Golden v. Mullen

The principle issue on appeal is whether the circuit court erred by extending the absolute privilege that attaches to defamatory statements of attorneys made in the course of judicial proceedings to postlitigation statements made to the client. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Golden and Mullen are Illinois attorneys. The complaint 1 alleges that in 1994 and 1995 Mullen and his firm represented Charles W. Sullivan (Sullivan) in litigation against William E. Switzer (Switzer) in Cook and Du Page Counties, such representation…