Timothy R. Rabel, Shareholder

Tim Rabel concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, construction law, and corporate matters.  He has experience preparing and litigating mechanics liens and is a speaker at the firm’s regularly scheduled mechanics lien seminars.  He has experience in litigating contract claims, corporate dissolutions, minority shareholder oppression actions and negotiating buy/sell agreements.  Mr. Rabel also handles probate and estate planning and litigates wills and trust issues.

Mr. Rabel's extensive experience in litigation provides him a unique viewpoint in his corporate practice.  He not only drafts contracts, wills and trust, but he can also litigate them if that unfortunate need arises. 

Mr. Rabel also has experience in handling business dissolutions and the unusual questions about "who gets what" that may arise.  Again, his well-rounded legal background gives him a perspective unlike many others.

Prior to joining Querrey & Harrow, Mr. Rabel completed a two-year fellowship with the Center for Informatics Law. 

Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)

Representative Matters

Litigating Equitable Subrogation claims and issues of priority.

Challenging the admission of a home-prepared will to probate.

Mr. Rabel successfully represented a lender preserving the lenders priority in an action by a decedent's estate that sought the return of real property that was transfered by an alleged incompetent individual.

Mr. Rabel has successfully recovered amounts owed to material suppliers and subcontractors on public construction jobs by filing and perfecting liens on public funds and making claims on the payment bonds.

Publications

Publications:
Author: "Software and Privacy: Revising Orwell," IEEE Software, May 1993
"Bench Memorandum: The Eleventh Annual John Marshall National Moot Court Competition in Information and Privacy Law," 6 Software L.J. 95 (1993)
"Who's Listening in on Your Portable Phone?" IEEE Software, March 1992
 "The Electronic Communications and Privacy Act: Discriminatory Treatment for Similar Technology, Cutting the Cord of Privacy," 23 J. Marshall L. Rev. 661 (1990)
Co-Author with Jennifer J. Griffin: "Bench Memorandum: The Tenth Annual John Marshall National Moot Court Competition in Information and Privacy Law," 5 Software L.J. 153 (1992)