedure Committee, Legal Malpractice Committee, Medical Malpractice Committee, Professional Errors and Omissions Substantive Law Committee); Defense Research Institute; Professional Liability Underwriting Society; Society of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Accountant Professional Liability; Professional Ethics; Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: George W. Spellmire, Jr. | | Lisa Marré Sommer (Member) admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., cum laude, 1989); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Golden Key National Honor Society. Author: "Risk Management Techniques in the Prevention of Malpractice," YLD News, December, 2001; Co-author: "Comparative Negligence In Accountants' Liability Actions". Speaker: "Ethical Fallout: What's Happening in the Service Industry," Executives Club of Chicago, March 2002; "Trends in the Professional Liability Arena," Northwest Suburban Chapter of Society of CPCU; Contributory Negligence 13th Annual ALI-ABA course of study regarding accountants liability. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Defense Counsel (Former Associate Chair, Professional Liability Committee's Publications, Newsletter and Membership). Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Professional Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation; Professional Ethics. Email: Lisa Marré Sommer | | ASSOCIATES | | Jefferey O. Katz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 2000); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2004). Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Professional Conduct Committee) and American (Standing Committee on Professional Liability) Bar Associations; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Professional Liability; Complex Commercial Litigation; Professional Ethics. Email: Jefferey O. Katz | | James W. Davidson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Ball State University (B.S., cum laude, Political Science, 2000); Loyola University Chicago (J.D., cum laude, 2003). President, Student Government Association, Ball State University, 1999-2000. Senior Member, Loyola Law Journal, 2002-2003. National Champion, Wagner Labor Law Moot Court Competition, 2002. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Professional Ethics; Attorney Discipline; Professional Liability; Financial Liability; Investment Liability; Insurance Coverage. Email: James W. Davidson |
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