John D. Dalton

John D. Dalton is a licensed CPA and concentrates in insurance coverage, commercial and professional liability litigation. He also practices in the areas of securities litigation and general business law. He is an author in the areas of school law, environmental liability and insurance coverage. He has given seminars on various issues regarding insurance coverage and policy interpretation. He is a member of the American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. He was also a member of the Insurance Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association from 1999 to 2005.

Mr. Dalton has represented insurance carriers nationwide in complex coverage litigation and advised insurers regarding difficult coverage issues that often arise in Illinois, such as estoppel and targeted tender. He has also advised insurance companies on drafting new policy provisions to keep up with changes in the law. He has defended actuaries, psychiatrists, insurance agents, Registered Investment Advisors and Broker/Dealers. He has obtained successful results at the appellate level in both defense and coverage cases. Specifically, he represented the defendant psychiatrist and hospital in Bloom v. Braun where the Illinois First District Appellate Court limited the use of alleged fraudulent concealment to toll the statutes of limitations or repose. Also, he represented the insurance carrier in Tudor Insurance v. Valuemetrics where the same court limited the usually broad duty to defend, in holding that the insurer had no duty to defend when the underlying lawsuit did not state a negligence claim, because there was no direct duty from the insured to the plaintiff.

Mr. Dalton was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1987. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is also a member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1984 and The John Marshall Law School in 1987. He received an AV rating through Martindale - Hubbell. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois in 1989.

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