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Office
120 South Riverside Plaza
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60606
P 312.876.7134
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Practice
Litigation
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Steven
N. Malitz
Partner
Mr. Malitz is a Partner in the Litigation
Department of Arnstein & Lehr LLP. Mr. Malitz has extensive
expertise representing public and privately-held businesses,
and individuals, in sophisticated business, real estate and
tort litigation matters, from inception through
post-judgment proceedings, including matters involving
breach of contract and interference with contract, fraud,
breach of fiduciary duty, injunctive and equitable remedies,
shareholder disputes including oppression, valuation and
buyout issues, intellectual property matters including
trademark and copyright issues, trade secrets and
restrictive covenant issues, leasing issues, business and
professional licensing proceedings, professional negligence,
real estate broker liability, construction litigation,
premise liability, defamation, and creditors’ rights
including fraudulent transfer, preference, post-judgment and
tracing issues. Mr. Malitz has successfully tried numerous
cases to verdict or judgment in Illinois state and federal
courts, and to award in court-annexed arbitration and before
the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Malitz has also
handled several appeals in both state and federal courts. He
serves as general outside counsel to various businesses in
the real estate, metals, lending, investment, printing,
restaurant, IT and Internet industries.
Professional Activities and Achievements
Mr. Malitz is the immediate-past Chair of the Chicago Bar
Association Real Property Law Committee consisting of the
Title Insurance and Conveyancing, Affordable Housing,
Condominium Law, Finance, and Mechanics Liens
Sub-Committees. He is also an active member of the Chicago
Bar Association’s Trial Techniques, Civil Procedure,
Bench/Bar Relations, and Client Development and Firm
Economics Committees. In addition, Mr. Malitz is a member of
the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Real Estate
Lawyers Association, the Commercial Law League of America,
the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce - Young
Entrepreneurs Forum, and the Jewish United Fund. Mr. Malitz
also teaches at Smyser Elementary School as a “Lawyer in the
Classroom.”
Recent Publications
& Lectures
Mr. Malitz is an Adjunct Professor of Law at
Chicago-Kent College of Law for Advanced Legal Research and
Writing in the Civil Litigation context. In addition, Mr.
Malitz lectures with prominent attorneys and jurists to
University of Illinois College of Law students on various
aspects of civil discovery and motion practice at
“Litigation Boot Camp” seminars. Further, Mr. Malitz
lectures to real estate licensees, as part of their
Continuing Education requirements, on litigation avoidance.
Mr. Malitz has also lectured to certified public
accountants, as part of their required Continuing
Professional Education, on how business owners can avoid
personal liability. He authored a Law Review Note entitled,
“Defendants’ Right to Be Present in New York, a Constatutory
Right?,” which appears in 11 Touro L. Rev. 675 (1995). Mr.
Malitz also authored an article entitled, “Brokers: Take
Care in Your Disclosures,” which appeared in Real Estate
Executive (April 2005). Mr. Malitz recently authored an
article entitled, “The Ins and Outs of Hiring and
Investigating Employees,” for cfinsider, a quarterly
Journal for Certified Forensic Interviewers. Mr. Malitz
was interviewed on television, as a legal expert, on the
validity of the class action, consumer fraud lawsuit, filed
against the author and publisher of A Million Little
Pieces.
Education
Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1995; Albany Law Review,
Moot Court Board)
Indiana University (B.A. magna cum laude, 1991; Phi Beta Kappa)
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois; U.S. District Courts
for the Northern District of
Illinois (including Trial Bar), South
District of Illinois, and Western
District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh
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