Scott Ruksakiati
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Member of CLM Since: 2020
CLM Committees
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CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2023 Work Comp, Casualty & Risk Management Conference
Articles
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Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Professional Liability
- Workers' Compensation
Biography
Scott Ruksakiati is the Managing Partner of Tyson & Mendes’ Chicago office. For more than 25 years, he has defended clients in diverse and challenging litigation involving catastrophic injury and death, professional liability, construction defect, breach of contract disputes stemming from multi-million dollar construction projects, transportation litigation and other complex commercial litigation cases throughout the United States. He also has significant experience in insurance coverage matters involving third-party liability and first party property claims.
Mr. Ruksakiati has first-chaired numerous jury trials and commercial arbitration matters to successful conclusions. Most recently, he represented an architect in a case involving serious personal injuries in Cook County, Illinois. After two weeks of trial and after his cross-examination of the Plaintiff’s expert, the case settled for a nominal amount when the trial court refused to rule on a motion for a directed verdict until after the trial. Mr. Ruksakiati also secured an arbitration award in a multi-million construction dispute in which his client was found not guilty and received 100% of its attorneys’ fees. He is known for successfully resolving cases prior to trial or arbitration by developing defenses for winning summary judgment and by positioning cases for favorable resolution through mediation.
Scott Ruksakiati received his undergraduate degree in economics and telecommunications from Indiana University in 1990 and his J.D. from DePaul University in 1993. He is a member of the bars of the State of Illinois, the Northern District of Illinois (general and trial bars), the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the District of Nebraska, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In his spare time, Scott enjoys indoor cycling, puzzling over crosswords, hiking and chasing little white balls through trees and into small bodies of water.
Education
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Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: IA, NE, IL