Education
- Juris Doctor (with Distinction): The John Marshall
Law School, Chicago, Illinois.
- Bachelor of Arts: University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Major: Finance
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in:
- The Supreme Court of Illinois
- Federal District Court – Northern District of Illinois
- Federal District Court – Central District of Illinois
- Federal District Court – Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States Court of Appeals (7th Circuit)
- United States Supreme Court
- Federal Trial Bar
- The Supreme Court of Missouri
Associations
- Illinois State Bar Association
- DuPage County Bar Association (Former Director)
- Missouri Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
Honors and Awards
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Named One of the Top Attorneys in Illinois by
Super Lawyers Magazine 2007
- Accepted for Membership by American Board of Trial Advocates 2007
Focus of Practice
Since 1979 Mr. Varchetto has focused his civil litigation practice on professional liability matters, insurance coverage issues and policy litigation, and general insurance defense litigation. He has successfully defended physicians, healthcare professionals, nursing homes, hospitals, medical practices and other institutional healthcare providers in a wide variety of medical negligence cases. He has also represented real estate brokers, insurance brokers, architects and engineers in errors and omissions, and professional liability matters.
Since completing advanced training as a mediator,
Mr. Varchetto has been providing mediation services in tort, medical malpractice and commercial litigation matters.
In his general insurance defense practice, Mr. Varchetto has represented insured and self-insured defendants in cases involving extensive property damage, catastrophic injuries and other personal injuries in cases involving vehicular accidents, premises liability, false imprisonment, slander, municipal and school district liability, product liability and business torts.
Mr. Varchetto is called upon by several of the country’s largest insurance companies to render coverage opinions as to both personal lines insurance policies as well as commercial insurance policies. He has experience in rendering opinions on complex issues of inter-related coverages on construction projects and off-shore manuscript policies such as those issued by members of the Institute of London Underwriters. He has also litigated a significant number of diverse coverage issues.
Because of his experience in insurance related litigation matters, Mr. Varchetto regularly lectures to and participates in training and education seminars for the firm’s insurance and self-insured clients.
Mr. Varchetto is a guest faculty member of the University of Notre Dame Law School, participating in the trial advocacy program.
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Phone: 630.384.3120
lvarchetto@mrvlaw.com
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