FOCUS
Kevin Clancy has over 10 years of experience representing clients in a variety of complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. He has represented publicly traded corporations, privately-held companies as well as individuals in cases involving breach of fiduciary duty, contract disputes, business torts, consumer and common law fraud, professional negligence, shareholder disputes, restrictive covenants, breach of stock or asset purchase agreement, and RICO. He also has significant experience defending consumer class actions, including preparing an amicus curiae brief to the Illinois Supreme Court challenging the applicability of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act to putative nationwide class action cases. Consistent with that brief, the Court then issued an opinion significantly restricting the use of that Act in such cases.
EDUCATION
Mr. Clancy graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1993. He also graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois with a B.A. in Economics in 1990. After graduating from law school, Mr. Clancy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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