Board of Managers of Eleventh Street Loftominium Association v. Wabash Loftominium

              First Division
August 27, 2007
1-06-0104 and 1-06-1179, consolidated
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF ELEVENTH STREET
LOFTOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WABASH LOFTOMINIUM, L.L.C., STEVEN E. GOULETAS,
ANTHONY R. DiBENEDETTO, JAMES SCHWARK, NICHOLAS
V. GOULETAS, and NICHOLAS S. GOULETAS,
Defendants-Appellees.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GOLD COAST GALLERIA
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
GALLERIA RESIDENTIAL, L.L.C., NICHOLAS V. GOULETAS,
DESIREE GOUELTAS, BOB FORD, and STEVEN E. GOULETAS,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
Cook County
04-L-04699 and
02-L-02788
Honorable
Jennifer Duncan-Brice
and
Dennis J. Burke,
Judges Presiding
PRESIDING JUSTICE McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:
This is a consolidated, interlocutory appeal brought by plaintiff Board of Directors of the
Gold Coast Galleria Condominium Association and plaintiff Board of Managers of Eleventh
Street Loftominium Association from trial court orders disqualifying their attorney, the Chicago
law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP (“Arnstein”).
The first plaintiff’s lawsuit concerns a Chicago residential building located at 111 West