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Bartlit Beck LLP Offices
COURTHOUSE PLACE, 54 WEST HUBBARD STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60610
ILLINOIS
United States
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Sean Gallagher
Career
Sean Gallagher is an accomplished trial lawyer with experience across a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters. The majority of Sean’s representations have been for major U.S. and international companies in cases involving intellectual property (including patent infringement and Lanham Act claims), trade secret misappropriation, product liability, accountant liability, toxic tort, and breach of contract. Sean has also worked on a variety of other matters ranging from Gore v. Bush, where Sean was part of the Bartlit Beck team that represented President Bush at the trial court level, to Newsome v. McCabe, where Sean helped obtain compensation for a man wrongfully convicted of murder.
Sean joined the firm in 1996 directly from a clerkship for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States, before which he served as law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Memberships
Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law: Taught “High-Tech Trial Techniques” class on the use of technology in the practice of law at trial and in preparation for trial
Education
University of Michigan Law School, 1994, J.D., magna cum laude
Articles Editor, Michigan Law Review
University of Michigan, 1990, B.A., with Highest Distinction
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Leading lawyers)Boutique litigation firm Bartlit Beck LLP is known for the ‘strategic brilliance’ of its team of ‘battle-tested trial lawyers’. The group’s caseload spans the full range of complex commercial disputes, ranging from breach of contract and tortious interference cases to consumer and environmental liability claims. Managing partner Jason Peltz heads up the practice and represents clients in a wide range of consumer and trade practice cases. Denver’s Andrew Baak acts for clients in complex disputes involving product liability and IP issues. Seasoned trial lawyer Rebecca Weinstein Bacon represents Fortune 500 companies in pharmaceutical products liability claims, antitrust cases, and consumer class actions. Intellectual property, trade secret misappropriation, product liability, and breach of contract cases are the core pillars of Sean Gallagher‘s robust disputes practice. Lawyers are based in Chicago unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution