Ernesto Palomo is a partner in Locke Lord's Business Litigation and Arbitration group. Mr. Palomo has extensive experience representing large multinational companies in court and commercial arbitration proceedings around the country. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of complex business disputes, including cases involving civil RICO, antitrust, fraud, copyright infringement, interference with contractual relations, unfair competition, cases alleging theft of trade secrets and cases involving emergency equitable remedies such as temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. Mr. Palomo also has substantial experience counseling clients on issues of insurance and reinsurance coverage and has represented domestic and overseas insurers and reinsurers in coverage disputes. He has handled disputes in both the life reinsurance and property and casualty reinsurance and direct insurance markets.
Some recent highlights of Mr. Palomo’s practice include:
- Obtained an order from a federal district court judge holding that a South American reinsurer was immune from the security requirements of the Illinois Insurance Code under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
- Obtained an order from a federal district court judge holding that the purported assignee of several reinsurance contracts lacked standing to compel arbitration.
- Obtained a panel order granting summary disposition in favor of a life reinsurer on a retrocessionaire’s misrepresentation and breach of “minimum cessions” provision claims.
- Obtained an order from a state court judge dismissing claims against an insurance company under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act.
- Successfully represented a life reinsurance company in an arbitration hearing regarding YRT Treaty rate increases.
Mr. Palomo devotes considerable time to pro bono matters through the National Immigrant Justice Center, the Center for Disability and Elder Law, and the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. Mr. Palomo also is a leader of the Chicago office's Diversity Committee and Hiring Committee.
Education
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 2002
Symposium Editor, University of Illinois Law Review - B.A., Criminal Justice, with high distinction, University of Illinois, 1999
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
Admitted To Practice
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Languages
Publications & Presentations
- “The Sheriff Knows Who The Troublemakers Are. Just Let Him Round Them Up:” Chicago’s New Gang Loitering Ordinance, U. Ill. L. Rev. 729 (2002).
Professional History
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Board Member, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
- Pro Hac Vice: California and Minnesota
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