Todd Rowden

Background

About Todd Rowden

My clients range from solo entrepreneurs to some of corporate America's largest financial services corporations, service companies, childhood education providers, and privately held businesses. I help them solve their thorniest business problems.As a skilled trial lawyer, litigator and shrewd negotiator – who clients describe as both "tough" and "personable" – I build and execute strategic business dispute resolution plans. I am a good listener who first gets to the root of my clients' business issues before recommending and deploying litigation strategies to achieve their goals. Client service and results drive me. My clients include entrepreneurs, middle-market companies, publicly traded companies, financial services clients, childcare and daycare educational service companies, farmers councils, municipal organizations, real estate developers, small companies, entrepreneurs and individuals with business disputes, internal investigations and dispute resolution – including through early mediation and arbitration - through trial and appeal.I have won consistent results, including in jury trials (in which I have won significant punitive damages) and appeals, for clients in cases involving: • Financial services fraud including retirement and 401K account fraud • Fraud, investor fraud, fraud in the inducement, and, director and officer breach of fiduciary duties • Shareholder, corporate governance and closely held corporation disputes and internal investigations • Childcare and daycare educational companies injury defense, internal investigations, employment and mergers & acquisitions • Agriculture and seed technology disputes • Deceptive practices, conversion and business torts • Complex contract disputes • Preliminary injunctions • Internal investigations for public and private clients • Commercial loan enforcement • Construction contractsMy cases and jury verdict victories have been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law360 and numerous other newspapers, publications and interviews.