The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the decision of the Oregon Federal District Court, dismissing with prejudice a Chinese insurance company for forum non conveniens in a high-stakes insurance coverage action...

The firm recently welcomed an in-house attorney from Liebherr-International Germany, Sebastian Koenig, for a two-week internship at our Chicago offices...

The Superior Court of Riverside County, California dismissed plaintiff's lawsuit against the firm's client, a German manufacturer of liftgates...

Ed Siegert and Tara O'Mahoney secured a dismissal of a Barbados manufacturer based upon a lack of personal jurisdiction in Illinois...

Plaintiffs brought suit against multiple Defendants, including a European logistics company for claimed damage to a shipment of medicinal products...

Joshua D. Yeager and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of a Chinese client based on lack of personal jurisdiction and on improper service of process in a property damage case in Delaware...

After obtaining a no liability verdict in Federal Court for a national retail store and having the verdict affirmed by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Plaintiff appealed the verdict to the United States Supreme Court...

Jonathon Ibarra wrote an article in the areas of corporate and employment law on Illinois' 2022 amendments to non-compete and non-solicit agreements...

Cremer Law, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Jennifer M. Lee to Partner...

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The firm proudly congratulates our partner, Thomas Pender, on receiving the Award for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service for 2021 from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association...

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently dismissed a plaintiff's claims against the firm's client, a German manufacturer of injection molding machines...

Kanav Bhatheja represented a national home improvement retail chain in a lawsuit where the Plaintiff alleged the retail chain failed to properly secure large merchandise from falling on his leg/foot...

Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained summary judgment for a national retail chain in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois...

Joshua D. Yeager and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of two clients based on lack of personal jurisdiction in a high-stakes products liability case in Texas...

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently granted the motion to quash service of process and to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Joshua D. Yeager and Tara C. O'Mahoney on behalf of the firm's client, a German manufacturer of material handling machines...

Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained a no liability verdict in a three-day trial that took place in the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Kanav represented a national home improvement retail chain in this lawsuit where the Plaintiff alleged the retail chain failed to properly secure large merchandise from falling on his leg/foot. The Plaintiff alleged that his foot was permanently damaged as a result of the accident...

The United State District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently granted the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction that Bill Cremer and Tom Pender filed on behalf of the firm's client, a Swiss manufacturer of air purifiers and other household appliances...

The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire recently granted the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction that Tom Pender and Bill Cremer filed on behalf of the firm's client, a Canadian manufacturer of shower valves for high-end plumbing fixtures...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer have successfully convinced three levels of Illinois courts to dismiss their Chinese manufacturing client from a catastrophic vehicle rollover based upon personal jurisdiction...

Joshua D. Yeager and Kanav Bhatheja recently obtained two federal trademark registrations from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on behalf of their national cosmetic client...

Gary Jansen Obtains Not Guilty Verdict at Trial for Home Improvement Store Gary Jansen, assisted by Laura Fahey, tried a premises liability case, resulting in a verdict in favor of the defendant home improvement store...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in favor of a home improvement store, based upon natural accumulation doctrine...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois favor of a home improvement store, based on the open and obvious doctrine...

Gary Jansen and Laura Fahey successfully obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, favor of a home improvement store, based on the open and obvious doctrine...

Mr. Jansen obtained an affirmation from the Illinois Appellate Court of the dismissal of a complaint brought against an attorney...

William J. Cremer, Thomas R. Pender, and Jennifer M. Lee successfully obtained the dismissal of a Chinese product manufacturer and its parent holding company based on lack of personal jurisdiction in a high-stakes, multi-million dollar products liability case...

In April 2016, William J. Cremer and Tan-Jen Hsu delivered a presentation to Zurich Insurance in Shanghai, China...

Plaintiff, an insurance company, filed a subrogation claim alleging negligent design and manufacture of a sophisticated food processing machine manufactured by our client Buhler Barth GmbH...

Tom Pender secured a successful defense verdict at trial on behalf of a Texas natural gas pipe distributor of Georg Fischer Central Plastics products...

Tom Pender has secured a dismissal with prejudice of a massive statewide class action filed by Illinois physicians against the firm's client, a top U.S. insurance organization. The class action was filed in the perennial "Judicial Hellhole" - Madison County, Illinois, and the dismissal order brings to an end ten years of litigation, including six appeals...

Tom Pender and Jennifer Lee recently won dismissal of two lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County by airline passengers who alleged that they were injured at O'Hare International Airport...

Bill Cremer, Ed Siegert and John Lynch have again been named as Illinois Super Lawyers for 2015 in the areas of product liability, construction and commercial litigation...

Neil Pandey focuses his practice on the defense of construction, commercial and general tort matters and insurance coverage litigation...

After a trial which lasted 28 days, Chip Spina obtained a decision in favor of the firm’s client Illinois Emcasco Insurance Company and against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, which will result in entry of a multi-million judgment in Emcasco’s favor...

Bill Cremer's 1992 Yates v. Chicago National League Ball Club case now a law school research project with Miami University Law School...

Bill Cremer and Josh Yeager have been invited to give a presentation by the Spanish based hotel chain Occidental Hotels and Resorts...

Cremer Spina partners Bill Cremer and Josh Yeager have been retained to defend a Kansas based manufacturer of air conditioning refrigerant sued by victims of a tragic bus fire in Panama City, Panama in 2006...

Bill Cremer was invited to attend the FERMA symposium in Prague in October. FERMA is the Federation of European Risk Managers Associations...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer just recently obtained a dismissal of their client, a Swiss medical prosthesis manufacturer from a personal injury action pending in Utah based on lack of personal jurisdiction...

Ed Siegert successfully argued that the Courts of Illinois lacked jurisdiction over his client, an Italian logistics company sued in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois...

An insured was sued in a personal injury action involving the use of a forklift on the insured's premises. The insured tendered its defense to the carrier of the company that employed the injured plaintiff...

Ed Siegert obtained summary judgment in favor of a gasoline distributor in a wrongful death case filed in Will County..

We want to welcome Jeanne Zeiger who recently joined the firm as a senior counsel. Jeanne's practice is concentrated on insurance coverage litigation and appellate practice...

Bill Cremer will be the featured speaker at a presentation given to international brokers Marsh Mexico and their hotel customers on methods to reduce exposure to U.S. claims and lawsuits...

We want to welcome Tim Hoerman back to Cremer Spina. Tim is returning to the firm as a Senior Counsel...

Cremer Spina co-sponsored the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel's participation in the 17th Annual Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation's Race Judicata...

Cremer Spina proudly served as a participating sponsor for the 2010 Grocer's Insurance/Argo Select Charity Golf Tournament held in West Linn, Oregon on July 26, 2010, benefiting Portland, Oregon's Community Transitional School...

The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District, affirmed the summary judgment obtained by Ed Siegert in favor of a gasoline distributor in a wrongful death case arising out of alleged exposure to benzene in gasoline...

Cremer Spina proudly served as a participating sponsor of the 2010 MACC Fund Golf Outing held on August 16, 2010 in West Bend, Wisconsin...

On October 14, 2010, the Honorable Morton Denlow, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois..

Cremer Spina had represented the grocery store in an underlying personal injury suit, in which it was alleged that the plaintiff died from injuries sustained in the store's parking lot...

Tom Pender and Bill Cremer obtained dismissal of all counts in a case involving a multi-million dollar estate filed in federal court in Los Angeles against a Swiss lawyer and his law firm...

The new volume was published on May 12, 2011. Tom has been writing about Wrongful Death and Survival Act issues for IICLE since 1993..

Mr. Jansen represented a manlift service company in a wrongful death case arising out of a fall from a manlift at Midwest Generation...

Mr. Jansen represented an attorney in a legal malpractice suit. Mr. Jansen filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2-619 and argued that the action was untimely...

Mr. Jansen represented a tavern in a wrongful death dram shop case filed in Indiana...

On November 11, 2011 Cremer Spina moved offices. We are now located at One N. Franklin, 10th Floor in Chicago...

Tom Pender has successfully defended a class action suit against EMC Insurance...

Mr. Jansen represents a manlift service company in a wrongful death case arising out of a fall from a manlift at Midwest Generation...