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140
S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1510, Chicago, Illinois
60603 Phone 312-345-1306
Fax 312-345-1308 |
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Managing
Member |
Associate
Attorney |
Of
Counsel |
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Ira
Helfgot –
Of
Counsel (Email)
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Illinois
Supreme Court – 1982 |
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United
States District Court,
Northern District of
Illinois -
1982 |
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Federal
Trial Bar, Northern
District of Illinois -
1986 |
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| EDUCATION: |
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DePaul
University College of
Law - Chicago, Illinois
(JD – 1981) |
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DePaul
Law Review – (Member
1979-80) |
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Northern
Illinois University -
DeKalb, Ill. (BA -
Political Science – 1978) |
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ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS: |
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Illinois
State Bar Association |
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Illinois
Creditors Bar Association |
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Board
Member at Large
(1998-99) |
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Director
at Large
(2003-2005);
(2011-2013) |
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Vice
President
Education
(2005-2007) |
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Executive
Vice President
(2007-2009) |
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President
(2009-2011) |
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Decalogue
Society of Lawyers |
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Board
of Managers
(2014-present) |
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CLE
Committee
(2012-present) |
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Life
Member, National
Registry of
Who’s Who;
Arbitrator, |
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Chicago
Mercantile
Exchange |
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| REPORTED
DECISIONS: |
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Cameron
v. Guy, 2011 Ill.App.Unpub.
LEXIS 623 (1st Dist.
2011) |
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C.A.M.
Affiliates, Inc. v. First American
Title Insurance Company, 306 |
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Ill.App.3d
1015, 240 Ill.Dec. 91,
715 N.E.2d (1st Dist.
1999) |
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Import
Sales, Inc. v. Continental Bearings
Corp., 217 Ill.App.3d 893, |
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577
N.E.2d 1205, 160 Ill.Dec.
634 (Ill.App. 1 Dist.
May 17, 1991) (No. |
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1-89-1312) |
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Gerill
Corp. v. Jack L. Hargrove Builders,
Inc., 128 Ill.2d 179, 538 |
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N.E.2d
530, 131 Ill.Dec. 155
(Ill. Mar 29, 1989) (No.
66788, 67035) |
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Toyomenka
(America), Inc. v. Combined Metals
Corp., 139 Ill.App.3d |
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654,
487 N.E.2d 1172, 94
Ill.Dec. 295, 42 UCC
Rep.Serv. 1267 (Ill.App. |
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1
Dist., Dec 31, 1985)
(No. 84-0569) |
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| PUBLICATIONS: |
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“Notification
Trumps Excess Carrier’s Right to
Recover,” Chicago
Daily |
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Law
Bulletin, March
3, 2001 |
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“When
Proceeds of the Sale of Homestead
Property Are Not Exempt,” |
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Illinois
Creditors Bar
Association, Sept./Oct.
2000 |
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“Rematch:
Fee Disputes v. Malpractice
Actions,” Chicago Daily Law |
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Bulletin,
Aug. 23, 2000 |
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“Law
Unsettled on Excess
Carriers’ Right to Sue
Counsel,”
Chicago |
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Daily
Law Bulletin, June 5,
2000 |
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“Suing
an Expert Witness for
Professional
Malpractice,” Chicago
Daily |
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Law
Bulletin, Nov. 24, 1999 |
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“Litigators
Shall Not Obtain Defendants’
Credit Reports,” Illinois |
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Creditors
Bar Association
Newsletter, Aug. 1999 |
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“Decision
Stretches Outer Limits of
Attorney’s Duty,” Chicago
Daily |
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Law
Bulletin, June 25, 1999 |
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“No
Lien Attaches to Award Against
Attorneys,” Chicago Daily
Law |
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Bulletin,
March 7, 1999 |
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“Plaintiff
Wins Rare Summary Judgment,”
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, |
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Nov.
4, 1998 |
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“Obtaining
Defendant's Credit Reports,”
DuPage County Bar |
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Association
Brief, Nov. 1998 |
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“Land
Trusts and Homesteads,” Illinois
Creditors Bar Association |
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Newsletter,
Aug./Sept. 1998 |
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“Breaking
Up a Law Firm Is Hard to Do,”
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, |
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May
13, 1998 |
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“This
Legal Bill Could Prove Costly for
Attorney,” Chicago Daily Law |
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Bulletin,
Oct. 1, 1997 |
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“Aiding,
Abetting a Breach of Fiduciary
Duty,” Chicago Daily Law |
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Bulletin,
March 27, 1997 |
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“One
Bad Turn Deserves Guarded Action,”
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, |
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Nov.
19, 1996 |
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“Fight
Against Fees Precludes Malpractice
Action,” Chicago Daily Law |
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Bulletin,
Aug. 16, 1996 |
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“Fee
Forfeitures Hit Right Where It Hurts
Most” Chicago Daily Law |
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Bulletin,
July 25, 1996 |
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“Land
Trusts and Homesteads,” Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin, Jan. 8, |
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1996 |
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“Lawyers
May Lack Protection from Punitive
Damage Claims,” Chicago |
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Daily
Law Bulletin, Nov. 21,
1994 |
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Co-Author:
“Attorney’s Legal Liability,
Duties to Client: Defining the |
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Standards
of Care,” Chapter 2
Ill. Inst. for CLE,
Supp. 2005 |
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“Attorney’s
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Defining the Standards of |
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Care,”
Chapter 2 Ill. Inst. for
CLE |
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“Chancery
and Special Remedies, Specific
Performance,” Chapter 3, |
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Ill.
Inst. for CLE, Supp.
1989 |
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“Advising
Illinois Financial Institutions,
Overview of the RICO Act as |
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Applied
to Financial
Institutions,” Chapter
18, Ill. Inst. for CLE; |
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“Legal
Checklists, Mortgaging
Real Estate, Part 18,
Checklist 18-3, |
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Supp.
1985, with B. Becker, B.
Savin and D. Becker |
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“Chancery
& Special Remedies, Maxims of
Equity,” Chapter 15, Ill. |
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Inst.
for CLE, Supp. 1985 |
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“A
Guide to Foreclosure,” 65 Chicago
Bar Record 8, July-Aug., 1983 |
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“Wolston
v. Reader's Digest Association,
Inc., a Chilling Effect on the |
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Media's
Privilege,” 26
Decalogue Journal 16,
Summer 1980 |
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| LECTURES: |
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Lecture
entitled “Real Estate Levies” |
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Illinois
Credit Union League, 27th Annual
Attorneys’ |
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Conference
(October 1,
2004) |
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Illinois
Creditors Bar Association (November
11, 2003) |
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| APPOINTMENTS, CERTIFICATIONS AND HONORS: |
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Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Cook
County’s Advisory Committee (2005) |
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Volunteer
Judge: North Central Regional
Competition 2004 Jessup |
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Moot
Court Competition,
DePaul University
(February 21, 2004) |
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Volunteer
Judge: ISBA High School Mock Trial
Invitational (2001-2003) |
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Member,
Nor-Wood Life Care NFP, d/b/a
Norwood Park Home |
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(1995-present) |
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Chicago
Legal Clinic Pro Bono Award
Recipient (2007) |
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Lawyers’
Assistance Program (Board Member,
2010-present; |
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Secretary,
2012-2013; Treasurer,
2013-present
(Appointment by
Illinois |
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Supreme
Court) |
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A-V
Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law
Directory |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: |
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Johnson
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Of Counsel (2014-present) |
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Law
Offices of Ira N. Helfgot, Chicago,
Illinois; Sole Practitioner |
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(1992-present) |
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Concentrate
in areas of commercial
litigation, |
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debtor-creditor,
and professional malpractice actions |
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Braun
& Rivkin, Ltd., Chicago,
Illinois; Associate (1987-1992) |
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DeHaan
& Richter, P.C., Chicago,
Illinois; Associate (1986-1987) |
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Feiwell,
Galper & Lasky, Ltd., Chicago,
Illinois; Associcate (1983-1986) |
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The
Hon. Harold A. Siegan, Circuit Court
of Cook County, Chancery |
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Division,
Chicago, Illinois;
(1982-1983) |
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