Donald A. Tarkington

BIOGRAPHY

Don Tarkington serves as managing partner of Novack and Macey.

In addition to the areas of concentration listed above, Don has experience in matters involving questions of professional malpractice, construction disputes, commercial leasing, bankruptcy and insurance coverage, among others.

Don was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1956. He and his wife, Peggy, have three children and reside in Evanston. Don served as a member of the Board of Education for the Evanston/Skokie Consolidated School District 65 where he chaired the finance committee. He also served as co-chairman of the District 65 Referendum Committee and is the immediate Past President of the District 65 Educational Foundation. Don also serves on the Board of Directors for the McGaw YMCA.

Don is a member of the American Bar Association.

EDUCATION

• Indiana University (B.S. 1978)
• Northwestern University (J.D. 1983); first place, Miner Moot Court Competition; William Jennings Bryan Award and Lowden-Wigmore Prize for excellence in oral and written advocacy; represented Northwestern University Law School in the National Moot Court Competition

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Illinois
• Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS

• “Contractors Beware,” Multifamily Executive, July 2001  
• “Guarding your Company’s Secrets in the Electronic Age,” Accounting Today, Nov. 26 - Dec. 16, 2001  

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• In re Economou, 362 B.R. 893 (Bkrtcy N.D. Ill. 2007)
• REP MCR Realty, L.L.C. v. Lynch, 363 F.Supp.2d 984 (N.D. Ill. 2005)
• Perlman v. Zell, 185 F.3d 850 (7th Cir. 1999)
• Fairfield Development Inc. v. Georgetown Woods Senior Apartments Ltd. Partnership, 700 N.E.2d 1194 (Ind. App. 1998)
• City of Chicago v. Michigan Beach Housing Co-op., 297 Ill. App. 3d 317 (1st Dist. 1998)
• Bastian v. Petren Resources Corp., 681 F.Supp. 530 (N.D. Ill. 1988)
• Trull v. Microsoft Corp., No. 97 C 2709, 1998 WL 25195 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 13, 1998)
• Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v. American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, 93 F.3d 1064 (2nd Cir. 1996)
• Keating v. Estate of Golding, 277 Ill. App. 3d 953 (1st Dist. 1995)
• In re Victorian Park Associates, 189 B.R. 147 (Bkrtcy. N. D. Ill. 1995)
• American Nat. Bank and Trust Co. v. Northern Trust, No. 94 C 6866, 1995 WL 443917 (N.D. Ill. July 24, 1995)
• Bastian v. Petren Resources Corp., 681 F. Supp. 530 (N.D. Ill. 1988)
• National Tax Credit Partners, L.P. v. Havlik, 20 F.3d 705 (7th Cir. 1994)
• Lewis v. Long Grove Trading Co., 13 F.3d 1028 (7th Cir. 1994)
• Lewis v. Hermann, 775 F.Supp. 1137 (N.D. Ill. 1991)
• Bastian v. Petren Resources Corp., 892 F.2d 680 (7th Cir. 1990)
• Singer v. Lexington Ins. Co., 658 F.Supp. 341 (N.D. Tex. 1986)

MEDIA COVERAGE

• Novack and Macey Secures Trial Victory