OUR HISTORY
For more than 25 years Sudekum Cassidy and Shulruff has counseled clients on coverage issues; contract disputes; catastrophic property losses, including fire and arson claims and personal injury matters.
OUR HISTORY
For more than 25 years Sudekum Cassidy and Shulruff has counseled clients on coverage issues; contract disputes; catastrophic property losses, including fire and arson claims and personal injury matters.






WHAT SETS US APART
Our clients and colleagues say it best:
“Thank you for all your hard work on my case. Your intense field work and impressive research is what won the case. Thank you for giving me my peace back.”
“Thank you very much for your hard work and preparation for the trial yesterday! I know to you it was your job, but to me it meant more. I enjoyed working with both of you. Many blessings in your career.”
“Thanks for the awesome outcome. Way to go!”
“Thank you for all your support to resolve this matter. We are very pleased with the result and the very professional you navigated us to this point. A big thank you for working thru this. We have been particularly impressed by your professionalism and timing.”
“I personally want to thank you for all the time and effort that you put into this case. I feel that we had a favorable verdict because we had the right case to try and because of the way that you prepared for and conducted the trial on our behalf. I look forward to working with you on similar type cases in the future.”
“I wanted to take a few minutes to express my gratitude and appreciation for your dedication and hard work on my case over the past few years. I do not believe I could have felt more comfortable or confident with any other attorney. I was impressed as much by your personable, caring manner as by your professionalism. I hope to live up to your example of dedication, integrity, conscientiousness in my own professional life.”
“Way to go! Thank you for so capably representing our daughter. She can’t stop talking about the trial. We are left with a sense that the system does work. Again, we are grateful for your efforts.”
“Thank you for such a fine job. You did an excellent job. I feel completely confident things will work out for us.”
“I recently attended one of your presentation on fraud, foreclosures and bankruptcies. I wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and found it to be interesting and educational. Having practiced insurance law for many years, it isn’t often a seminar holds my attention.”
WHAT SETS US APART
Our clients and colleagues say it best:
“Thank you for all your hard work on my case. Your intense field work and impressive research is what won the case. Thank you for giving me my peace back.”
“Thank you very much for your hard work and preparation for the trial yesterday! I know to you it was your job, but to me it meant more. I enjoyed working with both of you. Many blessings in your career.”
“Thanks for the awesome outcome. Way to go!”
“Thank you for all your support to resolve this matter. We are very pleased with the result and the very professional you navigated us to this point. A big thank you for working thru this. We have been particularly impressed by your professionalism and timing.”
“I personally want to thank you for all the time and effort that you put into this case. I feel that we had a favorable verdict because we had the right case to try and because of the way that you prepared for and conducted the trial on our behalf. I look forward to working with you on similar type cases in the future.”
“I wanted to take a few minutes to express my gratitude and appreciation for your dedication and hard work on my case over the past few years. I do not believe I could have felt more comfortable or confident with any other attorney. I was impressed as much by your personable, caring manner as by your professionalism. I hope to live up to your example of dedication, integrity, conscientiousness in my own professional life.”
“Way to go! Thank you for so capably representing our daughter. She can’t stop talking about the trial. We are left with a sense that the system does work. Again, we are grateful for your efforts.”
“Thank you for such a fine job. You did an excellent job. I feel completely confident things will work out for us.”
“I recently attended one of your presentation on fraud, foreclosures and bankruptcies. I wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and found it to be interesting and educational. Having practiced insurance law for many years, it isn’t often a seminar holds my attention.”
The Firm specializes in the following:
- Coverage Issues.
- First-Party Property and Catastrophic Claims: The Firm focuses on claims involving weather-related losses, including wind and hail, tornado, earth-movement, first, arson, construction defect, theft, homeowner losses, including water-relate damage.
- Third-Party Liability/Bodily Injury: Our Firm is a leader in the Midwest in defending bodily injury claims and clinic investigation.
- Extra-contractual Damages/Bad Faith: The Firm is accomplished at defending insurers sued for damages exceeding the policy limits. Theories of recovery include 215 ILCS 5/155.
- Commercial Litigation: The Firm represents landlord, property owners, contractors and business owners.
- Replevin: The Firm specializes in suing towing companies to recover improperly impounded vehicles.
- Construction Defects: The Firm represents general contractors, sub-contractors and building professionals sued for claims alleging construction and installation defects.
The Firm specializes in the following:
- Coverage Issues.
- First-Party Property and Catastrophic Claims: The Firm focuses on claims involving weather-related losses, including wind and hail, tornado, earth-movement, first, arson, construction defect, theft, homeowner losses, including water-relate damage.
- Third-Party Liability/Bodily Injury: Our Firm is a leader in the Midwest in defending bodily injury claims and clinic investigation.
- Extra-contractual Damages/Bad Faith: The Firm is accomplished at defending insurers sued for damages exceeding the policy limits. Theories of recovery include 215 ILCS 5/155.
- Commercial Litigation: The Firm represents landlord, property owners, contractors and business owners.
- Replevin: The Firm specializes in suing towing companies to recover improperly impounded vehicles.
- Construction Defects: The Firm represents general contractors, sub-contractors and building professionals sued for claims alleging construction and installation defects.
THE HISTORY OF SCS
RECOGNITION
Sudekum, Cassidy and Shulruff is A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for legal achievements and ethics. Rick Sudekum is a member of Claims Litigation and Management Alliance, the largest professional association in the insurance industry.
Our lawyers are also frequently selected as Super Lawyers, a ratings service established by Thomas Reuters.
