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Chicago Office Expands, Adds Key Talent in Insurance, Professional Liability, and Construction Litigation

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Tammera E. Banasek
Tammera E. Banasek
Tammy Banasek is a dedicated litigator who has developed a special focus in defending medical and dental professionals, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. She also counsels physicians and dentists in professional licensing matters.
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James P. Duchateau
James P. Duchateau
James P. DuChateau concentrates his practice exclusively on insurance coverage, with an emphasis on first-party property for both commercial and personal lines. For the last 15 years, he has counseled carriers throughout the country on high exposure claims and coverage issues including appraisal, arson, business interruption, collapse, coinsurance, intentional acts, ordinance and law, insurable interest, mortgagee and loss payee rights, assignment of benefits, vandalism, late notice, vacancy, and all manner of questions surrounding direct physical loss.
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Linda J. Hay
Linda J. Hay
Linda J. Hay has an unwavering commitment to the defense of professionals from claims of malpractice. Her experience and success defending clients in healthcare, dental, and legal malpractice cases provide an exceptional advantage at every turn.
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Isaac R. Melton
Isaac R. Melton
Isaac R. Melton is a distinguished trial attorney with over 15 years of experience specializing in fraud and bad faith litigation. Known for a relentless commitment to defending his individual and corporate clients, he has developed a reputation for successfully navigating complex pre-suit insurance investigations and litigation.
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Eric W. Moch
Eric W. Moch
Eric W. Moch focuses his practice on the defense of claims involving insurance fraud, including medical provider fraud, organized activity and staged and caused losses, as well as first- and third-party coverage and bad faith defense. His insurance fraud practice entails the defense of insurers and their insureds against fraudulent claims at trial and the pursuit of civil recoveries for insurance clients, which has resulted in financial recoveries against fraud perpetrators.
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Anne M. Oldenburg
Anne M. Oldenburg
Anne M. Oldenburg is a highly successful malpractice defense lawyer with extensive trial experience. The depth and breadth of her success at trial (mostly in Cook County, Illinois) is what her clients want and need. Her involvement in the defense of malpractice in and outside the courtroom has also solidified her role as a leader in her field, and she’s earned the respect of clients, the courts, her colleagues, and her opponents.
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Jamie M. Rein
Jamie M. Rein
For more than 20 years, Jamie M. Rein has provided legal services throughout the Illinois counties of McHenry, Lake, DuPage, and Cook. She often collaborates with in-house counsel, national counsel, insurers and insured, and other company representatives to develop a practical legal strategy to meet her clients’ needs.
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Aleen R. Tiffany
Aleen R. Tiffany
Aleen R. Tiffany focuses her practice in complex civil litigation and corporate construction matters, including: Construction Injury & Defect Litigation, Construction Contract & Risk Transfer, Complex Civil & Commercial Litigation, Commercial General Liability Coverage w/ Risk Transfer focus, and Mechanics’ Lien & Surety Bond Claims & Litigation.
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Susan A. Wagener
Susan A. Wagener
Susan A. Wagener focuses her practice on the defense of medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, personal injury, and health care professional licensure cases. She is also experienced in insurance defense litigation. In addition to her active trial practice, she regularly presents and publishes on topics related to malpractice risk management and defense of disciplinary matters.
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HeplerBroom has significantly enhanced its presence in Chicago with the addition of 16 new attorneys. These new attorneys add substantial depth to the firm’s insurance practice as well as expand its reach in professional liability and construction litigation. The firm now has 136 attorneys working in key jurisdictions in the Midwest.

Super Lawyers Linda Hay and Anne Oldenburg have brought their team to HeplerBroom. The Chicago-based firm Hay & Oldenburg has added industry-specific depth to HeplerBroom’s professional liability practice. Partners Linda Hay, Anne Oldenburg, and Patricia Noonan are well known for their years of experience in legal, medical, and dental malpractice. Their reputation also extends to insurance litigation related to hospitals and nursing homes, as well as professional licensing issues. “We take a personal interest in each of our cases,” said Linda Hay. “Clients keep coming back because we’re passionate, fair, and ethical.”  Also joining are Associates Tammera Banasek, Anthony Joseph, Susan Wagener, and Adam Shapiro.  

First-party insurance litigation attorneys add a prized skill. Partners Rick Hammond, Eric Moch, and Isaac Melton have brought to the firm a rare skill in first-party insurance litigation. Their insurance experience is broad, however, including coverage, claims defense, bad faith, fraud, and municipality litigation, among other areas. The six-person team also includes Associates James DuChateau, Gabriel Judd, and David Albaugh.

Recently Named “2016 Leading Lawyer” Builds the Construction Law Group. Aleen Tiffany, principal and owner of Aleen R. Tiffany, P.C. in suburban Crystal Lake, has also joined HeplerBroom as a Partner, along with Associates Holly Whitlock and Jamie Rein. Tiffany has pioneered emphasis on risk transfer in construction litigation and other innovations in insurance defense. The team enhances the firm’s ability to handle complex civil litigation matters in all aspects of commercial construction, including injuries, defects, contracts, risk transfer, and mechanics lien claims.

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