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Bartlit Beck LLP

Bartlit Beck LLP

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United States • Dispute resolution

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General commercial disputes - premium ($500m+)

The trial-focused team at Bartlit Beck LLP handles juggernaut disputes across the technology, retail, aerospace, chemicals, transportation, and entertainment industries. At the helm sits Chicago-based managing partner Jason Peltz, who is especially proficient in breach of contract, patent infringement, and deceptive and unfair trade practices matters. In Denver, Andrew Baak advises on product liability, mass torts and intellectual property disputes; Karma Giulianelli is noted for antitrust; and Katherine Hacker is sought after for complex commercial and energy litigation. In Chicago, Alex Groden and Andrew MacNally represent major clients in environmental tort actions, including property damage and personal injury claims, while Nico Martinez brings strength in professional services and financial litigation. Also in Chicago, Adam Hoeflich and Rebecca Weinstein Bacon handle pharmaceutical product liability claims, Sean Gallagher focuses on IP and trade secret misappropriation, and Abby Mollen is recognized for high-stakes financial and investor litigation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘They have skilled, high-quality lawyers who use teamwork and practical sense to bring adversaries to heel. The skill level and smarts of Sean Gallagher and Abby Mollen, in particular, are off the charts.'

  • 'Sean Gallagher is quite simply the best courtroom trial lawyer I’ve ever seen. Great with juries and judges. Oozes credibility.’

  • ‘Best lawyers and hardest working people I have ever worked with. They treat co-counsel as partners and team members and work seamlessly with clients.’

  • ‘BB’s strength is in its in-courtroom work. They are trial lawyers, not just litigators. They are clear communicators, extremely effective examiners, and superb with judges and juries.'

  • ‘Jason Peltz is one of the best litigation strategists I’ve ever worked with in my 40-year career. He has a strong sense of a path a dispute will take. Superb judgment.'

  • ‘Adam Hoeflich is a fantastic litigator. Among his standout traits is his ability to view matters strategically, providing pragmatic counsel as to how to position cases and course correct as necessary to set up favorable resolutions.’

Key clients

  • A class consisting of all California residents using mobile devices with the Android operating system
  • Brunswick Corporation
  • Walmart, Inc.
  • The founders, former employees and early investors of FanDuel
  • Raytheon Technologies/Pratt & Whitney
  • Trinity Industries Leasing Company
  • Trinity Industries, Trinity Highway Products
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Circle
  • Ernst & Young
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX Corporation

Work highlights

Serves as lead and coordinating counsel and trial counsel for Walgreens in nationwide litigation relating to the distribution and sale of prescription opioids.
Serves as lead national coordinating counsel on the fraudulent transfer claims for three DuPont entities in over 6,000 cases pending across the country related to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”).
Acting as lead trial counsel for Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon Technologies (RTX) in environmental tort cases involving more than $1bn in alleged property damage and personal injury claims.
Practice head

Jason Peltz

Other key lawyers

Andrew Baak; Karma Giulianelli; Katherine Hacker; Alex Groden; Andrew MacNally; Nico Martinez; Sean Gallagher; Abby Mollen; Adam Hoeflich; Rebecca Weinstein Bacon