Dana Pesha, Associate

Email: dpesha@futtermanhoward.com

BAR ADMISSIONS
Illinois
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
Dana is an experienced litigator with a broad background in general civil litigation and appellate practice. She likes the challenge of litigation –the research required to create a persuasive case, the instant decision-making required during a trial, and the good feeling that comes from working on civil rights cases.

She has worked in a variety of substantive law areas including personal injury, medical malpractice, contracts, chancery disputes, FELA, class actions, and defense of disciplinary actions against attorneys and judges. Among her recent cases:

  • Member of trial team responsible for a FELA jury trial that proceeded in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
  • Member of trial team responsible for Chancery Action involving contractual dispute of an LLC that proceeded in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
  • Represented partner of Internet Company in arbitration of corporate dissolution and resulting buy-out.
  • Conducted Appellate Oral Arguments before the Review Board of the A.R.D.C. and the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
  • Member of trial team responsible for month-long trial of Chancery Action involving Class Action of employment wage and hour dispute that proceeded in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

LEGAL CAREER
2003-2010, Associate Attorney, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, IL
2002-2003, Law Clerk, Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D’Alba, Ltd., Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member, Alumna Association, The John Marshall Law School
Member, American Bar Association
M ember, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association

ARTICLES & SPEECHES
Co-author of IICLE Class Actions 2006, Chapter 10, “Settlement Procedures, Negotiations and Agreements Under State and Federal Rules.”

EDUCATION
J. D., The John Marshall Law School, Honors: Quarter Finalist in Herzog Oral Argument Competition, Interscholastic Moot Court Team, Activities: Women’s Law Caucus, Student Bar Association, Class Representative, Moot Court Council (2003)
Participant, Independent Study Abroad, Rome Italy with the Honorable Sheila Murphy / The John Marshall Law School, (2001)
B.A., Bradley University, Peoria, IL (1999)