Sarah R. Breitlander
Associate
T: +1 (312) 609 7534
F: +1 (312) 609 5005
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Sarah R. Breitlander counsels clients on a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including disputes concerning fraud, unfair business practices, breach of fiduciary duty, consumer fraud and securities actions. Ms. Breitlander has extensive experience in counseling major franchisors to resolve disputes between them and their franchisees. She has defended various clients against securities fraud class actions. She also defends clients on disputes concerning commercial real estate, commercial foreclosures and construction disputes, and she is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois.
Prior to her entry into private practice, Ms. Breitlander served as law clerk to the Honorable Anne M. Burke while Justice Burke served on the Illinois Appellate Court, First District. Ms. Breitlander has also served as judicial extern to the late James H. Alesia and the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, both district court judges for the Northern District of Illinois.
Ms. Breitlander is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), where she serves as Chair of the Commercial Litigation Committee, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), where she sits on the WBAI’s Executive Board of Directors and serves as Editor-in-Chief of WBAI publications.
In law school, Ms. Breitlander was a member of The John Marshall Law Review and received the Fred F. Herzog Scholarship Award, the Edith and Philip Baim Scholarship Award and the Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Achievement.
Ms. Breitlander was selected for inclusion from 2009 to 2012 in Illinois Rising Stars.
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- J.D., cum laude, The John Marshall Law School, 2003
- B.A., cum laude, University of Kentucky, 1999
- Illinois, 2003
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2003
- Officer and Member of the Executive Board of Directors, WBAI
- Chair, Commercial Litigation Committee, Chicago Bar Association
- Board of Directors, Women's Bar Foundation
- Member, Appellate Lawyers Association
- Member, Forum Committee on Franchising, American Bar Association
- Illinois Licensed Real Estate Broker
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