About
William V. McGrath is a native of the Chicago area, residing in DuPage County since 1985. He studied History and Political Science at Marquette University , receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University in 1973. Mr. McGrath turned into awarded his regulation diploma from John Marshall Law School in 1977. He was elected to that law college s Law Review in his 2d yr, graduated inside the pinnacle 10% of his elegance, and received his diploma cum laude. From law faculty Mr. McGrath joined a boutique civil litigation corporation on LaSalle Street in Chicago , and started practising state and federal enterprise, real estate and production litigation and transactional law. Mr. McGrath have become a accomplice in that company previous to starting his very own regulation offices inside the Chicago loop.
As the essential of his regulation offices, Mr. McGrath was liable for all components of that exercise, together with customer counseling, legal drafting, contract negotiation/drafting, deposition, movement, trial and appellate exercise in Cook, DuPage and Will counties. He also regarded in Federal trial and appellate courts. He become trial and appellate lawyer within the Federal District Court and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for the a success plaintiffs in Boden v. McCain, amassing a $6 million restoration stated by the Jury Verdict Reporter and Chicago Daily Law bulletin as a top 10 commercial enterprise verdict of the year. In 2005, Mr. McGrath turned into appellate counsel in obtaining reversal of an destructive trial courtroom judgment in a industrial real estate brokerage commission case concerning the sale of a parcel of real property worth $10.8 million. On retrial, Mr. McGrath obtained judgment in choose of the actual property dealer in the amount of $540,000 based on implied contract. Recent trials to verdict consist of cases related to claimed prescriptive easement on business real property, and breach of builder s implied assurance of habitability.
Mr. McGrath has lengthy represented one in all Chicago s biggest industrial roofing contractors. In the route of that illustration he has been concerned in mechanic s lien and production litigation concerning McCormick Place, 2 Prudential Towers, the Hotel Sofitel, 900 N. Michigan Avenue, Millennium Park and severa public and college production tasks. He represents the Chicagoland Roofers Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee of the Roofers Union and Illinois Roofing Contractors, and a chief countrywide roofing substances company.
In his leisure hours, Mr. McGrath enjoys playing piano and golfing.
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
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- Partner
Stock, Carlson, Flynn & McGrath, LLC
2006
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Graduation year: 1975
