Robert L. Dawidiuk

2004 - Current

The Collins Law Firm, P.C.

Partner

Rob’s recent successes include: • Represented lender in documentation of $55 million syndicated credit facility • Represented international company for its $900 million manufacturing contract • Won summary judgment on $10 million claim on behalf of commercial bank • Part of team securing settlement valued in excess of $35 million on behalf of luxury condominium owners, in out-of-state arbitration • Negotiated with Chinese equity group for development of $25 million commercial real estate development in DuPage County • Obtained class certification in $40 million ERISA litigation involving a lender, with co-counsel in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois • The documentation of over $200 million in restructured credit facilities on behalf of the Firm’s lending clients, facilitating renovation and growth in DuPage County, Cook County, Kane County, and Will County • In representation of borrower, negotiated and documented $8 million credit refinance with out-of-state bank • The dismissal of a lawsuit against bank, in which another lender sought over $1.5 million from the sale of the client’s branch • Defeated a temporary restraining order seeking to freeze more than $500,000 of assets of a manufacturing client, allowing the client to continue operating its facilities • Dismissed case asserting contract, fraud, warranty, and tort claims seeking damages exceeding $875,000, plus attorneys’ fees, from an international manufacturing client • Obtained dismissal, with prejudice, of a shareholder derivative suit seeking $30 million from former bank directors • Dismissed, with prejudice, lawsuit seeking $4 million from former bank director • Dismissed, with prejudice, lawsuit seeking damages in the amount of $3.5 million for breach of fiduciary duty against bank director and officer

Activities: Law Review Member, Council of Higher Education scholarship recipient, Order of John Marshall, Judicial Extern Clerk to the Honorable John K. Madden in Cook County Chancery Court.

The John Marshall Law School

J.D. (2004)

Northeastern Illinois University

B.A. (2001)