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 until 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
- Schodrof v. CC Services, Inc., 2022 IL App. (1st) 211227-U
- Hoover v. Country Mutual Insurance Co., 2012 IL App. (1st) 110939
- Rexnord Corp. v. American Employers Ins. Co., 2012 IL App. (2d) 111025-U
- 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: First Circuit, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Eighth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, Tenth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, Federal Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Memberships
- Chicago Bar Association
- Contributor of monograph to the American Bar Association on the Robinson-Patman Act
Languages
- English
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Recognition
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Ratings™ attorney, recognized since 2009 for the highest level of professional excellence
- Named to the Illinois Super Lawyers list annually for 13 consecutive years in the practice areas of Professional Liability Defense, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Selected as an Illinois Leading Lawyer annually since 2004 by peers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, ADR Law for Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance Law, Products Liability Defense Law, Professional Malpractice Defense Law including Legal/Technical/Financial