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MAGNETEK, INC. v. KIRKLAND AND ELLIS, LLP

No. 1-10-1067.

954 N.E.2d 803 (2011)

352 Ill. Dec. 720

MAGNETEK, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIRKLAND AND ELLIS, LLP, an Illinois Limited Liability Partnership, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin C. Washton , Towle Denison Smith & Maniscalco, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mitchell B. Katten , Joshua R. Diller , Katten & Temple, LLP, Chicago, for appellant.

Michael L. Shakman , Arthur W. Friedman , Diane F. Klotnia , Alexandra K. Block , Miller Shakman & Beem LLP, Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice CONNORS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Magnetek, Inc. (Magnetek), filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for legal malpractice against defendant, Kirkland & Ellis (Kirkland), for its allegedly deficient representation in a patent infringement lawsuit. The circuit court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, reasoning that the underlying complaint involved...

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