Blake advocates for clients during their most difficult legal challenges.
Blake serves on the firm’s litigation team, handling complex matters that include asbestos litigation and product liability, among others. He assists in analyzing and investigating risk, and assessing testimony and other discovery productions, so as to determine strategy when clients require guidance on complex litigation. Blake also regularly handles depositions. He enjoys working closely with trial teams and clients across a broad variety of industries that include:
- Banking
- Life sciences
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Biotechnology
- Manufacturing
Clients and legal teams appreciate Blake’s team player mindset. He knows that good litigation strategy requires weighing many perspectives, including the client’s operational end goals.
Before joining the firm, Blake was a Summer Associate, and held Judicial Externships for The Hon. Mary Mikva, First District Appellate Court of Illinois in Chicago and The Hon. Daniel T. Gillespie, Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County.