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This is a legal malpractice case brought by Plaintiffs against their attorneys individually and their law firm. Plaintiffs’ suit for malpractice claimed that Defendants were negligent in the trial of their case; and, as a result of their negligence… Read More

BACKGROUND In 2011, Plaintiff, Chicago Title Land Trust Company, as trustee to a land trust, executed a mortgage in favor of Defendant Sara Watkin. She was trustee of a revocable trust. The mortgage served as security for a one-year line of credit to… Read More

Robert Handley and David Handley attended the 2025 ISBA Allerton Conference on Generative Artificial Intelligence. This three-day conference in Champaign, Illinois focused on Generative AI and the rippling effects of this powerful technology througho… Read More

The Illinois Prejudgment Interest Statute has withstood its first round of constitutional challenges in the appellate court in Cotton v. Coccaro, 2023 IL App (1st) 220788 and in First Midwest Bank v. Rossi, 2023 IL App (4th) 22064. In 2021, the Illin… Read More

We are pleased to announce the addition of attorney David Handley to the firm. David joins Burke & Handley, P.C. with a wealth of experience. He comes to us after working for five years at two of the top civil litigation defense firms in Chicago.… Read More

Parents/Plaintiffs, Krista Kallal and Skylar Kallal, brought suit individually and as Next Friends of Their Minor Child, Brooke Kallal against Timothy Lyons, M.D. and other Defendants arising out of injuries to Brooke Kallal which occurred at the tim… Read More

Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice suit against Defendant Hospital. Following a nine-day trial, which the appellate court characterized as a “closely balanced case,” the jury returned a verdict for the Defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new tria… Read More

Askew Insurance Group, LLC v. AZM Group, Inc. 2020 IL App (1st) 190179 by Robert Handley BURKE & HANDLEY, P.C. 799 Roosevelt Road, Building 6, Suite 108 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Procedural History In July, 2017, Askew Insurance Group, LLC filed… Read More