Alan has an extensive background in business litigation. He focuses his practice on business disputes between and within firms, including breach of contract, trademark infringement, copyright infringement and breach of fiduciary duty claims and on the defense of professionals including insurance agents, real estate agents and attorneys. His experience includes antitrust, securities, banking and product liability litigation, insurance coverage and regulatory enforcement involving the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). From 1992 to 2002, Alan served as General Counsel and Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for Nobel Biocare USA, Inc., the US subsidiary of the world’s leader in dental implants.
Alan served as the Managing Partner of Litchfield Cavo LLP since the Firm’s inception in 1998 until January 2020.
Practices
- Gredell v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., 367 Ill. App. 3d 287 (1st Dist. 2006)
- Citizen Offset, Inc. v. Web Press Corp., 22 F.3d 1094 (5th Cir. 1994)
- Core-Vent Corp. v. Nobel Industries AB, 11 F.3d 1482 (9th Cir. 1993)
- Johnston v. Bumba, 764 F.Supp. 1263 (N.D. Ill. 1991), affd., 983 F.2d 1072 (7th Cir. 1992)
- Hickory Creek Nursery, Inc. v. Johnston, 167 Ill.App.3d 449 (3d Dist. 1988)
- Fontana Aviation, Inc. v. The Cessna Aircraft Co., 617 F.2d 478 (7th Cir. 1980)
- Fisher v. First National Bank of Chicago, 538 F.2d 1284 (7th Cir. 1976)
- Chemetron Corp. v. McLouth Steel Corp., 522 F.2d 469 (7th Cir. 1975)
Education
- Yale Law School, LLB, 1970
- Director of the Moot Court
- Finalist in Moot Court and Barristers Union (mock trial) competitions
- Cornell University, BA, 1967, cum laude, with distinction in all subjects
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
Admissions
- Illinois
- United States District Courts: Northern District of Illinois, Northern District of California, District of North Dakota, District of Connecticut
- United States Courts of Appeal: Fifth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Federal Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Languages
- English
Professional Memberships
- Chicago Bar Association
- Contributor of monograph to the American Bar Association on the Robinson-Patman Act
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Recognition
- Rated an AV® PreeminentTM lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, representing recognition of the highest level of professional excellence by peers
- Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list annually for 13 consecutive years in the practice area of Professional Liability defense, a designation received by fewer than five percent of attorneys in the state
- Selected as an Illinois Leading Lawyer annually since 2004 by peers in the practice areas of commercial litigation, insurance law, products liability defense, professional malpractice and alternative dispute resolution, a designation received by fewer than five percent of all lawyers licensed in Illinois
- Named a Leading Lawyer in the fields of commercial litigation, insurance law and product liability defense by the Leading Lawyers Network Magazine – Business Edition