Brandon Apparel Group v. Kirkland and Ellis

The plaintiffs, Brandon Apparel Group (Brandon), Bradley A. Key-well, and Eric E Lefkofsky, retained the defendant law firm Kirkland & Ellis (Kirkland) to represent them in a dispute over certain loans. After a default judgment was entered against Brandon, Keywell, and Lefkofsky in that litigation, they filed the instant legal malpractice action against Kirkland.

The trial court granted Kirkland’s amended motion for summary judgment, finding the plaintiffs had improperly assigned their legal malpractice claim. The court denied Kirkland’s motion for partial summary judgment as to the…