Legal Opinion
National Union Fire Insurance v. Baker & McKenzie
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1993No. Nos. 92-1718, 92-1763, 92-1864, 92-1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1981 the Dallas law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist began representing the Vernon Savings & Loan Association. On October 7, 1986, three lawyers, named Bauman, Berna-sek, and Bradley, employed by Jenkens & Gilchrist left the firm to become partners in the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie, a law firm that already had almost, a thousand lawyers. (The three lawyers are no longer with Baker & McKenzie, but that has no bearing on the case.) In March 1987, Vernon Savings & Loan collapsed, leaving the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (actually the Federal Savings and Loan…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brotherhood Mutual Insurance v. RosethAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
3Cited by1 opinion
- National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh v. Baker & MckenzieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993