JOHN T. HUNDLEY, PARTNER
THE SHARP LAW FIRM, P.C.

Education:

University of Illinois (B.S., with honors, 1970);
DePaul University (J.D., with honors, 1979).
 
Admitted to bar:
 
Supreme Court of Illinois, 1979;
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1979;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1980;
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1981;
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1983;
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2001.
 
Prior Affiliations:
 
Partner, 1986-1990, Associate, 1979-1986, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago;
Partner, Hundley & Brusslan, Chicago, 1994-97;
Owner, John T. Hundley Law Offices, Chicago, 1990-94, 1997-04.
 
Practice Areas:
 
Litigation;
Creditors’ Rights;
Alternative Dispute Resolution;
Transactional Matters;
Administrative Proceedings;
Equitable Remedies;
Enforcement of Judgments.
 
Reported Cases as Counsel: 
 
Noyola v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 179 Ill.2d 121, 688 N.E.2d 81 (1997);
In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation,  685 F.2d 810 (3d Cir. 1983);
Grant v. Bd. of Ed. of City of Chicago, 282 Ill.App.3d 1011, 668 N.E.2d 1188 (1996);
Stewart v. EGNEP (Pty) Limited, 581 F.Supp. 788 (C.D. Ill. 1983);
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1108 (N.D. Ill. 1983);
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1118 (N.D. Ill. 1983);
In re Torres, 191 B.R. 735 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1996);
Kissner v. Stephenson, 2006 WL 3314477 (S.D. Ill. 2006);
Tai Hospitality Inc. v. Khan, 2006 WL 44184 (S.D. Ill. 2006);
Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 2028190 (S.D. Ill. 2007);
Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 1521495 (S.D. Ill. 2007);
Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2007 WL 1521498 (S.D. Ill. 2007);
Crews v. City of Mt. Vernon, 2008 WL 2224898 (S.D. Ill. 2008).
 
Author:
 
Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure – State Law, 51 A.L.R. 5th 603 (1997);
Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure – Federal Law, 159 A.L.R. Fed. 153 (2000);
Business Expansion Through Asset Acquisition: Some Problems Posed By Product Liability Doctrines, 77 Ill. B.J. 492 (1989) ;
White Knights, Pre-Nuptial Confidences, and the Morning After: The Effect of Transaction-Related Disclosures on the Attorney-Client and Related Privileges, 5 DePaul Bus. L.J. 59 (1992-93) ;
"Inadvertent Waiver” of Evidentiary Privileges: Can Reformulating the Question Lead to More Sensible Decisions?, 19 S. Ill. Univ. L.J. 263 (1995) ;
Long Arms and Foreign Pockets: Can Multinational Financial Organizations Be Used To Subject Alien Defendants to the Enforcement of Illinois Judgments?, Chi. Bar Ass’n Record 24 (Sept. 1990) VIEW;
Assignments of Wages in Illinois: Pitfalls for Employer Businesses, 14 DePaul Bus. L.J. 21 (2001)  VIEW;
Debt Collection in Illinois: Part 1 – From Start to Filing (Nat’l Bus. Inst. 2004)  VIEW;
Study Guide for Business Law (The American School 1998);
Legislature Changes Laws on Enforcement of Judgments, Sharp Thinking No. 1 (Nov.  2007)  VIEW;
Income Withholding Act Poses Employer Threat, Possible Challenge to Punitive Damages Doctrine, Sharp Thinking No. 3 (Jan. 2008) VIEW.
 
Lectures, Seminars and Other Educational Activities:
 
Adjunct Instructor, Pretrial Civil Litigation, DePaul University College of Law, 1990-91;
Lecturer, Debt Collection in Illinois, National Business Institute, 2004;
Lecturer, Important Issues for Litigation Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act, Southern Illinois Bankers Seminar, 2005;
Consultant on Business Law course, The American School, 1997-98;
Lecturer, Living Wills & the Alternatives, Grace United Protestant Church, Park Forest, IL, 2004;
Lecturer, Wills & the Alternatives, Grace United Protestant Church, Park Forest, IL, 2004;
School Reform Advisory Project, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1987-91;
Adviser, Kenwood Academy Local School Council, Chicago, 1991-97;
Adjunct Faculty at DuSable High School, Chicago Coalition for Law-Related Education, 1989;
Cooperating evaluator, Southern Illinois University School of Law moot court competitions, 2004-date.
 
 
Writings Cited:
 
State ex rel. Ford Motor Co. v. Westbrooke, 151 S.W.2d 364 (Mo. 2005);
Wells Dairy, Inc. v. American Industrial Refrigeration, Inc., 690 N.W.2d 38 (Iowa 2004);
Save Sunset Beach Coalition v. City and County of Honolulu, 102 Hawaii 465, 78 P.3d 1 (Hawaii 2003);
Doe v. Maret, 984 P.2d 980 (Utah 1999);
Harris v. Drake, 116 Wash.App. 261, 65 P.3d 350 (2003);
Koch Foods of Ala., Inc. v. General Elec. Capital Corp., 531F.Supp.2d1318, 2008 (M.D. Ala. 2008);
United States ex rel. Bagley v. TRW, Inc., 204 F.R.D. 170 (C.D. Cal. 2001);
Murray v. Gemplus Int’l, S.A., 217 F.R.D. 362 (E.D. Pa. 2003);
VLT, Inc. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc., 2003 WL 151399 (D. Mass. 2003);
JWP Zack, Inc. v. Hoosier Energy Rural Elec. Co-op., Inc., 709 N.E.2d 336 (Ind. App. 1999);
Cooper v. Dunmore Homes, Inc., 2007 WL 2460740 (Cal. App. 3d Dist. 2007);
American Bar Association Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions, Model Joint Venture Agreement with Commentary (Am. Bar Ass’n 2007);
American Jurisprudence 2d: 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Depositions and Discovery §§ 27, 30, 49, 137, 144; 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses § 282;
American Jurisprudence Business & Legal Forms: 2B Am. Jur. Legal Forms 2d, Ch. 25 Assignments, Summary; 3 Am. Jur. Legal Forms 2d, Ch. 30 Attorneys, Part I; 15 Am. Jur. Legal Forms 2d, Physicians & Surgeons § 202:2.
American Jurisprudence Pleading & Practice Forms: 9A Am. Jur. Pl. & Pr. Forms, Estoppel & Waiver, Parts I, II and III References; 9A Am. Jur. Pl. & Pr. Forms, Evidence, Part  I; 10A Am. Jur. Pl. & Pr. Forms, Expert & Opinion Evidence, Part I References;
George L. Blum, J.D., "Communications" Within Testimonial Privilege of Confidential Communications Between Husband and Wife as Including Knowledge Derived from Observation by One Spouse of Acts of Other Spouse, 23 A.L.R. 6th 1 (2007);
A. Lee Bradford, Member of the Florida Bar, Motions for Production and Inspection, 4 Am. Jur. Trials 223 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Kenneth S. Broun, Brandis Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Memorandum to the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules of the Judicial Conference (Jud. Conf. Adv. Comm. on Evidence Rules 2005);
California Law Revision Com’n, Recommendation: Waiver of Privilege by Disclosure, Calif. Law Revision Com’n 2004-2005 Recommendations 265  (Pub. 221 Nov. 2004);
California Law Revision Com’n, Staff Memorandum 2001-29: Evidence Code Changes Required by Electronic Communications (May 14, 2001);
Paul M. Crimmins, Member of the Illinois Bar, Tax Treatment Of Contingent Liabilities On The Sale Of A Business, 40 DePaul L. Rev. 819 (1991);
Richard L. Cupp, Jr., Professor of Law, Pepperdine University, Redesigning Successor Liability, 1999 U. Ill. L. Rev. 845;
Martin L. Dean et al., Managing Litigation, 51 Am. Jur. Trials 1 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Byron F. Egan, Member of the Texas Bar, Dealing with Auditors After Sarbanes-Oxley (Univ. Tex. Corp. Counsel Inst. 2006);
Byron F. Egan, Member of the Texas Bar, et al., How to Respond to Audit Letters (State Bar of Tex. C.L.E. Program 2005);
Byron F. Egan, Member of the Texas Bar, Training Lawyers & Law Students How to Do Deals (Am. Bar Ass’n Section of Bus. L. Spring Program 2003);
Thomas M. Geisher, Jr., Member of the New York Bar, Proof of Basis for, and Grounds for Lifting, Work Product Protection Against Discovery, 39 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 3d 1 (June 2007 Update);
Thomas M. Geisher, Jr., Member of the New York Bar, Proof of Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege, 32 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 3d 189 (June 2007 Update);
Christopher N. George, Member of the Illinois Bar, Someone's Watching: Protecting Privilege On Both Sides Of The Table During Electronic Discovery, 2004 U. Ill. J.L. Tech. & Pol'y 283;
Timothy P. Glynn, Professor of Law, Seton Hall Univ., One Privilege to Rule Them All? Some Post-Sarbanes-Oxley and Other Reflections on a Federally Codified Attorney-Client Privilege, 38 Loyola L.A. L. Rev. 597 (2004);
Richard J. Heafey, Member of the California Bar and of the Adjunct Faculty, University of San Francisco Law School, Return to Sender? Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Information, http://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/338 (Berkeley Elec. Press 2004);
Janet L. Higley, Member of the North Carolina Bar, et al., Confidentiality of Communications by In-House Counsel for Financial Institutions, 6 N. Car. Banking Inst. 265 (2002);
Richard M. Hynes, Associate Professor, William & Mary School of Law, Bankruptcy & State Collections: The Case of the Missing Garnishments, 91 Cornell L. Rev. 603 (2006);
Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated (West): 735 ILCS 5/2-209, 8-801, 8-802, 8-802.1, 8-802.2, 8-803, 8-901; 740 ILCS 170/1, 2, 2.1, 5; 815 ILCS 505/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10a, 10b, 11, 11a, 12; 820 ILCS 115/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
Edward J. Imwinkelried, Professor of Law, University of California at Davis, Determining Preliminary Facts Under Federal Rule 104, 45 Am. Jur. Trials 1 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Leland V. Jones, Assistant Professor, Police Science Department, California State College at Los Angeles, Locating and Preserving Evidence In Criminal Case, 1 Am. Jur. Trials 555 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Dennis R. Kiker, Member of the Virginia Bar, Waiving the Privilege in a Storm of Data: An Argument for Uniformity and Rationality in Dealing with the Inadvertent Production of Privileged Materials in the Age of Electronically Stored Information, 12 Richmond J.L. & Tech. 15 (2006);
Dennis R. Kiker, Member of the Virginia Bar, The Privilege Sieve: Inadvertent Disclosure of E-Information, For the Defense 26 (Defense Research Inst. June 2006);
Jason J. Kilborn, Assistant Professor of Law, Louisiana State University, Mercy, Rehabilitation, and Quid Pro Quo: A Radical Reassessment of Individual Bankruptcy, 64 Ohio St. L.J. 855 (2003);
Damon A. King, J.D., Competency of One Spouse to Testify Against Other in Prosecution for Offense Against Child of Both or Either or Neither, 119 A.L.R. 5th 275 (2004);
Richard J. Kohlman, Member of the California Bar, Protected Communication Between Physician and Patient, 45 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 2d 595 (June 2007 Update);
Richard J. Kohlman, Member of the California Bar, Trial Court Restrictions on Evidence of Defendant's Wealth, 30 Am. Jur. Trials 711 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Raymond P. Kolak, Member of the Illinois Bar, The Dangers Of Successor Liability When Buying Illinois Business Assets, 93 Ill. B.J. 640 (2005);
Monique C.M. Leahy, Member of the Washington Bar, Use of Call Detail Record Evidence in Telecommunications "Phantom Traffic" and Other Litigation, 86 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 3d 217 (June 2007 Update);
Monique C.M. Leahy, Member of the Washington Bar, Telecommunications and Other Litigation: Call Detail Records and Fraud, 97 Am. Jur. Trials 1 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Monique C.M. Leahy, Member of the Washington Bar, et al., Admission of E-mail Evidence in Civil Actions, 103 Am. Jur. Trials 123 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Sam A. Mackie, Member of the Florida Bar and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Central Florida, Proof of Unauthorized Disclosure of Confidential Patient Information by a Psychotherapist, 24 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 3d 123 (June 2007 Update);
P. Magarick, Member of the New York Bar, Investigating the Civil Case – General Principles, 1 Am. Jur. Trials 357 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Kenneth J. Melilli, Professor of Law, Albany Law School, Witness Preparation, 61 Am. Jur. Trials 269 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Edward A. Morse, McGrath North Mullin & Kratz Chair in Business Law, Creighton University School of Law, Technological Entanglements: Evidentiary and Ethical Considerations of Metadata in Interjurisdictional Litigation, 2 J. Int’l Com’l L. & Tech. 94 (2007);
Robert P. Mosteller, Chadwick Professor of Law, Duke University, Admissibility of Fruits of Breached Evidentiary Privileges: The Importance of Adversarial Fairness, Party Culpability, and Fear of Immunity, 81 Wash. U.L.Q. 961 (2003);
Catherine Palo, J.D., LL.M., The Use of Discovery in Product-Related Burn Injury Cases, 99 Am. Jur. Trials 141 (Nov. 2007 Update);
C.S. Parnell, Effect Of Divorce Or Annulment On Competency Of One Former Spouse As Witness Against Other In Criminal Prosecution, 38 A.L.R. 2d 570 (June 2007 Update);
Andrew N. Plasz, Member of the Illinois Bar, Waiver Of Privilege For Documents Inadvertently Disclosed During Discovery, 93 Ill. B.J. 126 (2005);
Henry B. Rothblatt, Member of the New York Bar, Pretrial Procedures and Motions In Criminal Cases, 5 Am. Jur. Trials 27 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Paul D. Seyferth, Member of the Missouri Bar, Taking the Deposition of the Sexual Harassment Plaintiff, 65 Am. Jur. Trials 65 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Gregory D. Shelton, Member of the Washington Bar, et al., Protecting Against Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege or Work-Product Protection Due to Inadvertent Disclosure, Bar News (Wash. St. Bar Ass’n June 2007);
Marjorie A. Shields, J.D., Discovery of Deleted E-mail and Other Deleted Electronic Records, 27 A.L.R. 6th 565 (2007);
Marjorie A. Shields, J.D., Application of Attorney-Client Privilege to Electronic Documents, 26 A.L.R. 6th 287 (2007);
Marjorie A. Shields, J.D., Invocation and Effect of State Secrets Privilege, 23 A.L.R. 6th 521 (2007);
Mikah K. Story, Assoc. Prof. of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 21st Century Pillow-Talk: Applicability of Marital Communications Privilege to Electronic Mail, http://law.bepress/expresso/eps/1747 (Berkeley Elec. Press 2006);
Andrew R. Taggart, Member of the Illinois Bar, Parent-Subsidiary Communications and the Attorney-Client Privilege, 65 U. Chi. L. Rev. 315 (1998);
United States Code Annotated (West): U.S.C.A. Const., Amend. I References & Annotations, Amend. XIV References & Annotations; Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 16; Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 26, 34, 45; Federal Rules of Evidence, Rules 501, 801; 5 U.S.C.A. § 552; 12 U.S.C.A. § 1811; 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2511, 2517; 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332; 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983;
Leon L. Wolfstone, Member of the Washington Bar, Discovery-Oral Depositions, 4 Am. Jur. Trials 119 (Nov. 2007 Update);
John T. Woodall, Member of the Georgia Bar, Commonsense Principles of Civil Litigation, 52 Am. Jur. Trials 1 (Nov. 2007 Update);
Ken M. Zeidner, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Inadvertent Disclosure & The Attorney-Client Privilege: Looking to the Work-Product Doctrine for Guidance, 22 Cardozo L. Rev. 1315 (2001).
 
Member:

American Bar Association;
Illinois State Bar Association;
Jefferson County Bar Association.
 
Honors:

Martindale-Hubbell rating: AV;
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers;
Chicago Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award, 1997;
Who’s Who in American Law, 1994-95;
Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists) College Newspaper Editorial Excellence Award, 1970.
 

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