| 12 January 2009 |
As he was in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Gary
Leydig has been named an Illinois “Super Lawyer” by Law
& Politics Publications. Only five percent of Illinois attorneys
are named to the overall Super Lawyers list. As in the past, the list
of Illinois Super Lawyers appeared in the January issue of Chicago
magazine. |
| 15 December 2008 |
Having been earlier stymied by the district
court in his effort on behalf of a local Girl Scout council to prevent
the arbitrary taking of its territory by the national Girl Scout organization,
the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals today handed down its opinion
in support of an interlocutory order of preliminary injunction against
the Girl Scouts of the USA. The opinion is the first of its kind in
the nation to hold that nonprofit organizations are as subject to
a state’s franchise and dealership laws as are their for-profit
counterparts. The case has received considerable attention in both
the legal and mainstream press. Click
here to read commentary by the State Bar of Wisconsin. Click
here to read the article run in Franchise Times magazine. |
| 12 August 2008 |
Gary Leydig has again been included in the list
of Illinois’ “Leading Lawyers” published by the
Law Bulletin Publishing Company. This is a distinction earned by fewer
than 5% of all Illinois lawyers. Mr. Leydig was also named to the
The Leading Lawyers Network Advisory Board. |
| 1 August 2008 |
Gary Leydig has been recognized by the
International Bar Association and Law Business Research Ltd., and
has been named in the publication Who’s Who Legal-Illinois.
This publication lists the International Who’s Who of Business
Lawyers. Gary is one of just twenty lawyers from the state of Illinois
recognized in the area of franchise law. |
| 16 January 2008 |
For a third year in a row, Gary Leydig
has been named an Illinois “Super Lawyer” by Law &
Politics Publications. Only five percent of Illinois attorneys are
named to the overall Super Lawyers list. |
| 3 August 2007 |
The Law Bulletin Publishing Company has again named Gary Leydig
to its list of Illinois Leading Lawyers. The list of Leading Lawyers
is the result of thousands of contacts with Illinois lawyers asking
them which of their peers they believe comprises the top lawyers.
Only those lawyers who are most often recommended qualify as Leading
Lawyers. Over 51,000 surveys were mailed to lawyers in Illinois.
From this initial list, panels of lawyers who are expert in their
fields ultimately choose the Leading Lawyers; a distinction earned
by fewer than 5% of all Illinois lawyers. |
| 8 March 2007 |
The lead article run by Forkliftaction.com highlighted
Gary Leydig's efforts and successes in protecting the rights of lift truck
dealers across the country. Commenting on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeal’s
affirmance of the wrongful dealership termination case tried by Mr. Leydig
in 2003, Gary was quoted as saying: “I hope the appellate court’s
recent decisions and orders will cause Raymond [the manufacturer found guilty
of wrongfully terminating its dealer and who blamed the outcome on a bad
legal system], and others who think like Raymond, to reconsider the obviously
self-serving and wrongheaded outlook on the greatest and fairest legal system
in the world. A large part of my practice involves representing dealers.
Many dealers are unaware that these and similar statutes exist for their
protection. I hope this case educates dealers about their potential rights
and causes manufacturers to draft fairer contracts and treat their dealers
with the good faith and fairness these statutes require.” To read the
full article, click here. |
| 17 January 2007 |
Gary Leydig has again been named an Illinois “Super
Lawyer” by Law & Politics Publications. Only five percent of Illinois
attorneys are named to the overall Super Lawyers list. As in the past, the
list of Illinois Super Lawyers appeared in the January issue of Chicago magazine. |
| 28 December 2006 |
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for
the 8th Circuit today rendered a decision affirming a judgment against The
Raymond Corporation (a member of the Toyota Industries family of companies)
in the amount of $12,729,767. The appeal arose out of a suit brought by Gary
Leydig on behalf of Minnesota Supply Company, claiming that Minnesota Supply
had been wrongfully terminated as Raymond’s dealer in Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, and portions of Wisconsin. In 2003, a jury found, and the
Eighth Circuit today affirmed, that Raymond had wrongfully terminated its
former dealer, Minnesota Supply Company, in violation of a Minnesota statute
that, among other things, prohibits a manufacturer from terminating industrial
equipment dealers without good cause. The Circuit Court today also remanded
the case back to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
for the recalculation of the total attorneys’ fees and expenses that
should be awarded to Minnesota Supply as a result of the Circuit Court’s
decision. Fees and expenses incurred by Minnesota Supply through the end
of the trial in 2003, in an amount in excess of $740,000, had already been
awarded by the trial court to Minnesota Supply prior to today’s ruling.
To read more about this case, click here. |
| 7 June 2006 |
The Law Bulletin Publishing Company has named
Gary Leydig to its list of Illinois Leading Lawyers. The list of Leading
Lawyers is the result of thousands of contacts with Illinois lawyers asking
them which of their peers they believe comprises the top lawyers. Only those
lawyers who are most often recommended qualify as Leading Lawyers. Over 51,000
surveys were mailed to lawyers in Illinois. From this initial list, panels
of lawyers who are expert in their fields ultimately choose the Leading Lawyers;
a distinction earned by fewer than 5% of all Illinois lawyers. |
| 13 January 2006 |
Gary Leydig has been named an Illinois “Super
Lawyer” by Law & Politics Publications. Only five percent of Illinois
attorneys are named to the overall Super Lawyers list. The selection process
for Super Lawyers includes peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel review process
and independent research on candidates. The list of Illinois Super Lawyers
appeared in the January issue of Chicago magazine. |
| 2 April 2004 | Franchise
Times magazine has named Gary Leydig one of the nation's top franchise
lawyers. The list of attorneys, what the magazine calls its "legal eagles",
names the top 100 "go-to-lawyers" who are respected by their peers,
adversaries and clients. Read
more |
| 18 February 2004 | The
Illinois Appellate Court has reversed the Circuit Court of Cook County and has
directed that court to enter judgment in favor of Gary Leydig's client. The Appellate
Court ruled that the individual owner of a real estate development company wrongfully
diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits from one of its residential
developments and more than ninety thousand dollars from its checking account in
order to avoid paying down a judgment owing to Mr. Leydig's client. As a result,
the Appellate Court has ordered a judgment be entered personally against the owner
and president of the judgment debtor. Read more. |
| 25 July 2003 | The
Business Journal for
Minneapolis-St. Paul has spotlighted the success of Gary Leydig's client,
Minnesota Supply Company, in obtaining a $14 Million judgment following the wrongful
termination of its lift truck dealership. "It was big corporate America stepping
on the small guy," says MSCo's general manager, Mark Olsen. |
| 26 June 2003 | Forkliftaction.com
has highlighted Gary Leydig's $14 Million federal court victory for a terminated
lift truck dealer. In the article, Mr. Leydig points out that many "states
have laws that prohibit arbitrary termination of independent dealers. Manufacturers
are well aware of these laws but continue to impose contracts on dealers that
give them complete freedom to terminate the relationship. Hopefully verdicts like
this will send a message." Read the entire article. |
| 24 August 1998 | The
National Law Journal reported on the Seventh Circuit's affirmance of a $1.5
Million verdict obtained by Gary Leydig for a terminated forklift dealer. Read
more. |
| 28 September 1996 | Crain's
Chicago Business highlighted Mr. Leydig's role in obtaining a $1.5 Million
dollar verdict against two of the world's largest heavy machinery manufacturers,
a joint venture of Japan's Mitsubishi's Heavy Industries, Inc. and Caterpillar,
Inc. of Peoria, Illinois. |
| 26 August
1996 | The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin revealed
that Seventh Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook's first jury trial was a case tried
by Gary Leydig. Read more. |
| 29
August 1996 | The Star newspaper reported
on a local lift truck dealer's victory over Mitsubishi-Caterpillar Forklift America
in a case tried by Gary Leydig. Read more. |
