Patrick E. Deady, Partner
Complex Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Litigation, White Collar Defense, and Labor and Employment Law
Experience
Patrick E. Deady, head of the firm's litigation practice, brings an extensive civil and criminal litigation background to the firm with ten years of experience as a federal prosecutor and twenty years in private practice. Mr. Deady is responsible for supervising the firm's labor, ERISA, healthcare and white collar defense litigation. He has conducted jury trials and bench trials, both in federal and state courts, and argued before the United States Courts of Appeals and the Illinois Appellate Courts in a wide range of cases involving bribery, public corruption, civil rights conspiracy, securities fraud, commodities fraud, tax evasion, criminal and civil RICO violations, Medicaid fraud, insurance fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, Illinois trades secrets violations and insurance coverage issues. Since joining the firm, Mr. Deady has successfully represented contractors, labor organizations and pension and benefit funds in a wide range of matters involving jurisdictional disputes, contraction formation and collective bargaining agreement disputes, in arbitration proceedings, in bankruptcy proceedings, ERISA collection and alter ego actions, unfair labor practice charges and election petitions before the National Labor Relations Board and Illinois State Labor Board. Mr. Deady has also represented hospitals and health systems in antitrust matters, federal false claim act and whistleblower litigation, Medicare, Medicaid and insurance reimbursement disputes, breach of contract actions, age and sex discrimination claims, employment disputes and other commercial litigation. Mr. Deady is also responsible for the firm's white collar criminal practice and represents organizations and individuals in grand jury and regulatory investigations, administrative proceedings and in trials for claims arising out of inquiries into public corruption, financial misconduct and government fraud. Mr. Deady has served as the Village Attorney for the Village of Hillside, Illinois since 1999, consulting with the President, Village Trustees and Village staff on all municipal issues and advises the Hillside Firefighters Pension Fund on all regulatory and fund trustee issues. Mr. Deady was recently appointed a Special Assistant Attorney General to represent Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in a constitutional challenge to the Illinois violent and sexually explicit video game legislation.
Education
Mr. Deady received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University College of Journalism.
Professional Memberships/Activities
Mr. Deady serves as a Senior Instructor in the Trial Advocacy Program at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and was a regular instructor of the Attorney General's Advocacy Institute in Washington, D.C. Mr. Deady served as President of the elected Board of Commissioners of the River Forest Park District, served on the River Forest Plan Commission, was a member of the Recreation and Open Space Technical Advisory Committee of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and has served on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Deady is a member of the Chicago Bar and American Bar Associations. Mr. Deady was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1977 and joined Hogan Marren in 1996.
