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Seth Horvath focuses his practice on trial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. He represents a wide variety of clients in complex commercial disputes across multiple industries.
My practice includes three main areas:
My commercial-litigation experience is wide-ranging. From single-witness administrative hearings to complex, multi-party trials to summary proceedings on issues of law, I represent clients in the real-estate, legal, financial-services, manufacturing, and medical industries, among others. Each commercial case is unique, and I enjoy the challenge of helping clients identify creative and effective legal solutions tailored to meet their business goals.
Appellate advocacy starts in the trial court. I counsel clients on preserving trial issues for appeal and crafting interlocutory appeals that resolve key legal issues before final judgment. After judgment, I help clients identify their strongest appellate issues and create persuasive arguments to present to reviewing courts.
My employment practice includes representing employers in wage-and-hour lawsuits, discrimination proceedings before the Illinois Department of Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, restrictive-covenant disputes, and trade-secret cases.
Before entering private practice, I was a law clerk for Justice Rita B. Garman of the Illinois Supreme Court.
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This radio segment features an interview with Chicago Complex Disputes partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, who discuss recent rulings in several states related to bans on gender affirming care, the implications those rulings may have in Iowa, and the overall climate surrounding gender affirming care for transgender youth.
This article covers the Iowa Supreme Court dismissing the state’s appeal of a ruling in Vasquez v. Iowa Department of Human Services which found the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery to be unconstitutional. The article mentions NP for representing the plaintiffs, two transgender Iowans, in the case. The NP team included Chicago partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis of the Complex Disputes practice and Chicago partner Tom Hecht.
The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.
The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.
The following article covers Iowa Supreme Court oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a ruling that an amendment to the Iowa Civil Rights Act—which prohibited the use of Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery—violated the Iowa Constitution. The articles quote Chicago Complex Disputes partner Seth Horvath, who is providing pro bono legal representation for two transgender Iowans whose applications for Medicaid coverage for gender affirmation surgery were denied. The NP team also includes partners Tom Hecht, Tina Solis, and Bill Kirby; and associates Christie Kurow and Maggie Borse, all of the Chicago office and Complex Disputes practice.
This article covers a Montana State Supreme Court ruling in the ongoing Marquez v. State of Montana case, which restores a 2017 rule allowing transgender people to change their sex designation on their birth certificates without requiring a court order stating they have received some undefined surgical treatment. The article mentions NP for bringing the initial suit alongside the ACLU Foundation and the ACLU of Montana. The NP team involved in the case includes Complex Disputes partners Seth Horvath and Tina Solis, and partner Tom Hecht, all of the Chicago office.
Illinois
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Illinois, B.A., summa cum laude, Bronze Tablet, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., cum laude, Notes and Comments Editor, University of Illinois Law Review
Spanish
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