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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

LEGACY SPORTS BARBERSHOP LLC 

n/k/a LEGACY BRAND ENTERPRISES 

LLC d/b/a LEGACY SPORTS 

BARBERSHOP, LEGACY BARBER 

ACADEMY, and PANACH CORP., 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY 

COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

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Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-04149 

Hon. Charles P. Kocoras 

NOTICE OF APPEAL 

Notice is hereby given that (i) Legacy Sports Barbershop LLC n/k/a Legacy Brand 

Enterprises LLC d/b/a Legacy Sports Barbershop, (ii) Legacy Barber Academy, and (iii) Panach 

Corp., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the above-named case, do 

hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from the district court’s 

order granting Defendant Continental Casualty Company’s motion to dismiss. The Order and 

Judgment are district court docket entry nos. 49 and 50, respectively, entered on August 13, 2021. 

Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1), this Notice of Appeal is timely filed within thirty days of the 

Court’s entry of Judgment. 

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Dated: August 16, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 

 

/s/ Adan J, Levitt 

 Adam J. Levitt 

Amy E. Keller 

Daniel R. Ferri 

Mark Hamill 

Laura E. Reasons 

DICELLO LEVITT GUTZLER LLC 

Ten North Dearborn Street, Sixth Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: 312-214-7900 

alevitt@dicellolevitt.com 

akeller@dicellolevitt.com 

dferri@dicellolevitt.com 

mhamill@dicellolevitt.com 

lreasons@dicellolevitt.com 

 Mark A. DiCello* 

Kenneth P. Abbarno* 

Mark Abramowitz* 

DICELLO LEVITT GUTZLER LLC 

7556 Mentor Avenue 

Mentor, Ohio 44060 

Telephone: 440-953-8888 

madicello@dicellolevitt.com 

kabbarno@dicellolevitt.com 

mabramowitz@dicellolevitt.com 

Mark Lanier 

Alex Brown* 

Skip McBride* 

THE LANIER LAW FIRM PC 

10940 West Sam Houston Parkway North 

Suite 100 

Houston, Texas 77064 

Telephone: 713-659-5200 

WML@lanierlawfirm.com 

alex.brown@lanierlawfirm.com 

skip.mcbride@lanierlawfirm.com 

Timothy W. Burns* 

Jeff J. Bowen* 

Jesse J. Bair* 

Freya K. Bowen* 

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BURNS BOWEN BAIR LLP 

One South Pinckney Street, Suite 930 

Madison, Wisconsin 53703 

Telephone: 608-286-2302 

tburns@bbblawllp.com 

jbowen@bbblawllp.com 

jbair@bbblawllp.com 

fbowen@bbblawllp.com 

Douglas Daniels* 

DANIELS & TREDENNICK 

6363 Woodway, Suite 700 

Houston, Texas 77057 

Telephone: 713-917-0024 

douglas.daniels@dtlawyers.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

and the Proposed Classes

*Applications for admission pro hac vice to be filed 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 16th day of August, 2021, I electronically filed the 

foregoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send a Notice of 

Electronic Filing to all counsel of record that are registered with the Court’s CM/ECF system. 

/s/ Adam J. Levitt 

 

 Adam J. Levitt 

DICELLO LEVITT GUTZLER LLC 

Ten North Dearborn Street, Sixth Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Telephone: 312-214-7900 

alevitt@dicellolevitt.com 

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