Litigation: General Commercial
USA Guide 2024 : Illinois
Band 5
Contact number
+1 312 212 4949Chambers Review
Benesch has a robust practice with strength across a wide array of commercial litigation. The team is experienced across a range of practice areas, including product liability suits and intellectual property litigation, and offers wider skills in defending consumer class actions and insurance claims.
Work Highlights
- Benesch represented JX Nippon and Gould Electronics in a billion-dollar environmental matter involving a former lead smelter that operated for nearly a century in the city of Vernon, just outside of Los Angeles.
Strengths
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"Benesch have an excellent reputation."
"Benesch have an excellent reputation."
Notable Practitioners
As chair of the litigation group and cochair of the securities litigation practice at Benesch, Erik Connolly possesses a broad base of disputes expertise. His experience spans defamation, securities fraud and beach of contract suits.
"Erik is tremendous. He is a very strong attorney and has handled very important litigation. He is smart, strategic and dedicated to client service."
Nicole Wrigley is vice chair of Benesch's litigation group and its trial practice group. She has wide-ranging complex commercial litigation expertise, including defamation, auditor liability and securities related suits.
"Nicole is very knowledgeable and responsive."