S. Jay Dobbs Partner

Commercial and Fiduciary Litigation

• Successful representation in dozens of business break-up and shareholder/ member disputes on behalf of both controlling and minority shareholders/ members.
• Jay litigates and counsels clients regarding fiduciary duties of company officers, directors and managing members.
• Representation of a company against a benefits advisory firm in connection with alleged errors in administration of the company’s profit sharing plan.
• Represented directors of a failed bank in litigation brought by FDIC and bank vendors.

Environmental Permitting and Counseling

• Represented limestone quarry operation in vigorously contested permit litigation to obtain 100 year mining permit.

Real Estate Litigation and Commercial Tax Appeals

• Jay has 18 years of representing clients in commercial property tax appeals. Clients include large industrial factories, warehouses, food manufacturing plants, subsidized housing developments, REITS (portfolio of large apartment complexes), shopping malls, strip centers, banks, medical office buildings and a portfolio of factories and office headquarters for the largest global manufacturer of heaving construction equipment.
• Represented banks and underwriters of title insurance in portfolios of mortgage fraud and title defect cases.
• Represented landowner in Illinois when a neighboring land owner blocked access to his only point of entry.  Access was restored following lawsuit and settlement included improvements to the roadway and easements.