Hogan Marren, Ltd. represents clients in all stages of litigation at the administrative, trial court and appellate levels as well as through various channels of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. Hogan Marren's litigation clients range from businesses, managed care networks, hospitals and health systems, labor unions, lending corporations and municipalities to small physician groups and individuals. Hogan Marren has litigated, arbitrated and mediated a wide range of issues including general business and commercial disputes, antitrust, products liability, healthcare fraud, labor and employment disputes, director and officer liability, ERISA issues, insurance coverage disputes, trades secrets and restrictive covenants, general contracts claims, white collar crime and class actions.
- Business Disputes
Hogan Marren has represented businesses and individuals in a wide variety of business disputes including breach of contract, restrictive covenants, interference with economic advantage, confidentiality agreements, trade secrets, shareholder and partnership disputes and business libel. The litigation attorneys at Hogan Marren also have experience in securities and antitrust litigation. Hogan Marren's litigation section has extensive experience in the local chancery and, equity courts, obtaining injunctive relief or defending clients in injunction and temporary restraining order proceedings.
- Health Care Litigation
Hogan Marren has successfully represented its healthcare clients on antitrust matters, federal False Claims Act litigation, Medicare and Medicare Fraud claims, qui tam (whistleblower) actions, reimbursement disputes, managed care disputes, CON proceedings, PRRB and IDPA proceedings, HHS/OIG investigations, federal grand jury investigations, hospital-physician disputes, peer review and medical staff-related litigation, licensing and professional regulation reimbursement proceedings and guardianship proceedings. In representing the firm's healthcare clients, the attorneys at Hogan Marren have appeared in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels, as well in state and federal administrative agencies and alternative dispute resolution forums.
- Labor and Employment
Hogan Marren has represented labor organizations, Taft-Hartley Trust Funds, labor-management committees, businesses and various other related entities with a variety of labor and employment issues. The eight litigation attorneys at Hogan Marren have over 90 years of combined experience in the labor and employment field. Hogan Marren has represented its labor and employment clients in federal and state courts, arbitrations and mediations and before the NLRB, Illinois Labor Relations Board, EEOC, Illinois Human Rights Commission, Chicago Joint Conference Board, Cook County Human Rights Commission, City of Chicago Personnel Board, Chicago Police and Fire Pension Boards on matters including unfair labor practices, Davis-Bacon Act disputes, wage claims, breach of contract, wrongful termination, retaliatory discharge, restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements, trade secrets, jurisdictional disputes, secondary boycotts, employee benefits issues, drug and alcohol policies, sexual harassment policies, union elections and collective bargaining issues.
- White Collar Criminal Representation
Hogan Marren's attorneys have represented corporations, partnerships and individuals in connection with grand jury and regulatory investigations involving financial misconduct, fraud and public corruption, including civil and criminal litigation arising from white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions. Hogan Marren also assists clients responding to criminal and quasi-criminal requests for documents, evidence and information from a wide range of federal, state and other regularly agencies. Members of the firm have an in depth understanding of these complex issues having served as federal prosecutors, special assistant attorneys general and as white collar criminal defense counsel. This allows Hogan Marren to provide its clients with unique yet practical advice in this sensitive and complex area of our practice.
- Products Liability
Hogan Marren's attorneys have extensive experience with cases involving all types of products and processes including pharmaceutical, medical products and equipment, manufacturing equipment and manufacturing plants. The attorneys at Hogan Marren have particular expertise in complex product cases, class action and multi-district litigation including asbestos litigation.
- Government/Municipal Issues
Hogan Marren represent municipalities and other units of local government on a variety of matters including construction disputes, zoning issues, environmental clean-up, Clean Air Act violations, employment matters and insurance coverage disputes. Patrick Deady, one of the partners in the firm, is the Village attorney for the Village of Hillside, Illinois and has handled many of its litigation matters.
- Construction Law
Hogan Marren handled a variety of construction-related cases which have involved extremely complex issues with multitude parties, scores of construction defects, and contract performance issues. The attorneys at Hogan Marren have handled cases involving mechanics liens, breach of contract and construction defects on behalf of owners, contractors and subcontractors.
- Class Actions
The attorneys at Hogan Marren have represented both plaintiffs and defendants in class action lawsuits in both federal and state forums.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
A significant part of Hogan Marren's litigation practice is devoted to alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") which includes mediation and arbitration. Hogan Marren has represented clients from a wide range of industries in ADR proceedings involving many different areas of the law, including health care, antitrust, construction, work jurisdiction disputes, labor disputes, securities and other complex commercial matters. The attorneys at Hogan Marren are experienced in the law that governs ADR, including issues such as the arbitrability of such disputes, the scope of discovery, the hearing process itself, applicable evidence rules and the enforceability of arbitral awards.
- Energy Performance ContractingMore recently, the attorneys at Hogan Marren have become involved in disputes arising under guaranteed energy savings performance contracts. These disputes have ended up in either arbitration or litigation and other multiple forums. Attorneys at Hogan Marren are experienced in reviewing energy savings contracts, annual reports of guaranteed savings, and evaluating the remedies available to the parties for disagreements regarding contractual issues. Hogan Marren has developed working relations with the energy engineers and consultants necessary to evaluate the technical requirements of such contracts and has experience analyzing the massive discovery that often accompanies energy performance contracting disputes.
