PAUL C. MILTONBERGER has been a partner in large national law firms, served in house with a Fortune 50 company and has run his own practice. Paul has provided CEO level consultation and, with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, has tried multi-million dollar claims to jury verdict.

Mr. Miltonberger’s broad and diverse experience includes:

• Defense of numerous class-action lawsuits alleging:
• securities violations (more than 20 related shareholder, ERISA and derivative actions involving a $2.7 billion equity drop)
• improper information sharing and invasion of privacy (California class of four million credit-card holders and three Illinois cases seeking national class of 40 million card holders)
• misrepresentation, consumer fraud and deceptive business practices, including California’s Section 17200 and similar statutes in other states
• Truth in Lending Act violations (250 consolidated bankruptcy actions alleging improper credit-statement disclosures)
• Inquiries and investigations conducted by the SEC and various states’ attorneys’ general
• Franchise disputes
• Business torts
• Chancery and injunctive actions including the enforceability of restrictive covenants and the protection of trade secrets
• Insurance coverage and claims
• Real estate, construction and leasing claims
• Professional liability claims
• Representation of landowners in Eminent Domain/Condemnation
• Defense of mass tort claims

Mr. Miltonberger’s trial work includes:

• Successful defense of a national franchisor against claims by a franchisee for tortious interference with contract and business expectancy. The plaintiffs sought $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages. Two-week jury trial in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
• In a matter filed in state court in DuPage County, Illinois, the jury awarded his clients $7,985,000. The award is one of the largest jury verdicts awarded in Illinois in favor of a landowner in an eminent domain case.

Mr. Miltonberger began his legal career with O'Connor, Cavanaugh, et. al., which was then one of the four largest firms in Phoenix. In 1989, he moved back to Chicago and joined Katten, Muchin & Zavis. He ran his own practice for a number of years before spending five years (2000-2005) in-house with Sears, Roebuck and Co., where, most recently, he was Associate General Counsel and head of corporate and securities litigation. From July 2005 to January 2009, he was a partner in the Chicago office and, most recently, of counsel, with the national law firm, Epstein Becker & Green.