Hedlund & Hanley, LLC v. Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508

Plaintiffs, Hedlund & Hanley, LLC (H&H), and Reuben Hedlund (Hedlund), appeal from the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants, the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, the County of Cook and the State of Illinois (collectively, City Colleges).

The facts as stated in the trial court’s written memorandum decision 1 are as follows: prior to August 19, 1994, City Colleges retained the law firm of Hedlund, Hanley & John (HH&J) to represent it in litigation arising from accounting malpractice. Reuben Hedlund was the principal attorney at HH&J. After…