Email: smb@stbtrial.comPhone: (312) 782-9320Fax: (312) 782-3787
161 North Clark StreetSuite 3575Chicago, IL 60601
Stuart’s practice includes the representation of insurers, as well as individuals and corporate clients. His insurance practice includes property, general liability defense, commercial liability defense, subrogation and insurance coverage issues. Stuart’s insurance practice also includes the investigation of fires, building collapses and various other property losses. He also concentrates in first party property and auto coverage with an emphasis on fraud investigation. He also represents plaintiffs in personal injury claims, medical malpractice and employment/labor disputes. Stuart has tried over thirty bench and jury trials to verdict, and over fifty arbitration hearings, and numerous appeals. His practice is unique in its ability to be impartial and effective in representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
Supreme Court of Illinois (1990)Supreme Court of Colorado (2001)Supreme Court of Michigan (2010)U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the Southern District of IndianaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganU.S. Supreme Court (2013)
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, J.D. (1990)
University of Illinois, Champaign, B.S., Political Science and Economics (1987)
Illinois State Bar Association | www.isba.orgChicago Bar Association | www.chicagobar.orgWomen’s Bar Association of Illinois | www.wbaillinois.org/wbaiDecalogue Society of Lawyers | www.decaloguesociety.orgNorthwest Suburban Bar Association | www.nwsba.orgAmerican Bar Association | www.americanbar.orgFederal Bar Association | www.fedbar.orgIllinois Trial Lawyers Association | www.iltla.orgAmerican Association for Justice | www.justice.orgNational Association of Subrogation Professionals | www.subrogation.orgMichigan State Bar | www.michbar.orgColorado Bar Association | www.cobar.orgGreater Chicago Chapter of the Honorable Order of the Blue Goose International | http://www.bluegoose.orgBoiler and Machinery Insurance Association of Chicago
Subrogation Overview and Training, Farmers Insurance, annually 2001-2013“Commercial Large Loss Subrogation” Seminar, Nationwide Insurance, January 2013“Large Loss Subrogation” Seminar, Nationwide Insurance, November 2011Guest Lecturer at DePaul University School of LawLecturer of Law and Adjunct Professor of the Pretrial Litigation course at Loyola University Chicago School of Law from 1991-1993
2015 Illinois “Super Lawyer”2014 Illinois “Super Lawyer” – Insurance CoverageJudge of the CBA Moot Court CompetitionJudge of the ABA National Moot Court CompetitionJudge for the ABA Law Student National Negotiation/Mediation Competition FinalsJudge of the ATLA (American Trial Lawyers Association) Mock Trial – Trial Advocacy Competition