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Eric N. Macey is a founding partner of Novack and Macey LLP, a sophisticated business litigation boutique. Eric is consistently rated as one of the top 100 Lawyers in Illinois per Super Lawyers and was named to the “Best Lawyers of America" for 2017 in the area of real estate litigation.
Since its inception in 1984, Novack and Macey LLP has built a national practice involving complex business litigation and litigation counseling. Eric is considered one of the country’s top commercial litigators. His clients consist of a wide range of business corporations and institutions, investment ventures, partnerships and individuals. Among other clients, Eric has represented or currently represents International Game Technology, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Sears Holdings Management Corporation, Medline Industries, Inc., Kohler Co., Sunoco Logistics, L.P., Yahoo! Inc., General Growth Properties, Inc., Constellation Energy Group, Mirant Corporation, Central Purchasing LLC, North American Corporation of Illinois, Checker Taxi Association, Inc., The Lurie Co., GES Exposition Services, Inc., Travelweb LLC, McDonald’s Corporation, affiliates of Time Inc., Hyatt Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation.
A successful defense at trial in federal court in Chicago for a corporation’s board of directors against claims by shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder oppression.
Eric has been an instructor with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and for many years has been an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, teaching courses in Trial Advocacy and Discovery.
Eric is admitted to practice in Illinois and numerous federal district courts and courts of appeal. He is a member of the Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is a member of the Chicago, American and Energy Bar Associations. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Eric is a current member and past President (2007-2009) of the Chicago-Lincoln American Inn of Court. He has also been selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is ranked as a Preeminent Attorney, the highest Peer Review Rating of the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service. He has been chosen as a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyers Magazine annually since 2004. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Abraham Lincoln Circle of Justice, a prestigious group of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals who support the long-term sustainability of the Foundation’s mission.
Eric is also the immediate past Chairman of The Posse Foundation in Chicago and was a member of its National Board. The Posse Foundation identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes. The Foundation extends to these students the opportunity to pursue personal and academic excellence by placing them in supportive, multicultural teams (“Posses”) of 10 students. The Foundation’s partner universities award Posse Scholars four-year, full tuition leadership scholarships.
"The Future of Commercial and Business Litigation: Everything You Need to Know," The Knowledge Congress, December 2017.
"Current Trends in Consumer Class Action Litigation,” Perrin Conferences' Class Action Litigation Conference, May 2017.
“Knowing what’s at stake: How understanding damages is critical in commercial litigation,” Smart Business Chicago, November 2013.
“Getting it right: Is arbitration really the answer for resolving your business disputes?” Smart Business Chicago, September 2012. View PDF.
“Don’t let technology changes put you at risk,” An interview with Smart Business Chicago Online, October 5, 2011. View PDF.
Sunoco Partners, LLC v. Ronald A. Russo, Case No. 12-03342 (Chester County (Penn.) Ct. of Common Pleas, Nov. 15, 2013). View PDF.
Kathleen Lawlor v. North American Corp. of Illinois, 2012 WL 4950860 (Ill. 2012). View PDF.
Gerard M. Kenny v. Kenny Industries, 406 Ill. App. 3d 56 (2010). View PDF.
Pentech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 597 F. Supp. 2d 758 (N.D. Ill. 2009). View PDF.
PJM Interconnection, LLC v. Gorton, et al., Case No. 1:08-cv-216 (D. Del.) (filed April 16, 2008).
Mirant Americas Energy Marketing LP v. 1st Rochdale Co-op. Group, Ltd., 363 F. Supp. 2d 679 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). View PDF.
Pentech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., No. 04 C 3149, 2004 WL 2390088 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 21, 2004). View PDF.
In re USinternetworking, Inc., 310 B.R. 274 (Bkrtcy. D. Md. 2004). View PDF.
Novack and Macey Celebrates 25 Years!

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