Lowis & Gellen Attorney to be Panelist at CBA Business Acquisition Seminar
Robert Leavitt, a member of Lowis & Gellen’s Corporate Practice Group, will be participating as a panelist in the Chicago Bar Association seminar, Negotiating The Asset Purchase Agreement For The Sale Of A Business. The seminar will be held on February 8, 2007, at the CBA’s headquarters at 321 S. Plymouth Court, from 3 pm to 6 pm.
The seminar is about how to successfully negotiate an Asset Purchase Agreement for a client who is selling or buying a business. Mr. Leavitt and five other panelists will conduct an improvised mock negotiation using a hypothetical sale of a privately-held business. In the course of three hours, the seminar will highlight the key issues commonly raised during such a negotiation and practical ways to resolve them.
Lowis & Gellen’s Corporate Practice Group represents public and private companies in connection with a wide variety of transactions, including mergers, stock purchases and asset acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, restructurings and other transactions involving changes in corporate control. For more information on the CBA seminar or Lowis & Gellen’s Corporate Practice Group, please contact Robert Leavitt at rleavitt@lowis-gellen.com or (312) 628-7199.
Retired Judge Joins Lowis & Gellen
Judge David R. Donnersberger (Retired) joins the firm after 20 years on the bench in Cook County. He was a civil and criminal trial attorney and Assistant State’s Attorney prior to his term in the judiciary and will counsel clients in commercial litigation and in the settlement of arbitration and mediation actions.
Three Lowis & Gellen Attorneys Named Illinois “Super Lawyers 2007”
Partners Pam Gellen, Gerald Haberkorn and Joan M. Kubalanza were recently announced to be among the top 5% of Illinois attorneys and are honored with the designation of “Super Lawyers 2007.” In independent research conducted by Law & Politics, 47,000 Illinois attorneys statewide were polled for their recommendations of colleagues in the law having outstanding skill as legal counselors and advocates.
Ms. Gellen has previously been named by Chicago Lawyer magazine as one of Chicago's top twenty tort defense lawyers and was first selected as an Illinois “Leading Lawyer” in 2005.
Mr. Haberkorn was a finalist in Fast Company magazine’s 2005 “Fast 50,” as one of the U.S.’s “high impact legal leaders” and was also one of Illinois’ “Leading Lawyers” in 2005.
Ms. Kubalanza is a former Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and a senior litigator and appellate attorney in the commercial litigation group at Lowis & Gellen, LLP.
Lowis & Gellen Real Estate Practice Group attorneys to speak at March seminar
David L. Grobart and David C. Ansani, attorneys in Lowis & Gellen’s Real Estate Practice Group, will be presenters at an upcoming continuing education seminar on the complex and multifaceted business of real estate development.
“Real Estate Development from Beginning to End,” sponsored by Lorman Education Services, will be held on Friday, March 23, 2007 at 1801 N. Naper Boulevard, Naperville, IL.
Seminar highlights will include:
· Deal terms in the letter of intent
· Preconstruction leasing
· Development and redevelopment opportunities
· A financing primer
· Shopping center redevelopment
This program is designed for attorneys, business owners, lenders, surveyors, project managers, real estate agents and brokers and other professionals involved in the commercial real estate development process.
The Lowis & Gellen Real Estate Practice Group represents clients in all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions. If you would like more information, please contact David Grobart at dgrobart@lowis-gellen.com or by phone at (847) 282-1201.
EARLY AGGRESSIVE WORKUP LEADS TO AN EARLY DISMISSAL FOR LOWIS & GELLEN CLIENTS
Lowis & Gellen Partners Pamela Gellen and Scott Wolfe recently represented several psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals at a Chicago teaching hospital. The clients were accused of committing psychiatric malpractice. Moreover, the plaintiff in the case is a psychiatrist at another psychiatric teaching hospital in Chicago. The plaintiff alleged that the mistreatment, including the administration of electroconvulsive therapy a/k/a shock therapy, caused him to loose his psychiatric practice, teaching appointment, led to licensure and regulatory problems and other damages. Lowis & Gellen aggressively worked up the case performing internal investigations, interviews with staff, a comprehensive investigation into the plaintiff's background and analysis of employment records and medical records for the plaintiff psychiatrist. Based on the investigation, firm Partners Pam Gellen and Scott Wolfe filed Motions challenging the adequacy of the lawsuit on several grounds. After multiple briefs and hearings, the Judge agreed with Pam and Scott and dismissed the lawsuit before their clients even had to give a deposition.
For more information regarding the case or for general information on psychiatric malpractice, please contact Scott Wolfe at swolfe@lowis-gellen.com.
