Protecting the Rights of Consumers For Over 25 Years

Daniel A. Edelman

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Education
Professional Associations
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Notable Work

Daniel A. Edelman

Advocating for Consumer Rights in Illinois

Daniel A. Edelman is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. From 1976 to 1981, he was an associate at the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis with heavy involvement in the defense of consumer class action litigation (such as the General Motors Engine Interchange cases). In 1981 he became an associate at Reuben & Proctor, a medium-sized firm formed by former Kirkland & Ellis lawyers. He was made a partner there in 1982. Since the end of 1985, he has been in private practice in downtown Chicago. Virtually all of his practice involves litigation on behalf of consumers.

He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications on class actions and consumer protection law and is also a frequent speaker on consumer law topics for various legal organizations including the Chicago Bar Association, the National Consumer Law Center’s Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, and the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Edelman has testified on behalf of consumers before the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois legislature.

Areas of Practice:

25% Consumer Law
75% Class Actions
Deceptive Trade Practices
RICO Act
Trade Regulation
Unfair Competition
Mortgages & Foreclosures
Foreclosures
Garnishment
Uniform Commercial Code
Warranties
Wage & Hour Laws
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
Bankruptcy Litigation
Complex Litigation
Federal Appellate Practice
Federal Trial Practice
Multidistrict Litigation
State Appellate Practice
State Trial Practice
US Supreme Court
Landlord/Tenant

Litigation Percentage:

100% of practice devoted to litigation

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1976
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1993
U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1996
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1999
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1995
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2000
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2006
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2006
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2001
U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2000
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2017
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2009

Representative Cases

Jenkins v. Heintz, 25 F.3d 536 (7^th Cir. 1994), aff’d 514 U.S. 291 (1995)
Ballard RN Center, Inc. v. Kohll’s Pharmacy and Homecare, Inc., 2015 IL 118644, 48 N.E.3d 1060 (Ill.Sup.Ct.)
Jackson v. Payday Financial LLC, 764 F.3d 765 (7^th Cir. 2014)
Livingston v. Fast Cash USA, Inc., 753 N.E.2d 572 (Ind. Sup. Ct. 2001)
McMahon v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 744 F.3d 1010 (7^th Cir. 2014)
Janetos v. Fulton, Friedman & Gullace, LLP, 825 F.3d 317 (7^th Cir. 2016)
Phillips v. Asset Acceptance, LLC, 736 F.3d 1076 (7^th Cir. 2013)
Soppet v. Enhanced Recovery Co., 679 F.3d 637 (7^th Cir. 2012)
Ruth v. Triumph Partnerships, 577 F.3d 790 (7^th Cir. 2009)
Handy v. Anchor Mortgage Corp., 464 F.3d 760 (7^th Cir. 2006)
Fields v. Wilber Law Firm, P.C., 383 F.3d 562 (7^th Cir. 2004)
Peter v. GC Servs. L.P., 310 F.3d 344 (5^th Cir. 2002)
Maguire v. Citicorp Retail Services, Inc., 147 F.3d 232 (2^nd Cir. 1998)
Unifund v. Shah, 407 Ill.App.3d 737, 946 N.E.2d 885 (1^st Dist. 2011), later opinion, 2013 IL App (1^st) 113658, 993 N.E.2d 518
Elder v. Coronet Ins. Co., 201 Ill.App.3d 733, 558 N.E.2d 1312 (1^st Dist. 1990)
Heastie v. Community Bank of Greater Peoria, 125 F.R.D. 669 (N.D.Ill. 1989)
Armstrong v. Edelson, 718 F.Supp. 1372 (N.D.Ill. 1989)
Elder v. Coronet Ins. Co., 558 N.E.2d 1312 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1990)
Diamond Mortg. Corp. of Illinois v. Armstrong, 530 N.E.2d 1041 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1988)
Heastie v. Community Bank of Greater Peoria, 727 F.Supp. 1133 (N.D.Ill. 1989)

Education

University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1976
- J.D.
- Honors: With Honors

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 1973
- B.A.
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: With Distinction
- Major: History

Professional Associations

Reuben & Proctor, Chicago, Partner, 1981 – 1985
Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Associate, 1976 – 1981

Memberships

Chicago Bar Association
National Association of Consumer Advocates
Illinois State Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Association for Justice
DuPage County Bar Association

Notable Works

Published Works

Predatory Lending Litigation in Illinois, 2001
Consumer Class Action Manual (Co-Author), National Consumer Law Center, 2d-4th Editions, 1990
Payday Loans: Big Interest Rates and Little Regulation, 11 Loy. Consumer L. Rptr. 174, 1999
Fair Debt Collection Practices Update — 1999, Chicago Bar Association, 1999
An Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1999
Consumer Fraud and Insurance Claims, Bad Faith and Extracontractual Damage Claims in Insurance Litigation, Chicago Bar Ass’n, 1992
Chapter 8, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Ohio Consumer Law, 1995
Fair Debt Collection: The Need for Private Enforcement, 7 Loy. Consumer L. Rptr. 89, 1995
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: Recent Developments, 8 Loy. Consumer L. Rptr. 303, 1996
Residential Mortgage Litigation, Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1996
Automobile Leasing: Problems and Solutions, 7 Loy. Consumer L. Rptr. 14, 1994
Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation, 12 Rev. of Banking & Financial Services 71, 1996
Applicability of Illinois Consumer Fraud Act in Favor of Out-of-State Consumers, 8 Loy. Consumer L. Rptr. 27, 1996
Illinois Consumer Law (Co-Author), Chicago Bar Association, 1996
Collection Defense, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2008
Consumer Class Action Manual (Co-Author), National Consumer Law Center, 2d-4th Editions, 1995
Consumer Class Action Manual (Co-Author), National Consumer Law Center, 2d-4th Editions, 1999
Representing Consumers in Litigation with Debt Buyers, Chicago Bar Association, 2008
Predatory Mortgage Lending, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2008
Chapter 6, “Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions,” in Real Estate Litigation, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2008
Chapter 4-1, “Truth in Lending Act,” in Illinois Causes of Action, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2008
Ch. 6 of Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Practice, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2003
Ch. 5 of Real Estate Litigation, Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ., 2004
Illinois Consumer Law, in Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and Related Areas, Chicago Bar Association, 2002
Attorney Liability Under the Fair Debt Collection (Co-Author), Chicago Bar Association, 1996
Second Mortgage Frauds, Nat’l Consumer Rights Litigation Conference 67, 1992
Compulsory Arbitration of Consumer Disputes, Nat’l Consumer Rights Litigation 54, 67, 1994