Todd Gale

Senior Counsel


The essence of litigation is confrontation—clients retain lawyers to confront issues that have become disputes. But not every disagreement needs to escalate into a bare-knuckle brawl.

Todd Gale helps his clients get the outcome they need by focusing on the bigger picture and leveraging the perspective earned by his experience to identify a resolution that works for them and their business.  

Todd’s clients engage his services when they face complex litigation and need to chart a course forward. He helps them identify what they need and how litigation might get them there. Often, finding a solution includes determining what the other side needs to resolve the dispute.

Some situations demand a fight. From securing critically important injunctions to obtaining judgements and defending them on appeal, Todd understands how to turn his strategic perspective into results. 

Todd has deep experience at every stage of litigation, from inception through discovery, pre-trial motions, trial, and appeal. He most often handles commercial disputes and has tried cases before state and federal courts and arbitrators, related to contracts, dealer termination, real estate, unfair competition, antitrust, mass torts, securities fraud, and bankruptcy. Todd also serves as the firm's Assistant General Counsel.

In every fight about money, emotions get involved. I help my clients think about the big picture, decide what they really want and need to resolve a dispute, and guide them to a practical solution.
    • University of Notre Dame School of Law, J.D., Law Review
    • Michigan State University, B.A.
  • Bar Admissions

    • Illinois
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • Michigan
  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
    • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
    • Recognized in Illinois Super Lawyers® for Business Litigation, 2018-Present
    • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

    • Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
    • Named an Illinois Super Lawyer for General Litigation by Law & Politics, 2007-2012
    • James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, Evanston, Illinois, Advisory Council
    • Division Counsel, Commercial Litigation, Abbott Laboratories

    • Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

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