Overview
Robert E. Elworth is a partner at the firm’s Chicago office. He concentrates his practice on the defense of insurance producer errors and omissions claims and appellate litigation. Robert has represented clients in litigation pending in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, and Louisiana. He has briefed more than 60 appellate cases in the Illinois Supreme and Appellate Courts, the United States Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Iowa Supreme Court, and the Nebraska Court of Appeals. He has argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and in four of the Illinois Appellate Court districts.
- Appellate Lawyers Association
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Chair, Amicus Committee, 2022-2025
- Vice Chair, Amicus Committee, 2021-2022, 2025 – current
- Law Bulletin Media, “Leading Lawyers,” (2017-2025)
- Illinois Super Lawyers®, (2017)
- “Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury Cases,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Chapter 6, 2006
- “Informed Consent in Orthopedic Surgery,” American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2010
- “Illinois Supreme Court has Opportunity to Clarify Fiduciary Duties Owed by Insurance Producers to Clients,” Helper’s Broom Law Blog, April 2018
- “Does an Illinois Insurance Producer Owe a Legal Duty to an Additional Insured on a Policy It Procured? It Certainly Shouldn’t, and Here’s Why,” Helper Broom Law Blog, August 2019
- “Environmental Attorneys’ Amici Briefs Get It Right,” Helper Broom Law Blog October 2020
- “What’s the Outlook for Insurance Producers’ Liability if Their Clients’ COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims are Denied?,” Helper Broom Law Blog, April 2020
- “Impaired Earning Capacity: Defendant’s Perspective,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education seminars, 2010
