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Brian O’Gallagher’s practice concentrates on Insurance Coverage Litigation. He has represented insurance carriers and insureds in a broad spectrum of coverage matters involving commercial general liability policies, commercial umbrella/excess policies, workers’ compensation/employers’ liability policies, commercial auto policies, homeowners’ policies, professional liability policies, and commercial property policies. His work includes preparing coverage opinions and handling all phases of litigation of coverage suits in state and federal courts, including the defense and prosecution of bad faith claims.
A graduate of the University of Illinois (B.A., 1989) and Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1992), Brian was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1992. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Northern District of Ohio, the Eastern District of Missouri, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the Federal Trial Bar. He is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Some of Brian’s representative cases include: North River Insurance Co. v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., 369 Ill.App.3d 563, 860 N.E.2d 460 (1st Dist. 2006) [click here to download opinion]; Illinois Emcasco Insurance Co. v. Northwestern National Casualty Co., 337 Ill.App.3d 356, 785 N.E.2d 905 (1st Dist. 2003) [click here to download opinion]; and East Coast Fasteners & Closures Inc. v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co., 93 Fed. Appx. 948, 2004 WL 627027 (7th Cir. 2004) [click here to download opinion].
