Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Katten & Temple obtained a $1 million settlement of a Section 1983 and wrongful death suit brought on behalf of the estate of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by a police officer. Katten & Temple argued that the shooting was excessive force and an unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
• Fraud
  Defendants in federal securities fraud class actions including public corporations and their officers and directors, including Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act and Sections 10 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act. Cases have involved initial public and secondary offerings, private placements, financial restatements and alleged accounting misstatements, alleged forecasting errors, alleged shortfalls in insurance reserves, and alleged deficiencies in products, distribution and marketing. The matters often involve defense of the clients in related Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings.
• Embezzlement
• Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  District of Massachusetts and Northern District of Illinois (General and Trial Bars); Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits; American Bar Association (Business and Litigation Sections; Committees on Professional Liability, Securities Litigation, and Business and Corporate Litigation); Chicago Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Clients engaged in mergers and acquisitions disputes. Cases have involved the purchase and sale of private and public corporations, their assets and subsidiaries, including Revlon claims, entire fairness claims, hostile tender offers, the construction, reformation, and specific performance of merger and acquisition agreements and post-closing adjustment/indemnity claims. Many of these matters involved multiple federal and/or state forums.
• Business Disputes
  Brad is an experienced trial lawyer who has served as lead counsel in numerous matters involving complex commercial litigation and advised corporate officers and directors at critical junctures of business disputes. His clients also include business leaders, public and private companies, stockholders and activist investors, broker dealers and parties to bankruptcy and real estate-related claims. He has also regularly appeared in matters involving state and federal securities laws, directors’ and officers’ liability, and complex financial transactions, including mergers & acquisitions and post-transaction disputes. He has been recognized for the quality of his work by Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Legal 500.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Handled broad range of commercial litigation involving breach of contract, fraud, environmental laws, class actions, intellectual property issues, securities fraud, malicious prosecution, antitrust, and RICO.
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  Americas Lead for Disputes and Litigation: Managed team of five attorneys responsible for handling third-party disputes and litigation within the Americas, focusing on problem job work-outs, negotiating and structuring settlement agreements, SAAS disputes, intellectual property (including patent issues), employment litigation and counseling, e-Discovery compliance, insurance coverage, securities law issues, bankruptcy proceedings, and anti-bribery laws.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy