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Born Cincinnati, Ohio, March 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and Central District of Illinois. Education: Miami (OH) University (B.A., 1984); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Defense Research Institute and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Mr. Pender is a trial lawyer, whose areas of concentration in the firm are general tort litigation, with an emphasis in premises liability, property damage claims, subrogation recovery actions, construction and transportation accidents, as well as a broad range of commercial and contractual matters. He has litigated cases in federal, state and appellate courts, and defended numerous mass tort and class action claims. Published opinions of cases Mr. Pender successfully resolved include Bailey v. Edward Hines Lumber Company, 308 Ill.App.3d 58, 719 N.E.2d 178 (1st Dist. 1999). He has been a frequent contributor to the literature, having his research published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. In 1993, 1999, and again in 2003 Mr. Pender was honored by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education for the chapter he authored (and updated) on the Illinois Survival Act for IICLE’s Illinois Wrongful Death And Survival Actions Handbook. In addition, Mr. Pender handles subrogation/recovery claims around the country in matters arising from construction defects, natural disasters, explosions, fires, and equipment defects.