Julie Clark

Consumer Protection Attorney in Chicago

Julie (Cobalovic) Clark is a graduate of DePaul Law School and is a partner at Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC. Ms. Clark focuses on class-action litigation with a particular emphasis on consumer matters. Ms. Clark has successfully argued before the Appellate Court, has presented to federal government agencies and has been a speaker at the Chicago Bar Association. She has successfully litigated and been appointed class counsel on numerous class actions in state and federal courts and has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of consumers nationwide, helping to stop unwanted fax advertisements and harassing automated calls to millions of consumers pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Ms. Clark has likewise assisted in litigating cases and providing relief to consumers concerning matters such as and statutes including, but not limited to, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Illinois Consumer Fraud & Deceptive Practices Act.

Areas of Practice:

• Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• Consumer Law
• Class Actions
• Antitrust Law
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• RICO Act
• Trade Regulation
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Foreclosures
• Garnishment
• Consumer Protection
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Warranties
• Telecommunications
• Wage & Hour Laws
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Complex Litigation
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Trial Practice
• Multidistrict Litigation
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• Landlord/Tenant

Litigation Percentage:

• 100% of practice devoted to litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois, 2000
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2001
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2002
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2002
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2002

Education:

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 2000
  • J.D.

• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1997
  • B.A.

Representative Cases:

• Ballard RN Center, Inc. v. Kohll’s Pharmacy and Homecare, Inc. 2015 IL 118644, 48 N.E.3d 1060 (Ill.Sup.Ct.)
• Record-A-Hit, Inc. Nat’l. Fire Ins. Co., 337 Ill. App. 3d 642; 880 N.E.2d 205 (1^st Dist. 2007)
• Qualkenbush v. Hams Trust & Sav. Bank, 219 F. Supp. 2d 935, 936 (N.D. Ill. 2002)
• Covington-Mclntosh v. Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, 2002 WL 31369747 (N.D. Ill. 2002)
• Covington-Mclntosh v. Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, 2003 WL 22359626 (N.D. Ill. 2003)
• W. Ry. Devices Corp. v. Lusida Rubber Prods., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43867 (N.D. Ill. 2006)
• Nautilus Ins. Co. v. Easy Drop Off. LLC., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42380 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Ballard Nursing Center. Inc. v. GF Healthcare Products. Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84425 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Sadowski v. Medl Online. LLC., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41766 (N.D. Ill. 2008)
• Sadowski v. OCO Biomedical. Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96124 (N.D. Ill. 2008)
• ABC Bus. Forms, Inc. v. Pridamor, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113847 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
• Glen Ellyn Pharm. v. Promius Pharma, LLC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83073 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
• Garrett v. Ragle Dental Lab., Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108339 (N.D. Ill. 2010)
• Garrett v. Sharps Compliance, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109912 (N.D. Ill. 2010)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Speaker on Class Actions, Chicago Bar Association, 2009 – Present

Professional Associations & Memberships:

• Chicago Bar Association
• American Bar Association