Theodore Eidukas concentrates his practice in regulatory matters, complex commercial litigation and employment litigation. Mr. Eidukas' recent experiences have included the representation of several Illinois utilities in a wide variety of contested proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission and in the Illinois Circuit Court.

Mr. Eidukas also has extensive experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including liability suits against a major food processing company in connection with a significant product recall; enforcement of restrictive covenants; defense of employment discrimination claims; defense of defamation claims; defense of class actions in the consumer and financial services areas; disputes involving breach of contract; insurance coverage; antitrust claims; product liability and intellectual property (including both patent infringement and patent validity actions). Mr. Eidukas has represented clients in all aspects of such litigation, including trials, appellate arguments, motion practice, depositions and other discovery.

Before joining Chico & Nunes, P.C., Mr. Eidukas was associated with the law offices of Jenner & Block, McGuire Woods, and Ungaretti & Harris.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented utility company in proceeding before the Illinois Commerce Commission to obtain rate relief and approval of riders for cost recovery.
• Represented utility company in obtaining the Illinois Commerce Commission's approval of a universal settlement of five years of reconciliation proceedings and related claims in Chancery Court over the objection of the Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission.
• Successfully argued for the dismissal of multi-million dollar consumer fraud class action claims brought against utilities for their charging and deposit practices.
• Obtained dismissal of Federal securities fraud class action claims seeking damages in excess of $100 million brought against individual officers and directors of a bank.
• Led investigation of software piracy allegations and successfully defended client against related claims seeking over $200 million in liquidated damages.
• Successfully argued for the dismissal of multi-million dollar UCC conversion claims.
• Defeated attempts to enforce a covenant not to compete against group of eye surgeons by their former practice management company, obtained summary judgment in their favor and succeeded in getting the judgment affirmed on appeal.
• Obtained dismissal of race, age and ADA discrimination claims against national staffing company.
• Defeated sexual harassment claim brought by former employee against owner at engineering firm.

Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1994 (cum laude)
  Order of the Coif, Associate Notes and Comment Editor Northwestern University Law Review, as well as a member of both the National Moot Court Team and the Trademark and Uniform Competition Moot Court
• B.A., Augustana College, 1991 (summa cum laude)