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David Shutack v. Sidley Austin LLP, et al.

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-16-0747 · judgment May 23, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether 735 ILCS 5/13-214.3(d) (West 2016), the statute of limitations for legal malpractice actions in Illinois, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution because it provides a benefit to a small class of attorneys that principally practice in estate planning by shortening the time period in which a claim of legal malpractice must be brought?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Edward X. Clinton Jr.
The Clinton Law Firm LLC

For respondent
Richard J. Prendergast
Richard J. Prendergast, LTD.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 14 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018.
  3. Feb 13 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Sidley Austin LLP, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 26 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2018)