Fred bartlit

Fred Bartlit Jr.

  • Bartlit opens its doors to business

    Bartlit opens its doors to business
    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
  • Titanium Metals Corporation

    Titanium Metals Corporation
    Bartlit Beck represnt Titanium Metals Corporation in it's $380 million initial public offering of its shares of commom stock.
  • Tejas Gas

    Tejas Gas
    Bartlit Beck represents Tejas Gas in a midstream energy marger with Shell Oil company - a transaction worth $1.45 billion.
  • Pressidential election contest trial

    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.
  • Speical trial counset

    Two bartilt Beck partners are named Special trial counset to the department of justice in its antitrust against microsoft.
  • Newsome V. McCabe

    Newsome V. McCabe
    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.
  • DuPont in Jersey

    Bartit Beck prevails for DuPont in New Jersey's largest environmental jury trial.
  • Growing firm

    Growing firm
    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.
  • Winning streak

    Winning streak
    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.
  • litigation Boutique

    litigation Boutique
    Amserican Lawyer names Bartit Beck litigation Boutique of the year runner up.
  • Ernst & Young

    Ernst & Young
    Bartit Beck wins complete defense victory for Ernst & young in auditor negligence trial stemming from bankruptcy of $2 billion financial institiution.
  • litigation Boutique of the year

    litigation Boutique of the year
    The american lawyer names Bartit Beck litigation Boutique of the year.
  • Million dollar settlement

    Million dollar settlement
    Bartit Beck seures multi-million dollar settlement against major investment banks in enron litigation.