GILBERT W. GORDON,
Member
Gilbert W. Gordon has been a noted trial and appellate lawyer
for over 25 years, handling a wide variety of complex business
litigation matters, ranging from disputes over non-compete
and trade secret restrictions to partnership and corporate
disputes and fraudulent accounting and securities actions.
He also represents both doctors and plaintiffs in medical
malpractice and other professional liability disputes, as
well as professional athletes in workers' compensation and
career-ending injury matters. Gil Gordon represents both plaintiffs
and defendants in State and Federal trial and Appellate courts
and was lead counsel in the United States Supreme Court, representing
millions of American Airlines flyers in one of the largest
class actions ever filed. Mr. Gordon has also worn the other
hat and successfully defended many companies sued in class
actions. Gil Gordon has tried hundreds of jury and bench trials
to verdict and has argued cases in venues as diverse as the
Illinois Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Alaska.
Mr. Gordon has received an AV rating
under the Martindale Hubbell lawyer rating system. An AV rating
means that his attorney peers have recognized Gil Gordon with
their highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.
He has also been profiled many times in Chicago Magazine as
being voted by his peers as being among the top 5% of lawyers
in the State of Illinois.
Mr. Gordon has been a long-standing
member of a National panel of attorneys appointed by the NFL
Players Association and also the National Hockey League Players
Association. He has been an invited lecturer before the Association
of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Bar Association
and the NFL Players Association. His accomplishments were
profiled in Chicago Lawyer Magazine, April 1999.
Gilbert W. Gordon was a partner in the Chicago office of Marks,
Marks and Kaplan, Ltd. from 1986-2006, when he helped found
Gordon & Rappold LLC.
Education and Bar Admissions:
• J.D., 1974 Loyola University of Chicago College of
Law
• B.S. 1971 Bradley University
• 1974 admitted to Bar of the State of Illinois and
U.S. District Court
• 1980 admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court
Practice Groups:
• Business Litigation
• Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Litigation
• Appellate and Supreme Court Practice
• Class Actions and defense of Class Actions
• Workers' Compensation for the Professional Athlete
gwg@gordonrappold.com
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