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Terrence Guolee

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About Terrence Guolee
Terrence Guolee is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and has successfully represented defendants, plaintiffs, and insurance carriers in hundreds of complex, multi-million dollar claims covering a wide area of facts and law, in state and federal courts across the country.

Mr. Guolee's clients include various local, city, county, and state officers, elected officials and governmental entities; several multi-national product manufacturers; various construction equipment manufacturers, distributors, and contractors; drug and nutraceutical manufacturers; medical and psychiatric health care providers; major electrical utilities and contractors; several insurance companies and various condominium boards, homeowner associations, property owners and managers.

Mr. Guolee's litigation practice includes very complicated civil rights class actions, malpractice claims, and catastrophic injury cases. Mr. Guolee also represents several businesses in defense of statutory consumer rights class action claims and has a long record of successful representation of manufacturers, property owners, utilities, and contractors in wrongful death and other injuries, product liability, construction, and electrocution cases.

Mr. Guolee also represents insurance carriers, claims administrators, and insureds in coverage claims and litigation involving third-party claims administration practices. Mr. Guolee has represented insurers in a variety of complex coverage disputes, including professional liability coverage, errors and omissions, management of a nationwide toxic tort coverage program, catastrophic damage claims, bad faith, liability, and other insurance coverage matters. Mr. Guolee also consults on cases involving attorney fee disputes and in fee petition matters.

Prior to joining Querrey & Harrow in 2002, Mr. Guolee was an associate at another law firm for 8 years and an Assistant Director and Counsel to The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. for 4 years. In this national claims management position, Mr. Guolee managed this major carrier's claims systems and trained regional claims office management and employees on proper claims handling and review of attorney billing. Mr. Guolee also worked on the drafting of the carrier’s case management and attorney billing guidelines, worked on the design of the carrier’s electronic billing submission and review systems, served as a liaison to several defense bar groups, and worked with local counsel and legislative lobbying units in representing the carrier and the insurance industry’s interests in connection with pending legislation in several states.

Mr. Guolee is the Chairman of the Board for the Skokie Performing Arts Commission, which oversees the operations of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, which hosts the Northlight Theater, the Skokie Valley Symphony, and various other arts performances throughout the year.

Mr. Guolee is also a leader of the Midwest I-child/Namaste' Heritage Camp (http://www.mwihc.org), a volunteer group that provides heritage training, counseling, and social events for adoptive parents and their children from India and several other countries.

Mr. Guolee has also served as an elected member of a local school board, coached and managed several youth soccer teams over the past 10+ years, and serves as a U.S. Soccer Association licensed referee for several competitive leagues all over Chicago's NorthShore. He also regularly writes and speaks on various aspects of the law and litigation practice.
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