PREMIER NETWORKS v. STADHEIM AND GREAR LTD.

No. 1-08-1133.

918 N.E.2d 1117 (2009)

PREMIER NETWORKS, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STADHEIM AND GREAR, LTD., an Illinois Limited Liability Company, Joseph A. Grear, and George C. Summerfield, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cronin & Co., Ltd. (Thomas C. Cronin, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP (Thomas P. McGarry, Stephen R. Swofford, Terrence P. McAvoy and Christine Olson McTigue, of counsel), for Appellees.


Presiding Justice CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Premier Networks, Inc. (Premier), sued the law firm of Stadheim & Grear, Ltd., and two of its attorneys, Joseph A. Grear and George C. Summerfield (collectively referred to herein as Stadheim) for legal malpractice and a declaratory judgment seeking to void Premier's contingent fee agreement with Stadheim. The circuit court of Cook County dismissed count I of the complaint, which alleged legal malpractice...

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