Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) joined JAMS following 16 1/2 years of distinguished service as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During his time on the bench, Judge Denlow presided over thousands of matters in both the pretrial and trial stages. He conducted over 2,000 settlement conferences as a judge and over 650 mediations since joining JAMS in 2012.
A nationally recognized expert in settling cases, Judge Denlow has continued to prove invaluable to parties involved in intractable disputes at JAMS. His breadth of experience as an advocate, a settlement-focused judge and successful mediator makes him an ideal choice to mediate the complex case.
Since coming to JAMS in October 2012, Judge Denlow has mediated professional liability disputes in a variety of contexts:
Representative Matters
- Accounting:
- $200,000 settlement arising out of a claim that an accounting firm did not detect fraud committed by client employee
- $500,000 settlement of claim by bank against accounting firm alleging that assets purchased from FDIC were improperly valued
- $500,000 settlement of arbitration proceeding alleging improper asset valuation in connection with purchase of bank assets
- Banking/Directors and Officers Liability:
- Settled 14 lawsuits and pre-suit claims brought by the FDIC against former officers and directors of closed banks alleging they were grossly negligent in making loan. The settlements total over $43,000,000 including 11 multi-million dollar settlements
- Insurance:
- $1,600,000 settlement of suit alleging malpractice by insurance broker in writing life insurance policy resulting in interpleader action by competing claimants to the policy
- Legal:
- $1,000,000 pre-suit settlement of claim alleging malpractice in providing tax shelter advice
- $1,900,000 pre-suit settlement of claim alleging malpractice caused an exceptional case attorneys fee award in a patent case
- $140,000 pre-suit settlement alleging malpractice arising out of a real estate purchase and related rescission lawsuit
- $875,000 settlement of suit alleging legal malpractice arising out of patent litigation
- $525,000 settlement of suit alleging legal malpractice arising out of preparation of securities offering
- $7,500,000 settlement of suit alleging malpractice in structuring of real estate shopping center transaction
- $450,000 settlement of suit alleging malpractice in organizing a LLC
- $550,000 settlement of suit alleging attorney failed to timely renew trademark
- $250,000 settlement of pre-suit claim alleging malpractice arising out of a real estate purchase
- $225,000 settlement of suit alleging failure to adequately represent plaintiff in a federal civil rights action
- $275,000 settlement of pre-suit claim that counsel caused client to make an investment with a crook
- $1,300,000 settlement of suit alleging malpractice in real estate litigation in which multimillion dollar judgment was entered against plaintiff