Leahy Eisenberg & Fraenkel is pleased to announce the opening of its Missouri office, located at 400 Chesterfield Center, Suite 400, in Chesterfield, Missouri. The continued growth and expansion into Missouri strengthens the Firm’s reach throughout the Midwest and enhances the ability to serve the needs of the Firm’s many clients.
Robert Ostojic, the Chair of the Firm’s Subrogation Department, will oversee the Missouri office.
Leahy Eisenberg & Fraenkel is pleased to announce the Firm’s Joliet office has relocated to 58 East Clinton Street, in downtown Joliet and walking distance to the courthouse. The new layout and design will support the Joliet office’s continued growth and hybrid working needs.
Congratulations to David Walters who recently obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a fire alarm system contractor that was retained to install the low voltage fire alarm system during the construction of the Yorkville, Illinois franchised location of a national hotel chain. After the franchise owner failed to pay LEF’s client for its completed work, the contractor sued the franchise owner for breach of contract. In turn, the franchise owner filed a counterclaim, alleging that LEF’s client delayed in the performance of its work and failed to complete the installation of the fire alarm system in a workmanlike manner. The franchise owner further alleged that the client’s work resulted in delays in the overall completion of project as a whole, purportedly causing the franchise owner to realize more than $1,000,000.00 in lost profit and other damages. Given the directed verdict, David clearly demonstrated that the evidence overwhelming established that the client’s work was properly and timely performed and that the franchise owner had breached the contract by failing to pay the client for work it performed. LEF and its client are extremely pleased with this favorable result.
Congratulations to Catherine O’Connell, who recently obtained a directed verdict for her client, a painting subcontractor, following a two week-long trial. The Plaintiff fell from a single-level baker scaffold while working as a painter on the jobsite and sued the general contractor, alleging that the general contractor failed to provide sufficient fall protection. In turn, the general contractor filed a third-party claim for contribution against the Plaintiff’s employer, a painting subcontractor. Prior to trial, Plaintiff demanded over $3 million. Following the close of both Plaintiff and Defendant cases, Catherine moved for a directed verdict, arguing that there was no evidence to support the contribution claim against her client, the painting subcontractor. The court agreed and prior to the case being submitted to the jury, entered a directed verdict in favor of the painting subcontractor.
Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel is pleased to announce that once again, Robert Ostojic, Chairman of the Firm's Large Loss Subrogation Department, has been included on the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers® list. For more than a decade, Robert has been repeatedly selected as one of Illinois’ Super Lawyers (2012 - 2024).
Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers® selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Congratulations to Robert and all of the attorneys named to a 2024 Super Lawyers list.
