Jorge Cazares
is a Partner in Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt's Litigation Practice
Group. Mr. Cazares joins the Firm after
serving as General Counsel for the Chicago Housing Authority. He also served as the Authority's Ethics
Officer in charge of supervising compliance with the Authority's ethics
policies as well as all other applicable Federal and State ethics policies. Prior to his tenure at the Chicago Housing
Authority, Jorge Cazares practiced at Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt since
1992.
Experience:
• Representation
of major petroleum entity in eminent domain matters in Cook and surrounding
counties. As former Special Assistant
Attorney General, he also represented the State of Illinois
in prosecuting eminent domain matters for various State of Illinois entities including IDOT.
• Securing
summary judgment for client in gender and race discrimination case wherein
plaintiff alleged that he was passed over for promotion, disciplined and
terminated because he was an African-American male.
• Defense
of major not-for-profit entity of an employee's claim of defamation after being
accused of removing computers from the employer's premises without
authorization.
• Securing summary judgment for major
telephone company in a
telecommunications toll fraud case.
• Obtaining
an Order of Replevin without notice in state court within hours
of filing the Complaint. Such
extraordinary relief is rarely granted without notice due to the high burden
imposed by courts before summary seizure of the property can be justified.
Education:
Loyola University
School of Law, J.D., 1990
Yale University, B.A., 1985
Admissions:
Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court,
Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois, including the Trial Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
Federal Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District
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