Alan M. Bernover

Alan M. Bernover is a senior partner in the Chicago Hub of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. Mr. Bernover’s practice centers on defending complex insurance claims, particularly in the areas of construction negligence, catastrophic loss, wrongful death, and employment-related litigation. He also brings extensive experience in professional malpractice defense, products liability, and trucking liability. He has successfully represented clients through numerous jury trials, arbitrations, and summary judgment proceedings in state courts throughout Illinois.

With over two decades of trial and litigation experience, Mr. Bernover has secured favorable outcomes for a wide range of clients, including construction companies, property managers, product manufacturers, and professional service providers. His courtroom successes include the defense of a homeowners’ association in a tragic wrongful death action, which resulted in the full dismissal of the case, as well as a summary judgment in favor of an elevator manufacturer and mall property manager in a high-exposure trip-and-fall claim. He has also tried multiple cases to verdict and defended appeals involving complex liability and statute of limitations issues.

Recognized by his peers for his skill and dedication, Mr. Bernover has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer annually since 2017, a distinction awarded to fewer than five percent of attorneys statewide. He was previously named an Emerging Lawyer and selected for the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for six consecutive years in Civil Litigation.

Before attending law school, Mr. Bernover gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri – Columbia in 1997. He went on to obtain his Juris Doctor, graduating cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2001.

Licensed to practice in Illinois and Florida, Mr. Bernover is also admitted before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois. He is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Florida State Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.

In 2007, he completed the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Litigation Skills Program in 2007 and continues to contribute to the legal field through articles on evolving topics such as COVID-19 safety standards and Illinois’ prejudgment interest laws.

Presentations & Publications 

• • Author, “Analysis of Illinois Prejudgment Interest Act,” Litchfield Alert (June 2021)

• • Author, “OSHA Outlines Employer Guidelines for Safe COVID-19 Practices,” Litchfield Alert (April 2020)

Representative Cases: 

• • Burenkhuu Purevdori individually and as administrator of Estate of Tengus Burenkhuu, a minor v. Mission Hills Condominium Association, et al.; Circuit Court of Cook County, IL, Case No.: 2021 L 007106 

    • • Prevailed on behalf of an individual homeowners’ association client in a wrongful death action brought by the parents of a deceased minor following a tragic drowning in a condominium complex retention pond; the Court ruled in favor of our client and dismissed the action.

• • Alicja Poleszak v. Oakbrook Shopping Center, LLC, et al., 2019 L 010597 

    • • Obtained summary judgment in favor of our client, a manufacturer and maintenance provider of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, as well as a local mall and its property manager, in a trip-and-fall action where Plaintiff sustained permanent injuries after falling while using a non-operational escalator; the Court found that the escalator’s non-operational condition was open and obvious and ruled in favor of our client.

• • Frulla v. Champion Exposition, et al., 2012 L 001381 

    • • Tried case in Cook County, IL successfully to verdict March 13-23, 2017

• • Wartalski v. JSB Const. and Consulting Co., 384 Ill.App.3d 139, 892 N.E.2d 122 (Ill.App. 1 Dist., 2008) 

    • • Tried case to verdict limiting client’s apportioned liability to less than one-third of the total fault allocated to all parties.

• • Laura Herrera, Individually and as Supervised Administrator of the Estate of Filiberto Herrera v. Summit Design and Build, Inc., et al., 2019 IL App (1^st) 181404-U 

    • • Successfully defended against Plaintiff’s appeal of the lower court’s dismissal of wrongful death claims against our client because the applicable statute of limitations affirmatively barred the claims.