Jordon Steinway has been selected as one of the 2018 “40 Under Forty” Illinois attorneys to watch by Law Bulletin Media.

Robert J. Bates, Jr. and Adam H. Fleischer have been recognized as leading Insurance and Reinsurance coverage attorneys by Legal Media Group's Expert Guides series for 2018.

Partners Robert J. Bates, Jr., David M. Alt, Adam H. Fleischer and Mark G. Sheridan have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for Insurance Law.

BatesCarey’s Stanley V. Figura obtained Delaware Supreme Court affirmance of a trial court ruling applying judicial estoppel to reject an attempt to establish coverage for asbestos claims asserted against General Motors under post-1971 excess policies with collective limits of approximately $250 million. 

BatesCarey Founding Partner Robert J. Bates, Jr. has been ranked as a top five “Thought Leader” in North America by the London-based publishing group Who’s Who Legal for the second year in a row. This coveted distinction is earned through the nominations of peers, clients and industry sources. Bob was lauded by his peers for his extraordinary knowledge in the insurance and...

BatesCarey has once again been named as a leading insurance coverage firm by Chambers USA, the legal industry’s most respected rankings list, as well as by various other national and international ranking services.  In 2018 the firm staked claim on the prestigious Band 1 ranking in Illinois in the category of Insurance Dispute Resolution: Insurer. Chambers’ international...

On April 17, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado entered summary judgment in favor of Rockhill Insurance Company, finding that over $800,000 in underlying repair and replacement costs were excluded by a “faulty workmanship” exclusion in the professional liability policy at issue.  In achieving this ruling, the BatesCarey LLP team also attained summary judgment on over $4 million in bad faith damages that had been sought from Rockhill.

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that twelve of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 Illinois Super Lawyers and Illinois Rising Stars lists.  Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that it has once again been named to the “Best Law Firms” list by global ranking authority U.S. News & World Report.  Over the years BatesCarey has consistently achieved this prestigious ranking in Insurance Law both as a top-ranked Chicago firm and a top-ranked national firm. The streak continued in the 2018 rankings, which were...

On September 13, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated a prior 2014 ruling that Westport Insurance Corporation was required to defend a wrongful conviction claim against the City of Waukegan. In obtaining vacatur of the 2014 ruling, BatesCarey’s Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell and Justin K. Seigler defeated the insured’s claims that...