Mitchell L. Marinello

 

BIOGRAPHY

Mitchell L. Marinello is a veteran trial attorney who represents individuals, partnerships, and corporations in sophisticated business and property disputes.  Mitch also is frequently called on to investigate and evaluate potential claims, defenses or appeals.

Mitch has successfully tried cases in the state, federal and bankruptcy courts of Illinois as well as many other states.  He also has successfully represented clients in a number of class actions, arbitrations and mediations.  In every instance, Mitch strives to identify each client’s goals early in the engagement and to achieve those goals in the best and most cost-effective manner possible.

Mitch’s clients have included real estate developers, entrepreneurs, retail chains, manufacturing companies, chemical and energy companies, law firms, accounting firms, medical organizations, physicians, business executives, not-for-profit organizations and federal and state governmental bodies.

Mitch has a strong interest in alternative methods of dispute resolution and serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. Mitch has heard well over 125 cases as an arbitrator and also serves as a private mediator.

For ten years, Mitch served as the Managing Partner of Novack and Macey.  He presently is the Editor of Litigation Review, a legal periodical published by Novack and Macey, and the firm’s chief representative to the Integrated Advisory Group International, an international association of attorneys and accountants.

Mitch is a Director of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, a member of the Civil Practice Committee (past Chair) of the Chicago Bar Association, the ADR, Litigation, and Employment Law Committees of the American Bar Association and the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association.  Mitch is also a volunteer for the Canzonetta Youth String Chamber Orchestra in Evanston, Illinois.

Mitch and his wife, Nancy Young, a surgeon at Children’s Memorial Hospital, live with their three children in Wilmette, Illinois.

 

EDUCATION

• Wesleyan University (B.A. 1976), with Honors, Magna Cum Laude
• The Thomas J. Watson Foundation (Fellow, 1976-1977)
• New York University Law School (J.D. 1980), Senior Writing Editor for the Moot Court Board

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Illinois
• New York
• Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS

• Co-Author, “What to Do When a Party Refuses to Pay Its Share of Arbitration Costs,” Dispute Resolution Magazine of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, Winter 2012.

• “Small Business and the Corporate Opportunity Doctrine,” Business Law Today, the Online Resource of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Section, Co-Author, August 19, 2011  PDF
• “Protect your reputation: Advice for victims of Internet defamation,” an interview with Mitchell L. Marinello by Troy Sympson, Smart Business Chicago, March 2011  PDF
• “Nonparty Discovery Under the Federal Arbitration Act,” 98 Ill. B.J. 476 (Sept. 2010) PDF
• “Should Your Firm’s Engagement Letter Contain an Arbitration Clause?” in Conflict Management, a Publication of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution of the American Bar Association, Winter/Spring 2010 PDF
• “Venue in Federal Civil Cases,” Chapter 5, Federal Civil Practice, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, March 17, 2010
• “The Collapse of the Auction Rate Securities Market,” October 2009 PDF
• “Obtaining Discovery From Non-Parties Under the Federal Arbitration Act,” Presentation at ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August, 2009
• “Smart Evidence: Commercial Litigation,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, August 2009
• “Controlling the Cost of Arbitration in Commercial Cases,” Presentation sponsored by the ADR Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, April, 2009
• “Illinois Civil Practice: Preserving the Record During Trial,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, (2009)
• “Illinois Civil Practice: Motions at the Close of the Evidence,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, (2009)
• “Protecting the Natural Cost Advantages of Arbitration,” American Bar Association In-House Litigator, 2008 PDF
• “Contracts for the Benefit of a Third Person,” Chapter 10, Illinois Law of Contracts, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, September 2008
• “Playing Nice: Noncompete Terms in Physician Employment Agreements,”Medical Group Management Association Connexion, February 2005
• “Does A Stranger To A Contract Acquire Any Rights Under It? A Primer on Third-Party Beneficiary Law,” 2005
• “Obtaining TROs and Preliminary Injunctions,” 2004 

MEDIA COVERAGE

• Fleming, Macey, Mann, Marinello, Miller, Novack, Shonkwiler and Tarkington Are 2012 Illinois Super Lawyers
• Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Decision on Breach of Limited Partnership Claim
• Marinello Interviewed by Smart Business Chicago on Internet Defamation
• Marinello, Ciszewski and Berg Win Confirmation of Arbitration Award for Client
• Novack and Macey Wins Dismissal of Claims of Breach of Fiduciary, Contractual and Other Duties– With Prejudice
• Novack and Macey Partners Marinello and Miller Publish Guidelines for Trying Cases in Illinois
• Novack and Macey to host the IAG International Conference October 2-4, 2008
• Copyright Trial Leads to Favorable Settlement
• Trial Court Rules In Favor Of Warehouse Owner
• Is Liability Lurking in Your Safety Rules?