Our Team

Robert J. Emanuel

EDUCATION

JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

BA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

BAR ADMISSIONS

State of Illinois

United States District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

United States District Court for Western District of Michigan

NOTABLE REPORTED DECISIONS

Lesniak v. Bank of Am., 169 F. Supp. 3d 766 (N.D. Ill. 2015) (granting motion to dismiss, holding failure to plead actual damages was fatal to plaintiff’s RESPA claim);

Konieczka v. Wachovia Mortg. Corp., 2012 WL 1049910 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 28, 2012) (granting motion to dismiss RESPA claim where plaintiffs failed to plead actual damages sufficient to raise the possibility of relief above the speculative level);

U.S. Bank National Association v. Manzo, 2011 IL App (1st) 103115 (Nov. 10, 2011) (affirmed summary judgment for lender where claim for rescission under TILA was not properly asserted within three years after loan was originated);

Hukic v. Aurora Loan Services, 583 F.3d 420 (7th Cir. 2009) (affirmed summary judgment for loan servicer on FCRA, credit defamation, and consumer fraud claims) (argued);

Pines v. EMC Mortgage Corporation, 2009 WL 1683283 (D. Utah June 15, 2009) (granted summary judgment for loan servicer on FCRA and related state law lender liability claims);

Bruce v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2006 WL 1195210 (N.D. Ind. May 2, 2006) (granting motion to dismiss purported class action claims, recognizing that there is no private right of action under § 1681 of the FCRA)

Margulies v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, 2005 WL 2923580 (N.J. App. Nov. 7, 2005) (affirmed summary judgment in purported nationwide consumer fraud class action involving alleged payment processing errors);

Porcher v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, 2005 WL 545115 (Fla. App. 4th Dist. March 9, 2005) (reversing trial court order granting class certification in consumer fraud case involving alleged payment processing errors); and

Sosa v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, 348 F.3d 979 (11th Cir. 2003) (affirming dismissal of a RESPA class action where predominance requirement was not satisfied).

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Recognized as an Illinois “Leading Lawyer” in 2014 and 2015

Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association’s President’s Award, 2011

Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association’s Best in the Business Award, 2012

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association

  • Member, Board of Directors, 2010 to 2016

  • Member, Executive Committee, 2013 to 2016

  • Co-chair, Legal Issues Committee, 2013 to 2016

BUILD Chicago, a Chicago based non-profit serving at-risk youth in Chicago’s hardest hit communities

  • Member, Board of Directors, 2010 to 2022

  • Member, Executive Committee, 2014 to 2018

  • Co-chair, Board Development Committee, 2014 to 2018

Archeworks, a non-profit public interest design school

  • Member, Board of Directors, 2015 to 2017