Background
Franco, Robert J. was born on August 27, 1957 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States.
Franco, Robert J. was born on August 27, 1957 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States.
Grinnell College; Southern Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1980). Rutgers University (Master of Arts, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, 1983, Reuthers Scholar). IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Worked at Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Insurance Coverage Litigation, Environmental Coverage, Policy Drafting and Counseling, Excess and Reinsurance, General Casualty, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability, Construction Litigation, Appellate Practice, International Law, Health Care, Environmental Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment, Contract, Antitrust, Civil Rights, Municipal Liability, Regulatory and Administrative Law and First Amendment. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (General and Trial Bars), Central District of Illinois, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Author: Chemers and Franco, The School of Medicine Doctrine in Illinois, DCBA Brief, 11 (December, 1989) reprinted in Chemers and Franco, The School of Medicine Doctrine as a Defense to Chiropractic Malpractice Litigation, American Counseling Association Journal of Chiropractic, 51 (August 1991).
Nielsen and Franco, Purchased Testimony: The Problem of Professional Expert Witnesses, 57 Defense Counsel Journal, 525 (October, 1990). Ladden and Franco, The Uniform Premarital Agreement Acting: An Illinois-Reasoned Retreat From The Unconscionability Analysis, 4 American Journal of Family Law, 267 (Fall, 1990) reviewed in 8 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 145 (Spring 1992).
Chemers and Franco, The Preemption of State Claims Under Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Illinois Bar Journal, 550 (November, 1990).
Wisner, Chemers and Franco, When The Insured Is Notified Of An Environmental Claim. Is There a Duty To Defend? 20 The Brief, 30 (American Bar Association Fall, 1990). Chemers and Franco, The Spoilation of Evidence Doctrine in Illinois, Illinois.
Association Defense
Tr. Csl. Monograph, i (Fall, 1990). Chemers and Franco, Superfund Defense: Extra Steps Necessary With Environmental Claims, "Claims," 54 (January, 1991).
Chemers and Franco, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Monograph, "Selected Issues In Insurance Coverage," The Contemporary View of the Pollution Exclusion -- A Provincial Approach, 97 (Defense Research Institute, volunteer 1990, northern 4, December, 1990).
Chemers and Franco, The Lost Chance Doctrine Could Bring Recovery Foreign The Increased Risk of Harm, Chirurgical
Bar Association Record, 27 (April/May, 1991). Chemers, Franco & Clarke, The Insurance Coverage Aspects of Environmental Claims, (Mid-American Press, 1991). Chemers and Franco, Insurance Coverage Foreign Sexual Assaults Upon Minors, International Data Corporation Quarterly, 8 (Volume 1, 1991).
Franco and Prangle, The Inadvertent Waiver of Privilege, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 637 (Spring, 1991).
Chemers, Weaver and Franco, Environmental Law for Transactional Attorneys, "Environmental Litigation," church 7 (Illinois. Institute. for Continuing legal education, 1991) reprinted in Attorneys Guide To Environmental Liability in Transactions (American Bar Association 1991).
Chemers, Weaver and Franco, Environmental Law for Transactional Attorneys, "Insurance Coverage for Environmental Claims," church 8 (Illinois. Institute. for Continuing legal education., 1991) reprinted in Attorneys Guide To Environmental Liability In Transaction (American Bar Association 1991).
Franco and Kindwald, The Owned Property And Care, Custody And Control Exclusions As Defenses To Environmental Claims, Federation of Insurance.
& Corps. Csl. Q., 23 (Fall, 1991), reprinted in Declarations, 30 (Summer 1992). Price and Franco, Liability In Tort Foreign Criminal Assaults By Third Persons, Shep.
Illinois. Tort Rptr., 133 (November, 1991).
Franco and Johnson, The Scope of Attorney Advertising in Illinois, 11 North. Illinois. U.L. Review, 243 (1991). Chemers and Franco, The Insurance Coverage Implications of the Chicago Flood, church
5 (Illinois.
Institute. for Continuing legal education, 1992). Ladden and Franco, The Enforceability of Jewish Marriage Contracts in Civil Courts, 6 American Journal of Family Law, 167 (Fall 1992). Contributing Author: Insurance Claims And The Construction Industry, (Mid-American Press 1992).
Chemers and Franco, Insurance Bad Faith: Insurer Liability Foreign Judgments in Excess of Policy Limits, Illinois Bar Journal, 506 (October 1992).
Chemers and Franco, The Negligent Hiring Theory of Recovery In Illinois, Shep. Illinois. Tort. Rptr. at 461 (November 1992).
Member: Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute.
Appellate Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Founded in 1986, the law firm of Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey has dedicated itself to providing clients with the highest quality counseling and litigation services.
The firm prides itself on the quality and talent of its attorneys, which includes some of the finest trial lawyers in the nation.
Due to the demands and the needs of our clients, the firm has notably grown from 5 members to their present size in just a few short years. Our litigators handle large, complex cases on a daily basis and the practice has expanded to a national scope, with experience before the United States Supreme Court, as well as numerous state and federal courts and government agencies.
Member: Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute. Appellate Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.