Eric Kaplan

Biography

Eric D. Kaplan is a co-founder and partner in the law firm of Kaplan Papadakis & Gournis, P.C. in Chicago, Illinois.  His litigation practice concentrates in the defense of business professionals including lawyers, real estate brokers, mortgage brokers, architects, engineers, builders, insurance brokers, appraisers, debt collectors and auctioneers.  He also represents employers in employment practices liability cases.  He has a B.A. degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois where he graduated cum laude in 1988 and J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1992, where he was a member of the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law.  He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in Illinois and Wisconsin as well as the United States District Court for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  His clients include insurance companies, third party administrators and a variety of business professionals and firms that he has represented in state and federal courts in the Midwest.  He is a frequent speaker and presenter for professional liability insurance issues in the professional liability community.  He is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriters Society and is a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and serves as the Co-Chair of the Professional Liability Committee as well as the Lawyers Professional Liability Committee.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: IL, WI