DIRECT 312.431.3648

EMAIL dgarmager@karballaw.com

Download Vcard

Douglas Garmager

Partner

    • Concentrates his practice on direct defense and insurance coverage litigation and arbitration, with a focus on professional liability, defending intermediaries, insurance agents and brokers, Lloyd’s cover holders, Lloyd’s syndicates, condominium associations, real estate professionals, architects, engineers, and other non-medical professionals.
    • Insurance coverage practice involves providing insurance coverage opinions and case management, representing insurers in complex coverage disputes, including bad faith, and counseling insurers on coverage issues.
    • Served as a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Patrick J. Quinn of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District.
    • Served as a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Laura C. Liu of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District.
    • Served as a staff attorney in the Illinois Appellate Court, First District's Research Department.
    • Served for a semester as an extern to the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

  • B.A. English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
  • J.D. magna cum laude, Chicago – Kent College of Law, 2010
    – Law Review
    – Member, Order of the Coif
    – CALI Awards for the Highest Grades in: Legal Writing 1, Legal Writing 2, Legislative Process, Antitrust, Employee Benefits Law, and Commercial Law: Payment Systems.

Bar Admission

  • State of Illinois, 2010
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Membership

  • Illinois Appellate Lawyer’s Association