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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 10:13:59+00:00

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Steve Novack, the firm’s co-founder, handles cases for a wide range of business corporations, institutions, partnerships, individuals, and some of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the Chicagoland area.
During his 44 years of legal practice he has had extensive experience trying cases, both before juries and judges. He has also handled appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and Federal Circuits; the Illinois Supreme Court; and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Districts of the Illinois Appellate Court.
Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC.
Many prominent law firms have also expressed their confidence in Steve by retaining him to defend them against claims of legal malpractice and securities fraud, as well as in law partnership disputes.
Steve has achieved considerable recognition within the profession, having been consistently selected as one of the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers. He also is ranked as a Preeminent Attorney, the highest Peer Review Rating of the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer rating service.
The prestigious international ratings publication, Chambers & Partners, described Steve as “a highly regarded litigator who is prominent for representing major companies and law firms.” He has been named a “Leading Individual” in the Chambers USA Edition for nine years. In addition, Steve has been selected by his peers and an independent panel as an Illinois “Leading Lawyer” annually since since 2003. Leading Lawyers recognizes the top five percent of attorneys in the State. He was named to the “Best Lawyers of America" for 2017 in the area of real estate litigation by the Best Lawyers organization.
Steve participated in an American Bar Association program being run in cooperation with judges of the Seventh Circuit and Northern District of Illinois to make improvements to the civil jury system. Steve worked on a proposed change to allow attorneys to make interim statements to the jury, rather than be limited to opening and closing statements only. This innovation was successfully tested and is used by many judges.
Steve was born (1946) and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife, Ilene, have four children and nine grandchildren and live in Glencoe, Illinois.
The City of Chicago v. The Chicago Park District, Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC and Millennium Park Management Venture, LLC, Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 11 CH 41074 (2015) View PDF.
Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC v. James M. Houlihan, Assessor of Cook County, et al., Supreme Court of Illinois, 241 Ill.2d 281, 948 N.E.2d 1, 349 Ill.Dec. 898 (2010) View PDF.
Perlman v. Zell, 185 F.3d 850 (7th Cir. 1999) View PDF.
Shields Enterprises, Inc. v. First Chicago Corp., 975 F.2d 1290 (7th Cir. 1992) View PDF.
Burke v. 401 N. Wabash Venture, LLC, No. 08-5330, 2009 WL 2252194 (N.D. Ill. July 28, 2009) View PDF.
Gaffney v. City of Chicago, 302 Ill. App. 3d 41 (1st Dist. 1998) View PDF.

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