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Download vCard| Donald Peterson is among a few lawyers to have appeared both before the United States Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court, in addition to trying many cases to juries in the state and federal trial courts. He argued before the United States Supreme Court for offers of judgment to bar fee awards, Marek v. Chesny, 473 U.S. 1, and before the Illinois Supreme Court for a shorter statute of limitations in building construction, Hernon v. Corrigan, 149 Ill.2d 190. |
| Experience: Mr. Peterson's depth of legal experience spans a wide range of civil litigation and dispute resolution. His trial and appellate practice currently concentrates on claims of professional liability. In representing design professionals, accountants and lawyers, he assists in claim avoidance and provides law suit defense. He is highly experienced in civil litigation in both the trial and appellate courts. He is retained by self-insured and insured A&E design professionals and by lawyer and accountant professional liability insurers. He represents enterprises from across the United States and from Europe. He has over 100 jury verdicts and a variety of trial experience, including law suits on design and construction of public, commercial, high rise, and industrial structures. In his law practice, he also has managed construction claims and counsels in the avoidance of construction claims for self-insureds and excess insurers. |
| Honors, Education, and Activities: Mr. Peterson served the Illinois Supreme Court for nine years by appointment to the Court's Rules Committee, which provides recommendations to the Court for Supreme Court Rules and the Committee Comments to the Rules.
Mr. Peterson is published on civil practice and professional liability topics in the journals of the Chicago Bar Assoc. in 2006, and the Il. Assoc. of Defense Trial Counsel in 2008. He has been a Mediator for the Circuit Court of Cook County; Editor-in-Chief of the Illinois Bar Journal; and Editor-in-Chief of Trial Briefs Newsletter. He chaired the Chicago Bar Association Judiciary Committee; the ISBA Civil Practice Section Council; the ISBA Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee; the ISBA Professional Quality in the Practice of Law Committee. He is serving since 2000 on the Professional Conduct Committee of the Il. State Bar, providing lawyer professional conduct advisory opinions. He has been elected to the Board of Governors and the Assembly of the Illinois State Bar; Board of the Appellate Lawyers Association; Board of the Society of Trial Lawyers of Illinois; and Board of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. His degrees are from Northwestern University, School of Law (Chicago, Illinois), J.D., 1965, and Miami University, College of Arts & Sciences (Oxford, Ohio), B.A., 1962. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the State of Illinois; the United States District Courts (Northern Dist. of Ill.)(Northern District of Indiana); the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin); and the Supreme Court of the United States. Professional Recognition: Mr. Peterson is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is also a Best's Listed Recommended Attorney and International Chamber of Commerce-USCIB Arbitrator. He has been annually selected as a Super Lawyer since 2007. Publications* Copyright © 2006 by The Chicago Bar Association JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL BASED ON A JUDICIAL ADMISSION Copyright © 2008 by The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel * The materials on this website are made available here for information purposes only. This website also links to other resources on the internet, which are also provided for information purposes only. Neither this website nor other resources it links to are intended to create a lawyer-client relationship between you and Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym. You should not act or rely on these materials without seeking the advice of a lawyer. Statements on this website, and resources it links to, do not constitute legal advice and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., any of its lawyers or its clients. We would be pleased to communicate with you about any legal matter, but we cannot without first determining that there would be no conflict of interest, including with our existing clients. If you are interested in having Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym represent you, we hope you will contact the firm at (312) 580-0100 about possible representation. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information submitted to us through this website, by email, or otherwise before we have checked for conflicts and agreed to representation.
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