Dates, Lindsey D.G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Lindsey Dates has a broad array of complex litigation experience that includes work on product liability, white-collar criminal defense, antitrust, patent, bankruptcy, and commercial contract dispute matters. He has, for example:

• obtained a $783,000 judgment in a commercial breach of contract case, just three months after filing the complaint (Iteq Corporation v. Amitron Corporation)

• helped secure a unanimous defense verdict in a six-week trial where plaintiff alleged Robinson-Patman and Sherman Act violations (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and GMB, Inc. v. Premium Tobacco Stores, Inc., et al.)

• successfully represented a Fortune 100 company in a patent infringement suit (Charles E. Hill & Associates v. Amazon.com, et al.) and

• obtained a favorable settlement in an antitrust action brought by 266 vending machine operators (Genesee Vending v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company).

Lindsey is also involved in several civic and community-based organizations. He sits on the board of directors for the University of Illinois Law Alumni Association, and he chairs a local high school mentorship program, Mentor Teacher Brother, where he mentors students from the Atgeld Gardens.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law

Representative Cases

• Mauritanian client wins asylum in record time , (2009)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco summary judgment against discount stores' antitrust suit is affirmed by Seventh Circuit , (2009)
• Standard Bank pursues action alleging negligent misrepresentation and professional malpractice , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Antitrust, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, RICO Act, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• U of Illinois - Urbana (Main)

Address

77 West Wacker
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

Phones

1.312.269.1562 (Business Phone)

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