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Steven D. Pearson

Partner
Head of the Litigation Practice

About Steven

Steven D. Pearson is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal courts in Illinois and across the country. His trial and litigation practice involves a number of areas with an emphasis upon restrictive covenant and trade secrets in the insurance brokerage arena. His vast depth of experience in trials and litigation also involves complex insurance coverage, bad faith, reinsurance, and non-medical professional liability matters. Steven also regularly litigates large scale attorney fee disputes and has testified as an expert witness in such matters. His practice representing parties in restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation involves all aspects of the process, from counseling to litigation through trial and appeal in both state and federal courts across the country. He has an intimate knowledge of insurance, having previously served as both national and regional counsel for several insurance companies in a broad array of industry sectors and taught insurance law for nearly a decade as an adjunct professor of law with a special emphasis on the litigation of insurance claims and related extra-contractual obligations of insurers.

Steven was a founding partner in Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP where during his nearly 25 years tenure, he was instrumental in the growth of that firm from 12 lawyers in Chicago at its founding to over 100 lawyers in offices located in multiple states while serving on the firm’s Management and Executive Committees.

Recognitions

Illinois Leading Lawyers - Insurance Coverage, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation - 2020 (cited in multiple years).

Illinois Super Lawyers - 2005-2016, 2021, Insurance Coverage.

Leading Lawyer, Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated.

The Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Insurance Litigation (2013-2026).

Credentials

Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law

B.A., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

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