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Margaret M. Fitzsimmons
Associate

For Margaret (Maggie) Fitzsimmons, success is in the details. A creative thinker and dynamic personality who never stops until a favorable outcome is attained, perhaps Maggie's greatest strength is her ability to listen and take in every fact of the case before working diligently to apply the law and find the key to the most beneficial result for her clients.

Maggie made her mark very early in her still nascent legal career. The 2007 law school graduate quickly brought her exceptional attention to detail to work for her clients by researching and drafting successful motions for summary judgment on behalf of construction and insurance law clients in state and federal court; drafting pleadings, briefs and memoranda on legal issues arising out of breach of contract, allegations of design and construction defects, professional liability claims, property damage claims and wrongful death claims; and assisting senior members of the litigation team on behalf of a commercial shipping company in a breach of contract and indemnification case. Specifically, in A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc. v. Eppstein Uhen Architects, Inc., 08 CH 18915, Circuit Court of Cook County, Maggie teamed with partners Jeffrey Kubes and Thomas Mulcahy in obtaining summary judgment on behalf of client, Eppstein Uhen Architects, Inc., in a declaratory judgment action. The Circuit Court of Cook County agreed with the team's argument that the contract between the parties did include an agreement to arbitrate.

A former intern for The Honorable Melvin R. Wright, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Maggie has published several articles in such esteemed publications as For the Defense and The Critical Path.

While a student at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, she served as Senior Editor of The Annals of Health Law Journal. Her practice with Schuyler, Roche & Crisham concentrates in appellate law and commercial and civil litigation, including professional liability, product liability, personal injury defense, construction law, and insurance/defense coverage disputes.