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 joining JAMS in October 2012, Judge Denlow has mediated or arbitrated real property disputes in a variety of contexts:
Representative Matters
- Settled five year old lawsuits between 50/50 partners arising out of $600,000,000 real estate business
- Settled two lawsuits between 50/50 partners involving 27 apartment complexes and creation of plan of separation between partners involving over $100 million in real estate
- $2,300,000 pre-suit settlement of construction contract dispute arising out of currency fluctuation in South America
- $1,000,000 settlement of a claim for breach of a purchase/sale agreement of a nursing home
- $257,000 settlement of landlord suit against tenant alleging property and environmental damage
- $800,000 presuit buyout of 1 of 3 partners in major private real estate investment firm
- Settlement of lawsuit brought by adjoining home owner alleging multi-million dollars in damages arising out of the construction of a new school building
- $1,250,00 settlement of presuit claim against a title insurance company for failure to disclose covenant
- $325,000 settlement of suit alleging fraud and breach of contract in connection with purchase of shopping center
- Settled a breach of contract and fraud suit against builder arising out of the construction of a $2.3 million home
- Multimillion dollar settlement of suit alleging breach of real estate remarketing agreement and counterclaim for fraud
- Settled two suits by real estate developer against municipality alleging breach of contract and fraud for failure to pay for his real estate marketing activities
- Settlement of suit alleging failure to close refinancing of a senior housing project
- Settlement of lawsuit to recover attorney’s fees for property tax reduction services performed for major corporation
- Conducted a med-arb to resolve claim by landlord for breach of a commercial lease by a grocery store chain
- Settled suit for specific performance and breach of contract brought by university against adjoining property owner
- Settled suit for foreclosure and claim against guarantors involving Indiana shopping center
- Arbitrated claim to determine amount of retail parcel square footage
- Settled dissolution of real estate partnership between two brothers by conducting auction between them
- Settled suit for diminution in value to real estate due to environmental contamination
- Conducted a baseball stlye arbitration to determine value of a parking garage
- Conducted a med-arb to separate 50/50 partners valuing the real estate and the buyout value