Plaintiff law firm's concentration "is devoted generally to the negotiation of the personal service contracts that [plaintiff law firm's] clients are asked to enter into." Brian also testified concerning the compilation of records assembled after plaintiff's termination in September 2003 for the purposes of billing defendant for work performed. That would unreasonably interfere with a client's right to discharge her attorney at any time. BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time. In 1998, defendant hired plaintiff law firm to negotiate the terms of the renewal of his contract with WLS. "`[O]n a motion for a new trial a [trial] court will weigh the evidence and set aside the verdict and order a new trial At trial, the testimony of Todd Musburger, Brian Musburger, Zemira Jones, defendant, and defendant's wife, Cynthia Fircak, all highlighted the nature and the difficulty of the negotiations undertaken on behalf of defendant, the stakes of the negotiations, the degree of responsibility involved, and the time and labor required. Further, defendant asserted On January 23, 2007, the day before trial, defendant filed an "emergency motion" to file an additional affirmative defense, instanter. The complaint further alleges that "[a]fter months of rigorous negotiations," plaintiff successfully negotiated a five-year contract on behalf of defendant with WLS. Defendant testified that if plaintiff had completed the negotiations with WLS regarding a renewal of defendant's contract scheduled to expire in 2004, plaintiff would have been entitled to a commission on the new contract.To the extent that defendant argues that his expert should have been allowed to offer an opinion that defendant had previously paid for the work at issue would have invaded the province of the trial court, which decides legal issues. The term "employment agency" is defined in section 11 of the Act as follows:The Act was enacted to provide regulation for the recruiting and placement industry, which otherwise lacked safeguards to ensure the ethical conduct of businesses and individuals who provided recruiting and placement services. Location of This Business 142 E Ontario St # 500, Chicago, IL 60611-5278. He entered into a written fee agreement with plaintiff law firm whereby plaintiff law firm would be paid 5% of the gross amount of the contract negotiated by plaintiff on his behalf.

Defendant further argues that his expert should have been permitted to offer an opinion that defendant had already paid for plaintiff's 2002 and 2003 services. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. Plaintiff argues that the fact that it misstyled itself in the complaint did not bar its claim from going forward and does not render an otherwise valid judgment void. Wife: Arlene (two sons) Brother: Todd Musburger (sports agent) However, he testified that Brian's work was "nonlegal" and that the time billed for work performed by Brian was nonlegal in nature. However, defendant does not cite to and our review of the record does not reveal a section 2-619 motion to dismiss. The jury heard all of the evidence and made its own determination as to what was a fair, customary, and reasonable fee.Based upon the foregoing, we cannot say that the jury's verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. [5] On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by denying his section 2-619 motion to dismiss (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West 2006)), on the basis that plaintiff failed to obtain licensing as a private employment agency under the Act. Todd provided testimony spanning over 100 pages in the trial transcript detailing an account of the work performed on an itemized basis from September 2002 to September 2003 prior to plaintiff's discharge. 914 N.E.2d 1195 Brent Musburger. Expert testimony is admissible only if the expert has specialized knowledge that will "assist the trier of fact" in understanding the evidence or in determining a fact at issue. The company's filing status is listed as Active. The trial court barred the aforementioned opinions because they were legal conclusions. Although section 2-401 clearly relates to either party, misnomer generally occurs with, and the vast majority of cases involve, defendants who have been improperly named. On February 6, 1998, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written agreement (1998 Agreement) where plaintiff agreed "to provide its services as [defendant's] exclusive representative for negotiating and drafting of [defendant's] agreements in the entertainment fields of radio and television." Please check out resources available to you at Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB RatingBBB Business Profiles may not be reproduced for sales or promotional purposes.BBB Business Profiles are provided solely to assist you in exercising your own best judgment. Are you the business owner of Todd W Musburger Ltd? He testified to several contractual offers made by WLS by early September 2003 for both defendant and Conn.