Steven A. Marderosian has a decade and a half of general counsel experience representing business owners, entrepreneurs, and insurers in a vast array of business, commercial, and indemnity matters. His practice focuses on advising clients in corporate law, litigation avoidance, trials and appeals with an emphasis on:

• diverse business litigation and alternative dispute resolution
• corporate contracts
• employment law
• title issues including mechanics’ and other liens
• contested estates

Mr. Marderosian counsels clients also in unfair business practices, trade secrets, shareholder disputes, insurance coverage, and various other areas of business law and commercial litigation.

Mr. Marderosian utilizes his trial court, jury, and appellate court expertise to counsel clients in a wide array of industries including professional services, manufacturing, technology, and insurance. His unusual breadth of general counsel and litigation experience uniquely qualifies him to advise clients in methods of avoiding or limiting litigation exposure, cost-effective methods of risk management, and early termination of contested matters through alternative dispute resolution, settlement, and other means.

Mr. Marderosian is a highly experienced trial and appellate attorney who has obtained over 30 successful solo jury verdicts and has argued orally before the appellate courts. Some of his most significant accomplishments are as follows:

• Defeated $2,000,000.00 legal malpractice case via directed verdict during jury trial
• Won dismissal of $1,500,000.00 real estate fraud case, affirmed on appeal
• Assessed $785,000.00 verdict value 4 years before jury returned $785,000.00 verdict
• Defeated $500,000.00 intentional tort case via not guilty jury verdict, affirmed on appeal
• Induced defamation defendant to sign $200,000.00 consent judgment before jury selection
• Obtained oral argument in 2 consecutive appeals by court that heard only 3% of all cases

Prior to joining Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC in June 2006, Mr. Marderosian practiced in Chicago with a boutique general counsel firm, a large insurance and commercial litigation firm, and a mid-sized insurance defense firm.

Mr. Marderosian gave an accident reconstruction presentation in a seminar for attorneys and insurance industry professionals at an Illinois Insurance Law Forum at Pheasant Run Resort.

I firmly believe that success in all facets of life depends on balance. Between work and family, mind and body, conflict and avoidance, balance always is the key. I apply this approach not only to every aspect of my professional and personal life, but also to every particular matter I handle for clients. This enables me to keep an eye on attaining desired and cost-effective outcomes while aggressively representing client’s interests, making balance vital to business success as well.

This approach allows the balance that is vital to my personal interests, including telemark sking and karate, to serve as a metaphor for advising clients in their business practices and disputes.