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Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., high honors, 1997
  • University of Iowa, B.A., high honors, 1994

Admissions

  • Illinois

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • Member of Trial Bar for U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Partner
Direct: 312.977.4482

Tina B. Solis

Tina concentrates her practice in commercial litigation.  She has extensive experience in a wide array of business disputes, including contract actions, law firm dissolutions, shareholder remedies, commercial fraud, trade secret litigation, unfair competition, business torts, and employment defense.  She has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending professional liability cases, including an active practice in representing lawyers in a variety of breach of fiduciary duty claims.  She also has significant experience with construction and procurement litigation.  Tina also routinely handles cases involving temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctions and other equitable relief.  She has litigated in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level.  Tina is also heavily involved in alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation.  She is Chair of the firm's Electronic Discovery and Document Management Group and regularly counsels clients on a variety of electronic discovery issues.

 

Her recent experience includes having:

  • Defended a general contractor in a multi-million dollar construction dispute involving the installation of an overhead and floor conveyor system.
  • Prosecuted a breach of fiduciary duty claim and legal malpractice claim on behalf of a Successor Trustee against the former Trustee of the Trust resulting in a judgment, including punitive damages of approximately $1,000,000.
  • Prosecuted a breach of contract claim for a large multi-media company where the arbitrator entered an award, including attorney’s fees, in excess of $1,000,000.
  • Obtained dismissal with prejudice of a plaintiff’s complaint alleging damages in excess of $200,000 on behalf of a large media company.
  • Prosecuted a former employee for violation of his employment agreement, obtained a Temporary Restraining Order against the former employee and recouped virtually all of the former employer's fees and costs associated with bringing the action.
  • Defended an executive vice-president of a large mortgage brokerage company against breach of fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty claims.
  • Defended three employees of a coffee company in a non-compete case where the Temporary Restraining Order was denied and the plaintiff dismissed its case three days later.
  • Obtained summary judgment for a large nursing care facility where a competitor had challenged the grant of a Certificate of Need permit to add additional beds to the facility as arbitrary and capricious.
  • Obtained large settlement for minority shareholder for the fair market value of his shares plus additional damages in a shareholder oppression case.
  • Defended a general contractor against breach of contract and misrepresentation claims involving the installation of a multi-million dollar ERP system.

Distinctions

  • Illinois Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2008 - 2010)

Memberships

  • Associate Board Member, Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS)
  • Associate Board Member, P.A.W.S.
  • Member, Chicago Bar Association
  • Member, Illinois State Bar Association