FREDERICK J. SUDEKUM
Senior Partner
FREDERICK J. SUDEKUM
Senior Partner
“A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fiber of brain and heart and muscle.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fiber of brain and heart and muscle.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
ABOUT RICK
Mr. Sudekum is the Senior Partner at Sudekum, Cassidy & Shulruff. For more than 30 years he has defended insurance companies in a myriad of settings, primarily those involving extra-contractual damages, coverage analysis and fires and explosions.
Before founding the Firm in 1993, Mr. Sudekum was a partner at a major Chicago law firm where he analyzed and defended first-party insurance claims and third-party cases involving built-up medical specials and loss of income.
Mr. Sudekum has conducted hundreds of examinations under oath, provided countless coverage opinions and successfully tried numerous insurance fraud cases to verdict. He also regularly handles appeals resulting from cases the Firm resolves at trial. As a result of his vast experience, he is the recognized leader in Chicago in defending insurers in cases involving extra-contractual damages.
ABOUT RICK
Mr. Sudekum is the Senior Partner at Sudekum, Cassidy & Shulruff. For more than 30 years he has defended insurance companies in a myriad of settings, primarily those involving extra-contractual damages, coverage analysis and fires and explosions.
Before founding the Firm in 1993, Mr. Sudekum was a partner at a major Chicago law firm where he analyzed and defended first-party insurance claims and third-party cases involving built-up medical specials and loss of income.
Mr. Sudekum has conducted hundreds of examinations under oath, provided countless coverage opinions and successfully tried numerous insurance fraud cases to verdict. He also regularly handles appeals resulting from cases the Firm resolves at trial. As a result of his vast experience, he is the recognized leader in Chicago in defending insurers in cases involving extra-contractual damages.
CONTACT RICK
(312)-541-3294
CONTACT RICK
(312)-541-3294
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Insurance Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Third Party Liability
- Appeals
EDUCATION
- University of Missouri-Columbia- 1977
- St. Louis University Law School-1980
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- United States Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Seventh Circuit of the United States Courts of Appeal
- Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
PAST SUCCESSES
- AV rated by Martindale Hubbell for over 20 years
- Selected to Super Lawyers for numerous years
- America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Insurance Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Third Party Liability
- Appeals
EDUCATION
- University of Missouri-Columbia- 1977
- St. Louis University Law School-1980
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- United States Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Seventh Circuit of the United States Courts of Appeal
- Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
PAST SUCCESSES
- A-V rated by Martindale Hubbell for in excess of 20 years
- Selected to Super Lawyers for numerous years
- America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators