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Colin Wexler is a principal in the firm's Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including product liability, consumer class actions, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, insurance coverage work for policyholders, tortious interference with contract and antitrust actions. Mr. Wexler's practice has also included accounting, actuarial and legal malpractice claims. Mr. Wexler's recent experience defending consumer class actions includes numerous successful defenses of claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Truth In Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act. Mr. Wexler's consistent and repetitive defense of class actions under these statutes keeps him up-to-date on the developing and always shifting body of class action decisions. Mr. Wexler's extensive experience litigating insurance coverage issues for policyholders in high-stakes disputes include successful resolution of cases for Fortune 500 companies in which hundreds of millions of dollars of insurance coverage are at stake. Mr. Wexler has experience litigating professional negligence in a variety of settings, including prosecuting actuarial malpractice and prosecuting legal malpractice claims. Mr. Wexler was also involved in defending an accounting malpractice claim seeking hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Wexler is a former law clerk to the Honorable Charles P. Sifton, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. He is also on the board of directors of Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM), an organizations that provides legal and educational services to maintain the bond between imprisoned mothers and their children. Mr. Wexler is admitted to practice in Illinois state courts, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. While receiving his law degree from the University of Michigan, he was contributing editor and associate editor of the Michigan Law Review. Professional Activities
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