Kirkland & Ellis LLP

James N. Nowacki is Of Counsel to the Litigation Practice Group in Kirkland's Chicago office, engaged in a national practice of commercial litigation and construction law. He concentrates his practice in construction litigation for architects, engineers, contractors and owners for complex industrial, transportation, office building and manufacturing projects. Jim's focus also includes professional liability defense of attorneys and others in professional practice. He tries jury, bench and arbitration cases involving complex construction disputes, technology and scientific issues.

Jim's practice spans the federal and state courts across the country with work extending as well to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. A critical focus is claims management geared to keeping clients out of litigation through contract drafting assistance, advice and troubleshooting on project problems on a host of different client issues. Jim has been chosen by his peers as a top commercial litigator and construction law attorney nationally as well as in Illinois, and in 1994 he received the President's Award from the American Institute of Architects.

Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys

Yale Law School, J.D.; Princeton University, A.B.