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Appeals panel: Gidwitz, family, associates still owe $13M in legal fees to former Ungaretti lawyers

By Scott Holland | Tuesday, Jun 26, 2018 @ 2:30pm

A prominent Illinois businessman and Republican, who was nominated by President Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belgium, and some of his associates remain on the hook to pay millions of dollars in legal fees after an appeals panel upheld a judicial decision.
Appeals panel sides with Geraci in fight with Mexican billionaire over right to buy downtown Chicago condo unit

By Dan Churney | Monday, Dec 14, 2015 @ 10:47am

Prominent Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Peter Francis Geraci and his wife have beaten back a Mexican mining magnate’s right-of-first-refusal suit, which tried to stop Geraci from buying a Magnificent Mile penthouse above the magnate’s floor. The First District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled in the Geraci couple’s favor Nov. 30, overturning a Cook County Circuit Court decision that had gone against them.