TERRI L. MASCHERIN Partner TERRI L. MASCHERIN
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TERRI L. MASCHERIN, Partner Terri L. Mascherin is a trial lawyer. Businesses turn to her for help with disputes over corporate transactions, partnerships, joint ventures, licenses, and contracts, and law firms hire her to represent them in high stakes professional responsibility disputes. She is a first chair trial attorney who is effective in both jury and bench trials, and in representing clients in arbitrations and arguing appeals in state and federal appellate courts throughout the United States. Ms. Mascherin is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. In 2012, Law360 named her a "Top Female Trial Attorney," one of only 15 women nationally selected for the honor. In 2007, she was recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America” by The National Law Journal. A former president of the Chicago Bar TERRI L. MASCHERIN Association, Ms. Mascherin has been nationally recognized for her legal work, Partner including her pro bono representation of death row inmates and her work to PRONOUNS promote effective representation of defendants in capital cases. She / Her CHICAGO Ms. Mascherin is a partner in the firm's Litigation Department, co-chair of the Office: 312 923-2799 Professional Responsibility Practice and Education Practices, and a member of Fax: 312 840-7799 the Complex Commercial Litigation, Patent Litigation and International Email: [email protected] Arbitration Practices. She serves the firm as a member of the International Committee. Ms. Mascherin is also a past member of the firm’s Management PRACTICE GROUPS Complex Commercial Litigation Committee. Education Intellectual Property Ms. Mascherin’s recent commercial cases have included a $189 million award in International Arbitration an international arbitration against a hedge fund manager, a $101 million jury Litigation verdict in a tortious interference case arising from the acquisition of a REIT, the Patent Litigation and Counseling Professional Responsibility successful defense of a shareholder suit seeking to block a leveraged ESOP buyout, a $75 million verdict in a partnership dispute against a Wall Street EDUCATION Northwestern University School of Law, JD, investment banking firm, and a $75 million arbitration award in a dispute over 1984; cum laude, Order of the Coif the breach of a petrochemical supply contract. Duke University, AB, 1981; magna cum Representative cases over the course of her career include: laude, President's Senior Leadership Award, Phi Eta Sigma Complex Commercial Litigation ADMISSIONS Illinois, 1984 Represented Ventas, an S&P 500 healthcare real estate investment trust, in COURT ADMISSIONS Ventas, Inc. v. HCP, Inc. (W.D. Ky), a suit for tortious interference arising US Supreme Court, 1995 out of Ventas' acquisition of a publicly traded healthcare REIT. The three- week jury trial resulted in a $101 million verdict for Ventas. After US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1999 successfully defending an appeal of that verdict, the punitive damages US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, phase of the case settled for an additional $125 million 1987 US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1999 Represented Morton Buildings, Inc., successfully defending a suit by a shareholder and former President of the company who sought to block the US Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2000 company from closing a leveraged sale to the company ESOP. The court US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, ruled in Morton Buildings’ favor just a week after post-trial briefs were filed. 1984 US District Court, Northern District of Illinois Represented Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in Abbott (Trial Bar), 1989 Laboratories v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, et al. (N.D. Ill. US District Court, Eastern District of ©Copyright 2021 Jenner & Block LLP. Jenner & Block is an Illinois Limited Liability Partnership including professional corporations. and 7th Cir.), a joint venture dispute Michigan, 1998 US District Court, Western District of Represented EMB-NHC, LLC in PAMB-LEMBI, Inc., et al. v. EMB-NHC, Michigan, 1998 LLC, (Newcastle County, DE, Chancery), a dispute with Lehman Brothers- owned entities over control of several real estate limited partnerships tried US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1998 successfully in Delaware Chancery Court US District Court, Northern District of Represented General Signal Corp. in General Signal Corp. v. American Colorado, 1999 Power Conversion Corp. (W.D. Wis.) in patent infringement case tried to a US District Court, Northern District of jury, and settled before verdict California, 1991 Represented ConverDyn in ConverDyn v. Blue, et al. (D. Colo.) a suit for fraud and breach of contract involving a long-term uranium supply agreement Represented Midland National Life Insurance Co. in Midland Nat’l Life Ins. Co. v. Ash Brokerage, et al. (N.D. Ind.), a suit to enforce indemnity provisions in two separate stock purchase agreements Represented Honeywell International Inc. in San Benito Consolidated Independent School District v. Coastal Engineering, et al., (Cameron County, TX), a suit claiming mold contamination of eleven school buildings, successfully settled Represented Medical Emergency Services Associates, consisting of over 100 medical groups providing emergency medical services, in Geneva Assurance Syndicate, Inc., et al. v. Medical Emergency Services Associates, et al. (N.D. Ill.), and obtained an injunction enforcing insurance coverage Represented Bellin Health Systems in Bellin Health Systems, Inc. v. Aurora Health Care, Inc., et al., (E.D. Wis.), an antitrust suit Represented Walbrook Syndicate, et al. in Walbrook Syndicate, et al. v. Insurance Company of North America, et al. (N.D. Ill., 7th Cir.), a declaratory judgment action, and secured insurance coverage Represented Hermann Hospital, Inc. in Geneva Assurance Syndicate, Inc., et al. v. Hermann Hospital, Inc., et al. (N.D. Ill.), an insurance coverage suit Represented Medical Networks, Inc., a provider of emergency medical service, in Medical Networks, Inc., S.C., et al. v. Geneva Assurance Syndicate, Inc., et al. (N.D. Ill.), an insurance coverage suit Represents EXDS, Inc. In Re Exodus Communications, Inc., et al. (Bankruptcy, Del.), as general counsel for the debtors, defending claims and prosecuting preference actions Represented Acme Steel Co. in In Re Acme Steel Co. (Bankruptcy, Del.), a letter of credit dispute Represented Gallo Wine Distributors, Inc. in MHW, Inc., et al. v. Gallo Wine Distributors, Inc. (Dade County, Fl.), a preliminary injunction action in a breach of contract case involving termination of a distributorship 2 Represented a shareholder in Rule v. Reynolds, et al., and Rule v. Bicycle Holdings, Inc., et al. (Del. Ch.), a corporate control dispute Arbitration Represented the Redeemer Committee of the Highland Crusader Funds in a successful international arbitration against the former fund manager for breaches of fiduciary duty and of the Scheme of Liquidation of the funds, resulting in a $189 million award in favor of the fund investors. Represented Honeywell International Inc. in Honeywell International Inc. v. Sunoco, Inc. (AAA Arbitration and S.D.N.Y), an arbitration and related litigation over the breach of a petrochemical supply agreement Represented a large industrial business in a series of arbitrations over partnership disputes Represented an inventor in Ovonic Battery Company, et al. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (E.D. Mich., and ICC arbitration, N.Y.), a patent infringement suit, settled successfully after three-week arbitration Represented SPX Corp. in Clayton Industries, Inc. v. SPX Corp. (AAA Arbitration, Los Angeles), a breach of contract and antitrust arbitration Represented EXDS, Inc., in defending an arbitration brought by Cable & Wireless seeking a post-closing adjustment to the place that C&W price for the stock of Exodus Communications, Inc. Represented MCI Communications Corp. in MCI Communications Corp. v. Matrix Communications Corp., an arbitration and related federal court action to enforce arbitration agreement Telecommunications Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co., et al. (N.D. Ill. and 7th Cir.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., et al. (E.D. Mich. and 6th Cir.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Ameritech Ohio, et al., Case Nos. C2-97-721, C2-99-074 (S.D. Ohio), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Wisconsin Bell Telephone Co., et al., Case Nos. 98-C-153-C, 98-C-11-C, 98-2805 (W.D. Wis. and 7th Cir.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Strand, et al., (W.D. Mich. and 6th Cir.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in U.S. West Communications, Inc. v. Hix, et al. (D. Colo.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI Telecommunications Corp. in U.S. West Communications, Inc. v. Jennings, et al., (D. Ariz. and 9th Cir.), an action under Telecommunications Act of 1996 Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. in Ameritech Corp.