Garreth A. DeVoe is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Chicago office and a member of the Litigation practice group. Mr. DeVoe has obtained successful trial verdicts and arbitration awards for clients across the country. He represents numerous construction, energy, technology, and manufacturing companies in complex commercial disputes and lawsuits using an aggressive and analytical approach while maintaining timely client communication.
Having represented or consulted for wide-ranging corporate clients based on six continents, Mr. DeVoe brings global and practical experience and insight to his practice. Specifically, he understands that geopolitical events and a dynamic global market may frustrate the best intentions of parties to a contract, and therefore, effective legal representation goes beyond merely winning at trial. It also requires knowing when to counsel for a resolution that minimizes the financial, investor perception, and public relations risks inherent in litigation and that preserves clients’ national and international business-to-business relationships.
In addition to maintaining a full-time practice, Mr. DeVoe co-chairs the Chicago Bar Association’s Commercial Litigation Committee and serves as an Adjunct Law Professor at DePaul University College of Law. Prior to joining Buchalter, he served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ignacio Torteya, III of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and practiced law at another AmLaw firm in Chicago.