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Joseph A. Giannelli was born on August 17, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Joseph A. Giannelli is an American lawyer. He is a Partner of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, specializing in the field of General Practice, Civil Trial Practice, Insurance Coverage, Environmental, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Products Liability, Structural Work Act, Railroad, Employment, Corporate and Health Care Law.
Education
In 1979 Joseph A. Giannelli received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University. In 1982 he obtained a Licentie in het Europees Recht from Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Belgium. In 1984 he gained a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University.
Career
Joseph Giannelli worked at Cassiday, Schade & Gloor (Chicago, Illinois), specializing in General Practice, Civil Trial Practice, Civil Appellate Practice, Insurance Coverage, Environmental, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Products Liability, Structural Work Act, Railroad, Employment, Corporate and Health Care Law. In 1982 he was admitted to the bar. He worked at District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar.
Cassiday, Schade & Gloor was founded by eight attorneys in 1979. Since then, the Firm has expanded to more than 80 attorneys serving the Midwest from offices in Chicago, Wheaton and Waukegan, Illinois.
Cassiday, Schade & Gloor has a litigation practice representing corporations and insurance carriers in all aspects of their business. The Firm is heavily involved in the defense of personal injury, property damage, and insurance litigation, with special emphasis in the defense of medical and professional malpractice. In its work within general liability, property damage, environmental-toxic tort and insurance coverage, the Firm works with Aetna Life & Casualty, Allstate Insurance, St. Paul Insurance, Pepper Construction, Mack Trucks, Whirlpool, and the welding industry.
In its defense of medical and professional malpractice, the Firm works with the major teaching hospitals in the Chicago area, including University of Chicago Hospitals and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Advocate Health Care, the Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange, other carriers for physicians, and the ISBA Mutual Insurance Company. The Firm's trial and appellate practice is concentrated in Illinois, but it has also been involved in litigation in Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, and other jurisdictions.
Membership
Joseph Giannelli is a member of Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations, Illinois Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute.
