Farmers Insurance may have withdrawn its recent climate change lawsuit against 98 local Illinois governments, but a lawyer representing some of the towns sued says that the Illinois legislature should act to protect communities against future suits.
To defend themselves against the high-profile Farmers Insurance lawsuit that have hit communities across Cook County over the spring 2013 thunder storms, nine suburbs have hired attorney Michael Del Galdo as a special counsel to bolster their legal firepower.
The Illinois Finance Authority has established an "approved counsel" list for legal projects, slating $1.5 million for some of the state's top government law firms.
Cook County attorney Michael Del Galdo last week was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in order to observe the oral argument in a PAC spending limits case, McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, whose outcome could reverberate in Illinois’ 2014 general election.
Attorney Michael Del Galdo, partner at the Del Galdo Law Group, will address newly elected suburban Cook County mayors and city council members at the West Central Municipal Conference & West Suburban Training Institute leadership forum in Elmwood Park on Saturday, June 8.
