Dowd & Dowd, Ltd. v. Gleason

First Division

September 13, 2004

No. 1-01-1002

DOWD and DOWD, LTD., ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County)

v. ) No. 98 L 5429)

NANCY J. GLEASON, DOUGLAS G. SHREFFLER, )

and GLEASON, McGUIRE AND SHREFFLER, ) Honorable) Loretta Douglas,

Defendants-Appellants. ) Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd. (Dowd), filed suit against Nancy J. Gleason and Douglas G. Shreffler (defendants), after they resigned as shareholders (partners) of Dowd and opened a new law firm, Gleason, McGuire and Shreffler (GMS). While working at Dowd, Nancy Gleason managed the Allstate…