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seventeen lawyers leave kirkland and Ellia to found Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP. on the firms first day , they try a case in federal court in Chicago
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Bartlit Beck represnt Titanium Metals Corporation in it's $380 million initial public offering of its shares of commom stock.
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Bartlit Beck represents Tejas Gas in a midstream energy marger with Shell Oil company - a transaction worth $1.45 billion.
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bartlit beck represents george w bush in the presidential election contest trial. The one week bench trial is telivised and results in a judgement in favor of Bush, which is later affirmed by the U.S supreme court and secures Bush's presidecy.
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Two bartilt Beck partners are named Special trial counset to the department of justice in its antitrust against microsoft.
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In Newsome V. McCabe, Bartit Beck wins a $15 million jury verdict in federal court in Chicago agianst two former chicago police officers for wrongful conviction of the firms client after he spent 15 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. At the time this was the largest wrongful conviction verdict in Illinois history.
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Bartit Beck prevails for DuPont in New Jersey's largest environmental jury trial.
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Bartit Beck grows from 17 lawyers at the time of its founding to 50 lawyers by February of 2003. The firm remains one of the most selevitve in the nation, hiring just a few lawyers each year.
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In December 2005, Bartit Beck wins back to back trial victories against Honeywell in patent infringement cases. The plaintiffs in these cases claimed a combined $200 million in damages.
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Amserican Lawyer names Bartit Beck litigation Boutique of the year runner up.
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Bartit Beck wins complete defense victory for Ernst & young in auditor negligence trial stemming from bankruptcy of $2 billion financial institiution.
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The american lawyer names Bartit Beck litigation Boutique of the year.
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Bartit Beck seures multi-million dollar settlement against major investment banks in enron litigation.
