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Thomas B. Quinn

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In My Own Words

Schiff Hardin

Thomas B. Quinn is the leader of the General Litigation Group and concentrates his practice in civil litigation with a special emphasis on Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), intellectual property, and acquisition-related disputes, as well as other commercial and civil rights disputes.

Experience

  • Representation of an insurance and financial services provider in multi-state ERISA litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty claims relating to the negotiation, administration, amendment and termination of group annuity contracts issued to hospital groups.
  • Representation of a service provider in a class action lawsuit alleging ERISA and common law claims for unjust enrichment in connection with subrogation payments made by plan participants or beneficiaries of benefits.
  • Representation of the acquiring company in a class action filed by participants of an employee stock option plan challenging the application of the plan’s change in control provision in connection with a merger.
  • Representation of an indenture Trustee in a lawsuit brought by pension plans alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the disposition of collateral over which the trustee had possession by virtue of a default in the indenture agreement.
  • Representation of banks, investment managers, broker/dealers, plan sponsors, trustees, and other fiduciaries in ERISA lawsuits and investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Awards and Honors

Benchmark Litigation — Star
Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation
Leading Lawyer — Commercial Litigation, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network

Education

Stanford Law School(J.D., 1978)
Judicial Intern — Honorable Matthew Tobriner
California Supreme Court (1977)
Stanford University(B.A., with honors and distinction, 1974)

Teaching Appointments

Co-trial practice instructor (with Judge James Holderman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois), University of Chicago Law School (1990-1992)

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association
Section of Litigation
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Council of Lawyers
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
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