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Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Contract
• Franchise
• Corporations Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor & Employment
• Bankruptcy
• Commercial Litigation

Representative Clients

• Blockbuster Inc.
• Doctor's Associates, Inc.
• Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
• National Life Insurance Company of Vermont
• CMK Development Corporation
• Meridian Equipment Leasing

Representative Cases

• Sklodowski v. Countrywide Home Loans , (Illinois Court of Appeals 2005)
• Valadez v. Steiner Corporation, U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Ill (2004)
• Davis v. GN Mortgage , (Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 2005)
• Engen v. We Care Hair , (Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 1998)
• Brill v. Countrywide Home Loans, No. 05-8024 (Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 2006)

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Franchising, Business Organizations, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Supreme Court, Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1988
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1995
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2003
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Buffalo Grove Plan Commission, 2002 - Present (Commissioner)
• Buffalo Grove Zoning Board of Appeals, 1999 - 2002 (Commissioner)
• Chicago Bar Association, 1988 - Present
• American Bar Association, 1988 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Rudnick & Wolfe, 1988 - 1996
• Seidler & McErlean, 1996 - 2004

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
  J.D.
  Honors: With Distinction
  Honors: The Order of John Marshall
  
  Law Review: John Marshall Law Review, Executive Editor, 1987 - 1988
• Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
  B.A.
  Major: Communications
• University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Fraternities/Sororities

• Zeta Beta Tau

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• "Privileges: How to Uncover the Facts" (Co-Author), ABA Litigation Magazine, Winter, 1997
• "Training an Associate: Garbarge In, Garbage Out", ABA Litigation Magazine, Spring, 1998
• "Anatomy of Privacy in Illinois", The John Marshall Law Review, 1987

Address

750 Lake Cook Rd
Suite 140
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Phones

(847) 520-9400

Faxes

(847) 520-9411

Emails

hteplinsky@otrlaw.com

Websites

http://www.otrlaw.com