George D. Pilja

Lawyer Partner Shareholder @Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff

Chicago, IL, US

Founded as a spin-off law firm from Clausen Miller. Foran Glennon is now a 55+-attorney law firm with 8 offices (including London, UK) and an international practice. Initially recruited from Clausen Miller by a name partner, George was quickly elected to partnership. George leads and mentors teams of junior partners, associates, and paralegals in multimillion-dollar, complex, multijurisdictional matters, including: • $100+ million delay of the Xbox One’s launch• $36 million trial recovery from a catastrophic industrial accident for world\'s largest steel producer• $50+ million multi-party claims arising from a barge allision with major U.S. dam on Mississippi River• National external counsel for a global international boiler system manufacturer and supplier• Consumer class action for non-efficient supply of green energy• Defense of architects, engineers, project managers, corporations and associationsIncluding his time at Foran Glennon, George has over 25 years of experience working with executive and functional leadership, operational managers, GCs, risk managers, insurers, specialized and high profile technical and forensic damages consultants/experts, and others on and others on business strategy and operations, customer and vendor relationship management, best practices and process improvement, federal and state compliance, commercial contracts, supply chain security, preventative counseling, industrial disasters, internal investigations, crisis management, messaging and public relations, risk reduction, pre-litigation evaluation and assessment, internal/incident investigations, contract drafting, analysis and interpretation, preparation of legal opinions, determination of litigation strategies and budgets, management of litigation and expert teams, coordination of discovery, taking and defending of depositions, conducting and leading motion practice, oral argument, mediation, arbitration and trials.

University of Illinois College of Law

Juris Doctor, Law

North Central College

B.S. Business Administration; B.A. Political Science, Pre-Law; Business