MDA CITY APARTMENTS v. DLA PIPER LLP

No. 1-11-1047.

967 N.E.2d 424 (2012)

359 Ill. Dec. 694

MDA CITY APARTMENTS LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee and Third-Party Defendant, v. DLA PIPER LLP (US), Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff (Village Green Companies and Kent Maynard and Associates LLC, Plaintiffs and Third-Party Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chen Nelson Roberts Ltd., Chicago ( James Roberts , John Chen , Kristi Nelson , of counsel), for Appellant.

Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP, Chicago ( Bruce R. Meckler , Christopher E. Kentra , James G. Argionis , Jeffrey B. Greenspan , of counsel), for Appellee.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant-appellant DLA Piper LLP (DLA) represented plaintiff-appellee MDA City Apartments LLC (MDA) in arbitration proceedings and a declaratory judgment action against Walsh Construction Company (Walsh) arising from a contract dispute. Walsh filed motions to disqualify DLA as MDA's counsel on conflict of interest grounds in both proceedings. MDA subsequently filed a legal...

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