O'Hagan Spencer

Professional Overview

Edward (Ted) Eberspacher is an associate trial lawyer in O’Hagan Spencer’s Chicago office. His practice is dedicated to defending professionals against malpractice claims (lawyers, accountants, insurance producers, securities brokers, real estate agents, architects and engineers); manufacturers in products liability suits (cars, trucks, tires, asbestos, electrical tools and chemical products, including caustic cleaner (sodium hydroxide), detergent (benzene), oven and upholstery cleaner (vinyl chloride) and lindane lotion); and corporations and individuals in commercial disputes.

Ted was admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court in 2005. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.

Education

Ted received his Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Illinois in 2002 and his Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2005. Prior to graduating, the College of Law awarded Ted the prestigious Rickert Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy and CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Evidence. He was also a regional champion and national finalist in the National HNBA Moot Court Competition and placed third overall with thirty-four teams competing. While at Illinois, Mr. Eberspacher was also recognized as a Harno Scholar.

Professional Organization Memberships

Member: Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute

• (DRI Professional Liability Steering Committee 2007-present; Publications Vice-Chair, "Riding the E&O Line" 2008-2009; Publications Chair, "Riding the E&O Line" 2009-present)
  

Member: Professional Lines Attorney Network (PLAN)
Member: American Bar Association (ABA Advisory Panel 2008-present)
Member: Illinois State Bar Association
Member: Chicago Bar Association

News, Publications, & Speeches

• Summary Judgment in Cook County & Removal to Federal Court
• Language and Cultural Barriers Do Not Save Immigrant's Untimely Legal Malpractice Claim--In The Loop (March 2011)
• "Duty – A Modernized Guide for Defending the Insurance Producer Claim", For The Defense (DRI, January 2011)
• "Pay it Forward - Legal Malpractice and the Liability of Successor Counsel", For The Defense (DRI May 2009)
• "My Negligence? What about Yours? Legal Malpractice and Clients Comparative Fault", For The Defense (DRI, October 2007)

  Courts recognize the role of clients' willingness to cooperate in a successful defense.

• Presenter, "Hot Topics in Professional Responsibility," Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, Professional Responsibility Committee, June 2011
• Presenter, The Liability of Successor Counsel, Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, Professional Responsibility Committee, April 2011
• Co-author, "Duty - A Modernized Guide for Defending in Insurance Producer Claim", For the Defense - DRI, January 2011
• Co-author, "A Case for Business Accountability: Statutorily Limited Duty to Procure By Illinois Insurance Brokers", Agents of America, January 2011
• Co-presenter, Legal Malpractice Claims in Real Estate Transactions, CNA Global Specialty – Program Lawyers, November 2010
• Panelist, How to Prepare for Trial Before Stepping Foot Into the Courtroom, The John Marshall Law School – Civil Trial Panel Discussion, October 2009
• Co-presenter, A Thoroughly Random Discussion of Illinois Legal Malpractice Issues, CNA Global Specialty – Program Lawyers, August 2009
• Co-author, "Pay it Forward - Legal Malpractice and the Liability of Successor Counsel", For The Defense - DRI, May 2009
• Co-author, "My Negligence? What about Yours? Legal Malpractice and a Client's Comparative Fault", For The Defense - DRI, October 2007

Support Staff

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  • Jennifer Howard
  • (312) 422-6147
  • jhoward@ohaganspencer.com
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  • Paul Ketz
  • (312) 422-6131
  • pketz@ohaganspencer.com

Practice Areas

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  Architects & Engineers

  They’re the ones who design the buildings we work in and the roads we ride to get there...

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  Commercial Litigation

  It sometimes seems to us that the people who are writing contracts are stuck in...

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  Condominium Associations

  As the saying goes "A man's home is his castle". If the castle is a condominium, then nowadays that castle is regularly under siege ...

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  Lawyers & Accountants

  We can only imagine how the poor professional must cringe when...

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  Products

  We could tell you about all of the kinds of products we’ve defended...

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  Toxic Torts

  If we had to think of one thing that sums up the prevailing state of mind...