Tony Valiulis is an accomplished litigator with 40 years of experience in a broad range of state and federal civil trial and appellate matters. As counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, he has first-chaired numerous jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and argued a wide variety of appeals throughout the country, including in the Illinois Supreme Court. A Principal of the firm since 1979 and a member of the Management Committee from 2010-2013, Tony served as Chair of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group for more than 20 years. Tony's practice encompasses complex business and financial litigation, concentrating in four major areas: (1) business disputes, including non-compete/non-solicitation agreements, (2) insurance coverage, (3) appeals and (4) class action defense. He represents individuals, privately held companies and publicly traded corporations in the areas of business fraud and related torts, unfair competition, labor-related litigation, toxic torts, environmental litigation, employment discrimination (including age and other types of discrimination), trademarks, ERISA litigation, trade dress matters, technology litigation, RICO fraud and securities litigation (including stock purchase agreements, notes and contracts). LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW J.D. 1974 CUM LAUDE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY B.A. 1970