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Geoffrey M. Waguespack is a Partner in our Philadelphia Office and practices in our Subrogation and Recovery department. He is admitted in Illinois and has handled lawsuits in Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, Nebraska, California, Texas, Idaho, and Ohio. He handles claims both nationally and internationally.
His subrogation and recovery practice includes pursuing recovery for clients through negotiated resolution and, when necessary, litigation. He has litigated large, multi-party, complex subrogation cases in multiple jurisdictions, in both state and federal courts. He has experience handling cases for multi-national companies seeking recovery for losses involving significant property damages, product defect, fire, explosion, fire spread, water loss, breach of contract, negligence, and other tort-related issues.
Geoffrey has experience handling cases involving employment law, construction, construction defect, and appeals. He has represented Illinois clients in state and federal courts where death or catastrophic injury or loss has occurred and damages have exceeded insurance policy limits. Geoffrey also has experience in defending personal injury cases arising from construction accidents, automobile accidents, operation of heavy machinery, construction defects, and dangerous conditions on premises.
During law school, Geoffrey was a member of a moot court team and served as the Executive Editor of Publications for the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal.
After law school, Geoffrey served as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Morton Denlow, Presiding Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He also served as a staff attorney for the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District.
Geoffrey has co-authored articles published in NASP’s Journal, the Subrogator. His publications include Historic Hotel, Restaurant & Nightclub Fires Provide Common Threads For Developing Significant Subrogation Recoveries (2016), (Un)Reel Legal Ethics: Obscure Critiques of Ethical Issues in Hollywood Films About Civil Litigation (2015).
Geoffrey has made significant contributions to the IDC Quarterly, a legal publication distributed to judges, practitioners, and industry representatives throughout the state of Illinois. He contributed articles regularly and co-authored several Monographs from 2005 to 2015. He served as the editor-in-chief for that publication from 2013 to 2014 and served on its editorial board from 2007 to 2013. Geoffrey contributed to the IDC Survey of Law from 2011 to 2014, serving as the editor-in-chief for that publication in 2015.
Partners Geoffrey Waguespack, Zach Jett, George McMullin, and Hobie Hind will be sharing their expertise on several key topics at the NASP 2024 Annual Conference, highlighting Butler’s deep knowledge and experience in subrogation and complex litigation. The event will take place from October 27-30 in Phoenix, AZ. NASP’s Annual Conference is a premier gathering of professionals in the subrogati...
Lake Geneva, WI Meet Chicago Partners Jon Barger and Geoffrey Waguespack and Associate Catherine Coghlan on the conference floor at the Western Loss Association's 2024 Fall Conference. This event will occur on October 9, 2024 at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, WI. Expect to see many Chicago-area insurer claims representatives and other industry professionals there! Click here ...
Insurer May Subrogate to the Rights of an Additional Insured Based on Contractual Right Chicago Partner Geoffrey Waguespack was recently featured in the CLM Construction Claims Magazine, Winter 2023 Edition. A brief excerpt of the article is available below. In a recently decided opinion, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District held that an insurer may subrogate to the rights of an addition...
Illinois Appellate Court Holds that Insurer May Subrogate to the Rights of an Additional Insured Based on a Contractual Right to Subrogation and that Equitable Subrogation Principles Do Not Apply In a recently decided opinion, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District held that an insurer may subrogate to the rights of an additional insured under an insurance policy based on a contractual ri...
On June 10, 2023, Chicago Partner Geoffrey Waguespack, paralegal Michael Lally, and secretary Sonia Cerda participated in a community service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. They packed nearly four tons of potatoes for distribution into the community during the event! Many hands made little work, however, and there were plenty of smiles and laughs from beginning to end. Thank you to...
In U.S. Automatic Sprinkler Corp. v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 21A-CT-580, 2022 WL 906142 (Ind. Ct. App. Mar. 29, 2022), the Indiana Court of Appeals held that a subrogation waiver in an insured’s maintenance contract did not bar recovery by the plaintiff insurer for a water loss at a leased space because the defendant contractor’s work was not performed under the contract with the insured. The...
As we move into the new year, please join us in congratulating our firm’s newest Partners! You can learn more about them by clicking on their individual photos....
As far back as 600 BC, the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, Thales of Miletus, observed that, when amber was rubbed against fur, it would emit an invisible force that would attract small fibers and could be discharged with a shock. This observation is one of the first known recorded experiences with what we now understand to be static electricity. Static electricity fascinated t...
In Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Fowlkes Plumbing LLC, 17-cv-010-GHD-DAS, 2018 WL 842169 (N.D. Miss. Feb. 12, 2018), the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi held that the subrogation waiver of Section 11.3.7 of AIA Document A201-2007 bars recovery for damages to property associated with a window restoration project that compromises the “Work” only. The Court granted...
Geoffrey Waguespack presented the webinar "Data Center Fires – Working Through the Cloud of Potential Liabilities in a Subrogation Recovery Pursuit" on July 23, 2019 for the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP). This webinar explored the challenges of subrogation recovery for data center fires, with a focus on four key components: power, cooling, maintenance, and fire supp...
For the fourth year in a row, Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig has spread some end of the school year cheer to seniors in eight different locations. Butler’s annual CTRL Your Future essay contest was created by the Firm’s Community Service Committee to recognize deserving high school seniors who have exhibited a commitment to their academics. The winners in each city received a brand-new laptop wi...
Join us in celebrating our newest Senior Associates! Congratulations to Morgan Vasigh in Tampa, Martá Brown in Charlotte, and Geoffrey Waguespack in Chicago! ...
This article originally appeared in the Litigation Management Magazine, a publication of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM). Legal opinions may vary when based on subtle factual differences. All rights reserved. Water boiler failures provide significant recovery opportunities. By understanding how these relatively simple systems work, one can realize that recovery potential an...
This article originally appeared in "Claims Management", a publication of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM). Legal opinions may vary when based on subtle factual differences. All rights reserved. Boom! An explosion occurs. What results is a crisis — a catastrophe for the property owner, their employees, the local community, and all stakeholders in the explosion event. Ever...
This article was originally published in the Subrogator, a publication by the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, Spring/Summer, 2016. © Copyright 2016 by NASP. All rights reserved. Republished by Butler with permission from NASP. Early tragedies, such as the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub and Winecoff Hotel fires, were the catalysts for the development of national fire safety codes a...
Everyone loves a good legal drama. Whether it’s a whimsical comedy, a whodunit, or a weighty social statement played out in the courtroom, they usually are wrought with dilemmas (often self-imposed) giving rise to sticky legal ethical questions, many of which go unresolved, if they are even recognized at all. There are many formal articles, CLE courses, and even college courses dedicated to diss...
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If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....
If you would like to discuss this topic further, please contact Geoffrey Waguespack or directly 312-456-1579....