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ABOUT US
From 1998 to 2007, Brad was an in-house lawyer in the Litigation Practice Group at McDonald’s Corporation, rising to manage the Group with nine direct reports. The Group oversaw all commercial litigation in the United States, including class actions and trademark, franchise, real estate and construction litigation. As head of the Litigation Practice Group, Brad also was responsible for reporting litigation matters to independent accountants, and acted as liaison to the Real Estate Legal Practice Group and to the Insurance and Social Responsibility Business Units. Brad also consulted with U.S. business units concerning relationships with franchisees, and helped develop the new franchise assessment system that McDonald’s rolled out in 2005.
In 2007, Brad left McDonald’s to resume his focus on a hands-on, practical approach to litigating and, when necessary, trying complex commercial cases and business insolvencies. His current practice includes breach of contract, fraud and RICO matters, insurance claims, franchise and trademark litigation, and several substantial bankruptcy cases and insolvency matters. Brad has also provided advice to franchisors and franchisees.
Brad graduated from Princeton University in 1984, magna cum laude, and Harvard Law School in 1987, cum laude.
He has spoken on numerous topics, including: 2007 International Franchise Association (Ethical Issues in Mediation); 2006 ACC Annual Conference (Leading Edge Processes for Selecting Outside Counsel); 2005 International Franchise Association Conference (Use of Expert Witnesses in Franchise Litigation); 2004 Business Litigation Conference (Best Practices for Managing Litigation); 2001 Corporate Legal Times SuperConference (Evaluation of Outside Counsel); 1996-1997 Guest Lecturer at Loyola University School of Law and School of Business (Reorganizations and Workouts); Chicago Bar Association Basic Bankruptcy Workshop (1996).
Brad has also written several articles, including: “Ethics in Mediation,” 2007 IFA Conference, “Use of Expert Witnesses in Franchise Mediation,” 2005 IFA Conference, “Courts Split on Proper Treatment of Medicare Overpayments in Bankruptcy,” Inside Health Law, September 1996; “Filing and Contesting Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitions: the Creditor’s Perspective,” Commercial Lending Review, Winter 1993-94; “Protecting Secured Lenders in the Workout of LBO Related Loans,” Commercial Lending Review, Summer 1992. For more information please click here.
LAWYERS
In 30 years of practice, Brad has focused on high-stakes complex commercial litigation and business insolvencies, as well as franchise law. While at Holleb and Coff and then Foley and Lardner, Brad had first-chair responsibility for a variety of federal, State and Bankruptcy Court trials, preliminary injunctions, TRO hearings, appellate court arguments and dispositive motion arguments. Typical cases consisted of complex, multi-million dollar commercial disputes and insolvency matters for large financial institutions, insurance companies and closely-held businesses. Brad became a member of the Federal Trial Bar in 1995.
Bradley Block