About
Philip Berenz is a Chicago trial attorney truly committed to assisting individuals and businesses with securing all available remedies and compensation for injuries and disputes and defending them when necessary. He has first-chaired bench and jury trials and has practiced extensively in Illinois State and Federal Courts. He has also been admitted pro hac vice to litigate in the Western District of Federal Court in Virginia.
Prior to law school, Philip spent five years in the securities and derivatives trading division of one of the largest banks in the world. There, he served as a financial analyst and an Assistant Vice-President for U.S. financial operations and foreign financial operations in Hong Kong, England, Germany, Asia and Japan.
Practice Areas
- Business Litigation
- Breach of Oral and Written Contracts
- Fraud and Related Issues
- Collection Matters
- Building Defects
- Sales Representatives Commission Disputes
- Real Estate Disputes
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Nursing Home Malpractice and Abuse
- Automobile and Trucking Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Slips and Falls
- Pharmaceutical Injuries
- Class Actions
- Employment Discrimination and Related Issues
Education
- Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington: JD, 2000
- Purdue University: B.S. in Finance & Accounting, 1992
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA): 1993
Bar Admissions
- Illinois (2000)
- Federal Court, Northern District of Illinois (2000)
Publications
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), Co-Author, Chapter 4, Recent Federal Legislation—HIPAA Update, ISSUES IN LONG TERM CARE Practice Handbook, 2002 (a 40+ page chapter on healthcare privacy rules)
- Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Lead Article Co-Author, Arbitration in 1997-1998, The Year in Review in the ISBA’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Publication, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, November 1998 (Volume 5, Number 1) (Survey of ‘97-’98 national case law)
