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Experience:
Rick McCombs focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and international arbitrations, including construction, products liability, capital goods, derivatives, and securities cases. Most recently, Rick was lead litigation counsel for the Chicago Board of Trade in its merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which closed on July 12, 2007. Rick has also represented municipalities in high profile cases and arbitrations involving the desegregation of the Chicago Public Schools, the franchise agreement between the City of Chicago and Commonwealth Edison for the provision of electrical services to the City of Chicago, and protester access to Chicago’s Navy Pier and the Chicago United Center during the Democratic National Convention.
Rick has tried to judgment or final award (either before a jury, a court, or arbitration tribunal) more than 30 significant matters involving construction design errors as well as construction defects and delay claims; defective products including hand tools, punch presses, asbestos, grinding wheels, and pipeline failures; and the explosion and destruction of a fertilizer plant. Rick’s experience includes trials of contract disputes between franchisors and franchisees; manufacturers of mining equipment, paper mills and aircraft components; and publishers of educational material. He has also served as a party arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitrations.
In addition, Rick has handled the internal investigation and defense of criminal and regulatory matters for boards of directors of public companies, including matters requiring the investigation of conduct outside the United States. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 1987, he served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Herbert F. Murray, US District Court, District of Maryland, Baltimore (1973-1974), and served in the US Army (1968-1970), including a 14-month tour of duty in Vietnam (1969-1970). He previously worked for another major law firm.
Education:
Boston University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1973; Editorial Board, Articles and Book Reviews, Law Review, Yale University, BA, 1968. | 