Robert M. Foote - Geneva, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1979
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Lectures, Class Action Litigation
  
• Lectures, Complex Commercial Litigation
  
• Lectures, Personal Injury Litigation
  
• Lectures, Product Defect and Product Liability Litigation
  
• Lectures, Discovery Issues in Litigation
  
• Lectures, Damage Issues in Litigation

Representative Cases

• Lead Counsel, Tipsword v. I.F.D.A. Services, Inc., et al., Case No. 09-CV-00390(GPM) (S.D. Ill.)
• Class Counsel, Westgate Ford Truck Sales v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 02-CV-483526 (Ohio Cir. Ct.)
• Co-Lead Counsel, Havlish v. bin Laden, Case No. 03-MDL- 1570 (S.D. NY), September 11, 2001
• Lead Class Counsel, Lee v. Allstate, Case No. 03-LK-127 (Ill. Cir. Ct.)

Published Works

Articles

• "Legal Oros other Lawyers Would Call if They need any Special Help", West Suburban Living, January/February, 2004
  
• "Raising the Bar"
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1979
• Wisconsin, 1986

Other Affiliations

• Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Kane County Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Kane County Bar Association (Past Director)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Manager)
• In Re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1997, No. 08-CV-7082 (N.D. Ill.) (Steering Committee)
• In Re Managed Care Litigation, MDL No. 1334, Case No. 04-CV-21589 (M.D. Fla.) (Steering Committee)
• In Re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1663, Civ. No. 04-518(FSH) (D.N.J.) (Court-Appointed Executive Committee)