John T. Hundley
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Business Law, Debtor & Creditor, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Probate
1115 Harrison Street, P.O. Box 906, Mount Vernon, IL 62864
About John T. Hundley
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Debtor & Creditor
- Estate Planning
- Real Estate
- Civil Litigation
- Probate
Education
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1979J.D.
- Honors: With Honors
- University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1970B.S.
- Honors: With Honors
Representative Cases
- Noyola v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 179 Ill.2d 121, 688 N.E.2d 81 (1997)
- In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation, 685 F.2d 810, 34 Fed.R.Serv.2d 513 (3d Cir. 1983)
- Grant v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 282 Ill.App.3d 1011, 668 N.E.2d 1188 (1996)
- Stewart v. EGNEP (Pty) Limited, 581 F.Supp. 788 (C.D. Ill. 1983)
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1108 (N.D. Ill. 1983)
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1118 (N.D. Ill. 1983)
- In re Torres, 191 B.R. 735 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1996)
- Kissner v. Stephenson, 2006 WL 3314477 (S.D. Ill. 2006)
- Tai Hospitality Inc. v. Khan, 2006 WL 44184 (S.D. Ill. 2006)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 2028190 (S.D. Ill. 2007)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 1521495 (S.D. Ill. 2007)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 1521498 (S.D. Ill. 2007)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2008 WL 2224898, 184 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2373 (S.D. Ill. 2008)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 567 F.3d 860, 186 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2609 (7th Cir. 2009)
- J. Wilderman Autoplex Corp. v. Norton, 2009 WL 1230016 (S.D. Ill 2009)
- Finch v. Finch, 2009 WL 310776 (S.D. Ill. 2009)
- Eggmann v. Myers, 2009 WL 1098677 (S.D. Ill. 2009)
- Eggmann v. Myers, 2009 WL 3762975 (S.D. Ill. 2009)
- Noyola v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 227 Ill.Dec. 744, 123 Ed. L. Rep. 310 (1997)
- In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation, 1982-2 Trade Cases & ¶ 64,843 (3d Cir. 1983)
- In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation, 10 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1621 (3d Cir. 1983)
- Grant v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 218 Ill.Dec. 356, 112 Ed. L. Rep. 390 (1996)
- Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 155 Lab.Cas. 11,037, 156 Lab.Cas. 11,070 (S.D. Ill. 2008)
- Eggmann v. Myers, 2009 WL 3584133 (S.D. Ill. 2009)
- In re EDG Holdings, Inc., 438 B.R. 154 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 2010)
- In re South Creek Development, LLC, 2010 WL 4683607 (C.D. Ill. 2010)
- J. Wilderman Autoplex Corp v. Morton, 2011 WL 52600 (S.D. Ill 2011)
- Peoples Nat’l Bank v. Banterra Bank, 719 F.3d 608 (7th Cir. 2013)
- Wabash County v. Ill. Municipal Retirement Fund, 408 III.App.3d 924 (2011)
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Instructor, Pretrial Civil Litigation, DePaul University College of Law, 1990 - 1991
- Lecturer, Debt Collection in Illinois, National Business Institute, 2004
- Lecturer, Important Issues for Litigation Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act, Southern Illinois Bankers Seminar, 2005
- Consultant on Business Law Course, The American School, 1997 - 1998
- Lecturer, Living Wills & the Alternatives, Grace United Protestant Church, Park Forest, IL, 2004
- Lecturer, Wills & the Alternatives, Grace United Protestant Church, Park Forest, IL, 2004
- School Reform Advisory Project, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1987 - 1991
- Adviser, Kenwood Academy Local School Council, Chicago, 1991 - 1997
- Adjunct Faculty, DuSable High School, Chicago Coalition for Law-Related Education, 1989
- Cooperating Evaluator, Southern Illinois University School of Law Moot Court Competitions, 2004 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1983
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Federal Courts
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
- Jefferson County Bar Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Partner, 1986 - 1990
- Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Associate, 1979 - 1986
- Hundley & Brusslan, Chicago, Partner, 1994 - 1997
- John T. Hundley Law Offices, Chicago, Owner, 1990 - 1994
- John T. Hundley Law Offices, Chicago, Owner, 1997 - 2004
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Eta Sigma
Articles
Published Works
- Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure - State Law, 51 A.L.R. 5th 603, 1997
- Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure - Federal Law, 159 A.L.R. Fed. 153, 2000
- Business Expansion Through Asset Acquisition: Some Problems Posed By Product Liability Doctrines, 77 ILL. B.J. 492, 1989
- White Knights, Pre-Nuptial Confidences, and the Morning After: The Effect of Transaction-Related Disclosures on the Attorney-Client and Related Privileges, 5 DEPAUL BUS. L.J. 59, 1993
- "Inadvertent Waiver" of Evidentiary Privileges: Can Reformulating the Question Lead to More Sensible Decisions?, 19 S. ILL. UNIV. L.J. 263, 1995
- Long Arms and Foreign Pockets: Can Multinational Financial Organizations Be Used To Subject Alien Defendants to the Enforcement of Illinois Judgments?, CHI. BAR ASS'N RECORD 24, Sept., 1990
- Assignments of Wages in Illinois: Pitfalls for Employer Businesses, 14 DEPAUL BUS. L.J. 21, 2001
- Debt Collection in Illinois: Part 1 - From Start to Filing, Nat'l Bus. Inst., 2004
- STUDY GUIDE FOR BUSINESS LAW, The American School, 1998
- Court Says Broker May Simply Rely On Face of Attachment Order, 54 COMMERCIAL, BANKING & BANKRUPTCY LAW NO. 1 (Ill. State Bar Ass'n), Aug., 2009
- Legislature Changes Laws on Enforcement of Judgments, SHARP THINKING No. 1, Nov., 2007
- 'Know Thy Enemy and Know Thyself': Misnaming and Mischaracterizing Parties Can Be Fatal in Litigation, SHARP THINKING No. 8, May, 2008
- Decision Clarifies Questions on Use Of Citations in Enforcing Judgments, SHARP THINKING No. 13, Oct., 2008
- 'Morning After' Case Clarifies Rules on Right to Sue in Illinois, SHARP THINKING No. 15, Dec., 2008
- Court Says Broker May Simply Rely on the Face of Attachment Order, SHARP THINKING No. 18, Mar., 2009
- Fraud Is Not Required for Claim Under Illinois "Consumer Fraud Act", SHARP THINKING No. 19, Apr., 2009
- Statute of Limitations for Contracts Limited, SHARP THINKING No. 21, June, 2009
- Host of Judicial Developments Confronts Real Estate Industry, SHARP THINKING NO. 24, Sept., 2009
- Some Statutory Changes Affect Provisions on Life-or-Death and Other Medical Decisions, SHARP THINKING NO. 25, Oct, 2009
- Will-Contest Bar Doesn't Affect Inheritance Interference Suit, SHARP THINKING NO. 26, Nov., 2009
- Decision Raises Doubt as to Employer Ability to Settle Disputed Wage Claims, Sharp Thinking No. 29, January, 2010
- Federal Rules Provide the Pattern for Proposed Illinois Rules of Evidence, SHARP THINKING No. 32, April , 2010
- "Case Within A Case" Not Always A Requirement in Legal Malpractice, SHARP THINKING No. 35, July =, 2010
- Court Ups The Ante on Requests To Admit, SHARP THINKING No. 36, August, 2010
- Iqbal and Twombly Raise The Standards for Affirmative Defenses in The Federal System, SHARP THINKING No. 41, January , 2011
- ABCs: Court Issues a Primer on Assignments for Benefit of Creditors, SHARP THINKING No. 42, February, 2011
- Respondents in Discovery: A Beneficent Statute With Traps For The Unwary, 36 S. Ill. Univ. L.J. 335, 2012
- White Knights, Pre-Nuptial Confidences, And The Morning After: The Effect of Transaction-Related Disclosures on The Attorney-Client And Related Privileges, 5 DePaul Bus. L.J. 59, 1992
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