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June 22, 2007 Bartlit Beck wins $160 million lead paint public nuisance case - Bartlit Beck wins $160 million lead paint public nuisance case
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June 22, 2007 Joe Smith wins major victory for toner cartridge recycling industry - Joe Smith wins major victory for toner cartridge recycling industry |
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June 1, 2007 Chambers USA 2007 Client's Guide places Bartlit Beck attorneys at the top - Chambers USA 2007 Client's Guide places Bartlit Beck attorneys at the top |
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March 26, 2007 In Scandal's Wake, Billable Hour Seems Less Almighty - Law Week Colorado - Bartlit Beck partner Lin Brenza discusses the benefits of alternative billing methods. |
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January 2007 Bartlit Beck partner Tarek Ismail named one of American Lawyer's "Fab Fifty" - Bartlit Beck partner Tarek Ismail named one of American Lawyer's "Fab Fifty" |
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12/13/06 Phil Beck and Mark Ouweleen win jury verdict for Merck in fifth federal Vioxx trial |
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November 15, 2006 Phil Beck and Tarek Ismail win jury verdict for Merck in fourth federal Vioxx trial |
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September 26, 2006 Phil Beck and Andrew Goldman prevail in third Federal Court Vioxx case |
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August 17, 2006 Honeywell $46.58 Million Jury Verdict Overturned, IP Law 360, Mark Levine and Chris Lind win remand trial |
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August 3, 2006 Merck wins Vioxx case in Los Angeles, Reuters -- Tarek Ismail wins first case heard in California state court |
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Feb 2005 Creative Billing: Is the Reign of the Almighty Billable Hour Over? - Lawcrossing.com |
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July 12, 2004 Fred Bartlit wins jury victory for Forstmann Little & Co. |
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June 7, 2004 Pitching the Gen-X Jury - National Law Journal - Discussion on presentation skills and technology, featuring Chris Lind and Peter Bensinger.
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May 3, 2004 Bayer, Pressed to Settle a Flood of Suits Over Drug, Fights Back - The Wall Street Journal - Report on the Haltom victory. |
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| Chambers USA 2004 Client's Guide places Bartlit Beck attorneys at the top. - Chambers USA 2004 Client's Guide places Bartlit Beck attorneys at the top |
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March 15, 2004 Defense Verdict: Parachuting Into a Job to Tackle a High Profile Foe - National Law Journal, March 15, 2004 -- Phil Beck wins Baycol case
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| America's Top Trial Lawyers -- Who They Are and Why They Win - 1994 focus on Fred Bartlit as one of America's "superstar" trial lawyers. |
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October 2003 Sky Radio interview with Phil Beck |
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6/2/2003 Designs for Winning: Ten of the Nation's Top Litigators Tell How They Prevailed in the 'Big Case' - The National Law Journal - Phil Beck on Haltom v. Bayer Corporation |
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April 23, 2003 Non-techies can dazzle 'em with technology - Fred Bartlit discusses technology in the courtroom. |
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May 15, 2002 Bartlit Beck's Road Warrior CTO - American Lawyer Media - Tom Mensch |
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March 2002 30 Tough Lawyers - Chicago Magazine - Profile on Phil Beck. |
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February 11, 2002 2001 Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts - The National Law Journal - Phil Beck and Jeff Hall win $96MM verdict. |
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2002 Defending Cases for Wireless Mobility - Intel Small Business Testimonial - Bartlit Beck's use of technology. |
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January 2002 Still Packing - The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer revisits "The Most Wired Lawyer in America," post 9/11.
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2001-2002 Alternative Billing Methods: Alternative Snapshot #3: Firm Thrives on Alternative Fee Arrangements - ABA Commission on Billable Hours Report |
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December 2001 Phil Beck named to the Lawyers of the Year list, after Ashcroft and Giuliani - National Law Journal Lawyers of the Year 2001. |
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July 29, 2001 Top Trial Lawyer Joins U.S. in Microsoft Case - Seattle Times - Profile on Phil Beck. |
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July 25, 2001 'One of the Great Lawyers' Takes on Microsoft - USA Today - Profile on Phil Beck. |
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April 1, 2001 What Do You Get When You Cross a Lawyer With a Laptop? - Small Business Computing - Profile of Bartlit Beck's use of technology. |
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April/May 2001 Wired Lawyers: Up close with two traveling attorneys - Law Office Computing - More on Peter Bensinger and his use of technology. |
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March 13, 2001 2000 Top Defense Verdict - The National Law Journal - Bartlit Beck wins a complete defense victory in a $35 million products liability action. |
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December 2000 Chicago legal eagles swoop info Fla. for Bush - Crain's Chicago Business |
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December 10, 2000 Chicago Lawyers Fighting for Bush - Chicago Sun-Times - Fred Bartlit and Phil Beck profiled in election trial coverage. |
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December 3, 2000 Newest Lawyer Makes Impact - The Miami Herald - Profile on Phil Beck. |
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Winter 2000 Meet the Most Wired Lawyer in America - The Mobile Lawyer (a supplement to The American Lawyer) - Meet Peter Bensinger, the "most wired lawyer in America." |
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| Magazine Briefs - by Peter B. Bensinger, Jr. - Handout for Peter Bensinger's keynote speech on "magazine briefs" at New York Legal Tech 2000. |
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September 2000 Tobacco Road - Canadian Lawyer - Discussion of why Canada is taking their tobacco litigation south of the border. |
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August 21, 2000 First Trial Against Lead Paint Manufacturers Ends in Defense Verdict - Lawyers Weekly USA - Verdict Spotlight: Don Scott scores a notable victory |
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August 10, 2000 Local lawyer joins fight for online movies - Chicago Sun-Times - Fred Bartlit leads defense for scour.com. |
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August 1, 2000 Lawyers Face Challenge in Simplifying the Complex - Law.com - Bartlit Beck partner Lin Brenza discusses the presentation of complex, high tech information to juries. |
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June 26, 2000 The Defense Gets the Lead Out - The National Law Journal - Don Scott and Libby Thompson win the first products liability action to go to trial against members of the lead paint industry. |
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June 7, 2000 The 100 Most Influential Lawyers - The National Law Journal - Fred Bartlit again named to the NLJ's honor roll. |
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Spring 2000 Courting Technology - Northwestern University Report - Description of the firm's innovations as used to teach law students -- and jurors. |
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March 23, 2000 Canada Chooses Bartlit to Smoke R.J. Reynolds in Court - American Lawyer Media - Reputation for getting results a key to retaining of Chicagoan in high stakes case |
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2000 An International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators - Law Business Research - Profile on Phil Beck. |
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2000 Chicago: Rising From the Prairie - Heritage Media Corporation - Profile of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP. |
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| The Best of the Best 2000 - Euromoney Legal Media Group - Fred Bartlit selected as one of the best 20 trial lawyers in the world following an extensive worldwide survey. |
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December 22, 1999 A hired gun with a proven record - National Post - Fred Bartlit's record of victories makes him Canada's choice to lead their $1-billion lawsuit against the tobacco industry. |
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November 8, 1999 Big Shoulders - The National Law Journal - Fred Bartlit, Phil Beck named as two of the top ten litigators in Illinois |
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August 5, 1999 Law firm makes its move - The Denver Business Journal - Bartlit Beck's impact on the growing Denver tech sector and legal community. |
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July 1999 Producing a Winner - Backstage at three of Corporate America's megasuccesses - Corporate Counsel - The story behind Bartlit Beck's "blockbuster defense victory" in a $54 million fraud case. |
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June 1999 Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Strategy formed - Fred Bartlit honored with center "...dedicated to teaching and researching innovative and technologically advanced trial strategy" |
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May 1999 Picture This: Facts Come Alive - ABA Journal - The cutting edge of technology in the courtroom - Focus on Peter Bensinger |
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April 19, 1999 1998 Honorable Mention Defense Victories - The National Law Journal - Bartlit Beck reverses result in a $54 million fraud case. |
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April 13, 1998 Business Goliaths' advocate taking on one of the biggest - The Wichita Eagle - Wichita Eagle focus on Fred Bartlit in Koch case. |
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April 4, 1998 1997 Top Defense Verdicts - The National Law Journal - Phil Beck and Adam Hoeflich score a major defense verdict in this $300 million products liability case. |
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1998 Demonstrative Evidence: The Opening Statement - The Trial Lawyer's Guide - Phil Beck and Peter Bensinger win a huge defense verdict. Here is the opening statement that set it all up. |
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September 22, 1997 Winning - 10 of the Nation's Top Litigators - The National Law Journal - Phil Beck. |
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April 28, 1997 The 100 Most Influential Lawyers - The National Law Journal - Litigators, dealmakers, power brokers, high tech masters - Focus on Fred Bartlit. |
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March 24, 1997 2 Honorable Mention Defense Victories in 1996 - The National Law Journal - Bartlit Beck is honored with 2 more of the NJL's "Major Defense Verdicts" for victories in these antitrust and fraud cases. |
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December 16, 1996 Out of a Fishbowl - Forbes - The New Age of Managers - Focus on Bartlit Beck founder, Skip Herman. |
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May, 1996 The Best in the World - International Commercial Litigation - ICL World Survey has Bartlit Beck high on the list of world's best |
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March, 1996 How Computers Improve Your Work - and Your Lifestyle - The Litigation and Technology Management Report - Mark Ferguson on technology in the new law firm. |
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January, 1996 The Next Generation Of Killer Litigators - Illinois Legal Times - Focus on Mark Ferguson as one of the "rising stars you won't want to oppose in court." |
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December, 1995 Diamonds Are This Firm's Best Friend - The American Lawyer - The revolution in the diamond-structured firm. |
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April 24, 1995 1994 Top Defense Verdicts - The National Law Journal - Phil Beck and Jeff Hall win a complete defense victory in an $85 million class action. |
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April 24, 1995 Playing Defense Had Its Moments in 1994 - The National Law Journal - Fred Bartlit and Mark Ferguson win in this $150 million patent infringement case. |
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