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GARVY v. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

No. 1-11-0115.

966 N.E.2d 523 (2012)

359 Ill. Dec. 202

Peter GARVY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, Defendant-Appellant (Edward J. Karlin, Defendant; Lowis and Gellen LLP, Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago ( Jeffrey D. Colman , John R. Storino , Justin A. Houppert , of counsel), for appellant.

Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C., Chicago ( Michael J. Flaherty , C. Corey S. Berman , of counsel), for appellee.

Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield ( Mark D. Hassakis , Charles J. Northrup , of counsel), Chicago Bar Association ( J. Timothy Eaton , Dan L. Boho , of counsel), Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago ( James D. Holzhauer , of counsel), for amici curiae.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 Plaintiff-appellee Peter Garvy sued defendant-appellant Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Seyfarth) and defendant Edward J. Karlin for legal malpractice, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty. During the discovery phase of the proceedings, Seyfarth objected to Garvy's requests to produce communications between Seyfarth attorneys and both in-house and outside counsel related to Garvy's claims...

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