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80 ILLINOIS JAY EDELSON EDELSON MCGUIRE 350 North LaSalle, 13th floor Chicago, IL 60654 Tel: (312) 589-6370 Fax: (312) 589-6378 Email: jedelson@edelson.com Web: www.edelson.com Jay Edelson is the founder and managing partner of Edelson McGuire, LLC. He has been recognized as a leader in class actions, technology law, corporate compliance issues and consumer advocacy by his peers, the media, state and federal legislators, academia and courts throughout the country. Jay has been appointed lead counsel in numerous state, federal, and international class actions, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients. He is regularly asked to weigh in on federal and state legislation involving his cases. He testified to the U.S. Senate about the largest pet food recall in the country’s history and is advising state and federal politicians on consumer issues relating to the recent federal bailouts, as well as technology issues, such as those involving mobile marketing. Jay also counsels companies on legal compliance and legislative issues in addition to handling all types of complex commercial litigation. Adding to the diversity of his practice, Edelson advises major labor unions and Hollywood financiers and serves as a consultant on several film, television, and radio deals. Jay is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Brandeis University. Jay was born in New York, grew up in Boston, and currently lives with his wife and two kids in Chicago, Illinois. Representative Plaintiff’s Class Actions: Lead counsel in over a half-dozen nationwide class action settlements collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars involving claims of unauthorized charges on cellular telephones. Lead counsel in $30 million class action settlement involving leadinfused Thomas the Tank Engine children’s toys. Lead counsel in numerous text message spam class actions, including a $16 million settlement involving 20th Century Fox, a $10 million settlement involving Simon & Schuster and a $7 million settlement involving the Timberland Co. Part of a U.S. and Canadian class action mediation team obtaining a $24 million settlement involving the 2008 contaminated pet food recalls. Named interim co-lead attorney in putative nationwide class actions alleging illegal suspensions of home loans against Citibank and JPMorgan Chase. Obtained an injunction preventing an insurance company from cancelling the health insurance of thousands of self-employed individuals, later reaching settlement guaranteeing them insurance for the future. Successfully prosecuted a case against Riverboat Casino on behalf of employees suffering from second hand smoke. Settled cases involving claims of privacy breaches or intrusive behavior against companies such as Facebook, Microsoft, and Sears. DAVID E RAPOPORT RAPOPORT LAW OFFICES 20 North Clark Street, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60602 Tel: (312) 327-9880 Toll-free: (877) 545--6437 Email: drapoport@rapoportlaw.com Web: www.rapoportlaw.com David E Rapoport limits his practice to prosecuting personal injury and wrongful death cases. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States and all state and federal courts in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1981 David earned a JD with high honors from IIT Chicago- Kent College of Law, where he served on the Law Review; and in 1978 he was awarded a BS in finance from Northern Illinois University. David is board certified * in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and serves as president elect of that board. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). These qualifications are reserved for the most experienced personal injury trial lawyers in America. Top publishers have repeatedly recognized David’s accomplishments. For example, Benchmark Litigation has awarded him its top honor as a local litigation star; Martindale-Hubbell rates him in its top category as AV Preeminent ®; Thomson-Reuters has named him an Illinois super lawyer every year the program has been in existence; Avvo rates him 10-Superb and the Leading Lawyers Network has named him a leading lawyer every year since the inception of the program. In an opinion published on June 9, 2011, United States Senior District Court Judge Karl S Forester described David Rapoport’s trial work: Rapoport was overwhelmingly responsible for the $7.1 million Plaintiffs’ verdict. The $5 million loss of consortium verdict for the teenage children was record-setting… The court had the opportunity to observe Mr. Rapoport personally on a number of occasions, including the damages trial. His skills in selecting and presenting the evidence and his handling of the unique, all-male jury were among the best this court has seen in over twenty years on the bench. Recently, David served as lead counsel in a semi-tractor trailer truck crash personal injury and wrongful death case that settled for $13 million, and as the lead trial attorney in three multi-million dollar jury trials: the one resulting in the $7.1 million wrongful death and loss of parental consortium verdict mentioned by Judge Forester; another resulting in a record-setting $6.9 million settlement while the jury was deliberating in a semi-truck personal injury and wrongful death accident case tried in Madison, Wisconsin, and the third garnering a $1.55 million record-setting jury verdict against a trucking company in a personal injury case tried in Friendship, Wisconsin. David also recently managed Rapoport Law Offices trial teams that obtained a $9.858 million record-setting jury verdict in a medical malpractice case tried in Chicago; a $3.09 million dollar record-setting jury verdict in a work injury case involving mild traumatic brain injury in Decatur, Illinois; a $2.25 million bench verdict in a collision case tried in Peoria, Illinois and a $2.03 million jury verdict in a products liability case tried in Chicago. After the Value Jet crash in Florida's Everglades, the television program 60 Minutes featured an interview with David for a segment entitled “Open and Shut Case?” on some of the unexpected issues airplane crash victims or their families may encounter in the aftermath of an aviation negligence disaster. In The Lost Art: An Advocate's Guide to Effective Closing Arguments, United States District Court Judge Joseph Anderson, who presided over the USAir flight 1016 liability trial, published an excerpt of David's closing argument to the jury in that case as an example of attacking an opponent's case “in the right way.” * Board certification is not required to practice law in Illinois, and the Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize specialties in the practice of law.
20 North Clark Street, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60602 Tel: (312) 327-9880 Toll-free: (877) 545-6437 Web: www.rapoportlaw.com Customized Service: Rapoport Law Offices provides customized service to plaintiffs in a select number of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. The law firm limits the number of cases it accepts to ensure that each client receives superior personal service, and each case receives the personal attention of all three law firm partners who collaborate to create a custom litigation plan designed to maximize case value. The firm’s commitment to personalized service includes having an on-call trial lawyer available at all times to speak to a client or prospective client including during the day, at night, and on the weekend. The firm’s customized approach has allowed it to maintain a loyal network of former clients and referring attorneys throughout the country, and to deliver consistently outstanding results. Proven Results: Rapoport Law Offices has a remarkable record of accomplishment in personal injury and wrongful death matters, not just in Illinois but throughout the United States. The firm is well known for its national aviation practice, having obtained multi-million dollar recoveries for aircraft disaster victims and their families in many major commercial airline disasters over the last 25 years. The firm’s founder David Rapoport has served as lead trial attorney and member of the court-appointed plaintiffs’ steering committee in several high profile trials arising out of commercial crashes, including American Airlines Flight 1420, in which over $14 million was recovered by the firm’s clients, and the crash of USAir Flight 1016, in which over $10 million was recovered for the firm’s clients. Most recently, in 2009, the firm obtained a $7.1 million jury verdict for the family of a thirty-nine-year-old man who was killed in the 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. The firm also has recovered millions of dollars for victims of recreational airplane and helicopter crashes. The law firm has also had tremendous success in cases involving trucking and other motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, construction accidents, product liability and other areas. Recent examples include a $13 million settlement in a case arising out of a semi-tractor trailer crash in Indiana; a $9.858 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case tried in Chicago; a $6.9 million settlement reached during jury deliberations in a semi-tractor trailer accident case tried in Madison, Wisconsin; a $3.09 million dollar jury verdict in a work injury case involving mild traumatic brain injury in Decatur, Illinois; a $2.25 million dollar verdict in federal court in Peoria, Illinois for the family of a 76-year-old man killed in a vehicle crash; a $2 million verdict for a factory worker who was injured when a heated press fell on her hand in a products liability case tried in federal court in Chicago; a $ 2 million verdict for the family of a 9-year-old girl killed in a personal watercraft accident in Wisconsin; and a $1.55 million verdict for a man and wife injured in an auto accident in Wisconsin. Each of these verdicts greatly exceeded the defendant’s last settlement offer, and several of the firm’s recent verdicts are record-setting. When necessary, the firm has also enjoyed tremendous success in the state and federal appellate courts, including securing a major victory for victims of defective medical devices in Bausch v. Stryker Corp., 630 F.3d 546 (7th Cir. 2010). These and similar results are the product of the thorough preparation and focused commitment the law firm brings to every case. 500 Lake Cook Road, Suite 350 Deerfield, Illinois 60015 Tel: (847) 580-4211 Toll-free: (877) 545-6437 Web: www.rapoportlaw.com Industry Leadership: ILLINOIS The firm’s lawyers are recognized by judges and peers around the country as leaders inside and outside of the courtroom. In an opinion published on June 9, 2011, United States Senior District Court Judge Karl S Forester of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, who presided over the trial stemming from the crash of Comair Flight 5191, had this to say about the work of David Rapoport as lead trial counsel: "Throughout the three years that Mr. Rapoport represented [his client], this Court observed his thorough preparation, his strong advocacy, and his noteworthy trial skills. . . . His skills in selecting and presenting the evidence and his handling of the unique, all-male jury were among the best this Court has seen in over twenty years on the bench." David Rapoport currently serves as president elect of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, formerly known as the National Board of Trial Advocacy, the oldest and largest not for profit American Bar Association accredited trial attorney certification board in the United States. He is a Fellow of the ABOTA Foundation, dedicated to preservation of the right to trial by jury in civil cases, and is part of the elite Leaders Forum of the American Association for Justice. Each of the three law firm partners has been recognized by Thompson-Reuters in its Super Lawyers publication. The firm’s lawyers take an active role in educating lawyers and advancing understanding of the law through teaching in law school and writing for law journals and other publications. Rapoport Law Offices attorneys have also been quoted and interviewed by many television, radio and newspaper reporters, including an interview with Mr. Rapoport on the television program 60 minutes. Referral Based Business Rapoport Law Offices is a referral based business and values its loyal network of referring lawyers. The firm’s commitment to high quality service assures referring lawyers that our mutual clients will receive the personal service and respect they deserve during an extremely difficult time in their lives, and each case will receive the focused attention of a team of experienced trial attorneys dedicated to maximizing its valu e. To learn more about Rapoport Law Offices, visit www.rapoportlaw.com. THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO AMERICA’S LEADING LITIGATION FIRMS & ATTORNEYS 81
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