Justice M. Jeanne Coyne, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1988-89

• Lead Counsel for several dozen claimants/creditors in a bankruptcy of a leading grocery distributor, In re Central Grocers, Inc., Bankr. N.D. Ill. No. 17-13886
• Digital Ally, Inc. v. Z3 Technology, LLC, 754 F.3d 802 (10th Cir. 2014) (jury verdict in favor of our client, appellate opinion announces multiple important holdings on commercial law, intellectual property licensing and appellate procedure). 
• Insoftvision, LLC v. MB Financial Bank, N.A., No. 1:10-cv-03377 (N.D. Ill. 2013) (not-guilty jury verdict when our client was sued over an allegedly fraudulent $1.3 million wire transfer; case raised novel issues under the UCC that the court resolved in our client’s favor)
• Multiple confidential arbitrations between insurers over professional liability coverages, where we prevailed on claims for $75 million and resolved a $200 million issue for the client.
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 374 F.3d 521 (7^th Cir. 2004) (Posner, J.) (leading case on payment law and the intersection of common law and the UCC) 
• Gilmore v. Taylor, 508 U.S. 333 (1993) (drafted successful petition for certiorari, petitioner’s briefs and presented successful oral argument addressing 14^th Amendment Due Process issue)

• Illinois Bankers Association: Associate Member liaison, published in Illinois Banker, selected for the Bank Fraud Task Force for 2011-2012, annual attendance at the Illinois Bank Counsel Conference.
• Chair, UCC Litigation Subcommittee, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2002-2008. Headed the ABA task force charged with drafting pattern jury instructions for UCC Articles 3 and 4.
• Member, Chicago Bar Association and its Financial Institutions Committee, Federal Practice Committee and Commercial Litigation Committee; Civil Litigation Committee; Appellate Lawyers Association and its Rules and Moot Court Committees.

Many speaking engagements on banking and financial insurance at the Chicago Bar Association Financial Institutions Committee, Creditors Bar Association, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Mid-Winter Meeting, National Bond Claims Association, Fidelity Law Association and Chicago Surety Claims Association.

Many articles on commercial law and banking, including Mark E. Wilson, ACH and Wire Fraud: Emerging Exposures to Banks, COMMERCIAL & BUS. LITIG. NEWSLETTER (Spring 2011); Mark E. Wilson, The Relative Risks of Frauds and How to Prevent Them, ILLINOIS BANKER (Sept. 2009); Mark E. Wilson, Banks’ Priority Rights Over Mechanic’s Lien Claims for Unlienable Work, COMMERCIAL & BUS. LITIG. NEWSLETTER (Winter 2011).

United States Supreme Court: 

• Gilmore v. Taylor, 508 U.S. 333 (1993) (drafted successful petition for certiorari, petitioner’s briefs and presented successful oral argument)
• Illinois Dep’t of Corrections v. Flowers, 505 U.S. 1239 (1992) (drafted successful petition for certiorari and successful motion to reverse the Seventh Circuit’s denial of a motion to stay the appellate mandate)

United States Courts of Appeal:

• First American Bank v. FRB of Atlanta, 842 F.3d 487 (7^th Cir. 2016)
• Digital Ally, Inc. v. Z3 Technology, LLC, 754 F.3d 802 (10^th Cir. 2014)
• Union Asset Management Holding A.G. v. Dell, Inc., 669 F.3d 632 (5^th Cir. 2012)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. v. BCS Ins. Co., 671 F.3d 635 (7^th Cir. 2011)
• BCS Ins. Co. v. Wellmark, Inc., 410 F.3d 349 (7^th Cir. 2005)
• Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of Am. v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 374 F.3d 521 (7^th Cir. 2004)
• Travelers Indem. Co. v. Engel, 81 F.3d 711 (7^th Cir. 1996)
• Hill v. City of Indianapolis, 17 F.3d 1016 (7^th Cir. 1994) (amicus brief)
• Landers Seed Co., Inc. v. Champaign Nat’l Bank, 15 F.3d 729 (7^th Cir. 1994)
• In re Marchiando, 13 F.3d 1111 (7^th Cir. 1994)
• In re Roberson, 999 F.2d 1132 (7^th Cir. 1993)
• Burgess v. Ryan, 996 F.2d 180 (7^th Cir. 1993)
• MSA Realty Corp. v. State of Illinois, 990 F.2d 288 (7^th Cir. 1993)
• Reed v. Gardner, 986 F.2d 1122 (7^th Cir. 1993)
• Barnhill v. Doiron, 958 F.2d 200 (7^th Cir. 1992
• Rose v. Lane, 910 F.2d 400 (7^th Cir. 1990)

State Supreme Courts:

• Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Washington Tr. Bank, 186 Wn.2d 921, 383 P.3d 512 (2016)
• Strategic Resources Co. v. BCS Life Ins. Co., 367 S.C. 540, 627 S.E.2d 687 (2006)
• Doe v. Gainer, 162 Ill. 2d 15, 642 N.E.2d 114 (1994)

State Appellate Courts:

• Henry v. Waller, 2012 IL App (1^st) 102068 (2012)
• Meng v. Maywood Proviso State Bank, 301 Ill. App. 3d 128 (1^st Dist. 1998)
• Phillips Electronics, N.V. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 295 Ill. App. 3d 895 (1^st Dist. 1998)
• People v. Provenzano, 265 Ill. App. 3d 33 (2^nd Dist. 1994)
• Hickey v. Huber, 263 Ill. App. 3d 560 (1^st Dist. 1994)
• Wheat v. Wilbur, 261 Ill. App. 3d 323 (3^rd Dist. 1994)
• May v. Central Illinois Public Service Co., 260 Ill. App. 3d 41 (5^th Dist. 1994)
• Kostopoulos v. Poladian, 257 Ill. App. 3d 95 (1^st Dist. 1993)
• Worthen v. Village of Roxana, 253 Ill. App. 3d 378 (5^th Dist. 1993)
• Bates v. Wilbur, 245 Ill. App. 3d 377 (3^rd Dist. 1993)
• Grigoleit v. Pollution Control Bd., 245 Ill. App. 3d 337 (4^th Dist. 1993)
• David Blumenfeld, Ltd. v. Department of Professional Regulation, 263 Ill. App. 3d 981 (1^st Dist. 1993)
• People ex rel Hartigan v. Anderson, 232 Ill. App. 3d 273 (3^rd Dist. 1992)
• Gallagher Drilling, Inc. v. Department of Revenue, 228 Ill. App. 3d 490 (4^th Dist. 1992)

Noteworthy District Court Decisions and Bankruptcy Appeals:

• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Washington Trust Bank, 86 F. Supp. 3d 1148 (E.D. Wash. 2015)
• Digital Ally, Inc. v. Z3 Technology, LLC, 864 F. Supp. 2d 1050 (D. Kan. 2012)
• U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. v. Bank of Bentonville, 29 F. Supp. 2d 553 (W.D. Ark. 1998)
• Vaughn v. Illinois State Scholarship Comm’n, 151 B.R. 481 (C.D. Ill. 1993)
• In re Marchiando, 142 B.R. 246 (N.D. Ill. 1992)
• In re Roberson, 138 B.R. 885 (N.D. Ill. 1992)