Taft attorney Timothy Eaton contributed the article “To Appeal a Denial of a Summary Judgment Motion…When the Case Goes to Trial, Must you Renew that Issue at Trial: The Seventh Circuit Says No When the Basis for Denial was a ‘Purely Legal Issue’” to the November 2016 issue of The Circuit Rider, the Journal of the 7th Circuit Bar Association. The article discusses whether you can appeal from a denial of a summary judgment where only a discrete legal issue was raised.

Eaton is a senior litigation partner in Taft’s Chicago office, concentrating on appeals, commercial litigation and arbitration. He is a former law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and is active in local and national bar associations. He is a past president of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois.