Matthew O. Sitzer

Matt Sitzer advises and represents businesses in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes.  Matt has successfully litigated cases and advised clients in matters involving such diverse areas of law as breach of contract, commercial fraud and civil RICO, class actions, environmental and mass tort insurance coverage, intellectual property, antitrust and professional sports arbitrations.  He has practiced and tried cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration panels, throughout the United States and Canada.

Matt's ongoing and recent representative matters include:

• Safeco, et al. v. AIG, et al., (N.D. Ill.).  Representing putative class of insurance companies in case involving allegations of decades-long financial reporting fraud by a leading market insurer on other insurers participating in workers' compensation state residual markets.
• American National Bank v. AXA Client Solutions LLC, (N.D. Ill.).  Successfully represented hedge fund in connection with breach of contract action against annuity company that had attempted to restrict our client's trading rights.
• Plant Insulation Co. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., et al., (Superior Ct., Cal.).  Represented insurance company in two-month California trial disproving plaintiff's allegations that our client had issued insurance contracts in the 1940's covering plaintiff's asbestos liabilities.
• Alexander v. QTS Corp., et al., (N.D. Ill.).  Defended real estate company in antitrust class action involving allegations of bid rigging in connection with the Cook County Tax Sale.
•  Continental Casualty Co. v. Employers Ins. of Wausau, et al., (Superior Ct., New York).  Represented insurer in leading New York class action litigation and appeal rejecting class claims for unaggregated "non-products" coverage for asbestos bodily injury.
• TSC v. Northrop Corp., (Cir. Ct. Cook County, Ill.; N.D. Ill.).  Successfully represented technology services company in breach of contract action against defense contractor and related shareholders' class action alleging false and misleading statements involving revenue recognition.
• Aetna v. Dow Chemical Co., (E.D. Michigan).  Successfully defended insurance company in two-month jury trial involving the responsibility for environmental clean-up and remediation costs, settled favorably on the eve of closing arguments.
• Pacific Ins. Co., et al. v. Catholic Bishop of Spokane, et al., (E.D. Washington).  Represented insurer in Washington coverage litigation involving potential coverage for clergy abuse claims and associated bankruptcy of insured Diocese.
• FECC v. Safety-Kleen, (Cir. Ct., Cook County, Ill.).  Successfully defended environmental services provider in breach of contract trial against equipment lease financing company and in subsequent affirmative action against the company for recovery of our client's attorneys' fees.
• National Hockey League Players' Association.  Represented the NHLPA in connection with several player salary arbitrations, including winning some of the highest salary awards on record for goaltenders.