Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Bartlit Beck LLP is a Chicago and Denver-based law firm founded in 1993 {{Cite web |url=https://www.bartlit-beck.com/about-history.html |title=Firm History: Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP |access-date=2018-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151826/https://www.bartlit-beck.com/about-history.html |archive-date=2018-03-16 |url-status=dead }} by Fred Bartlit, Jr. (born 1932{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/chicago/illinois/fred-h-bartlit-jr-907291-a/| title = fred h bartlit jr lawyers and law firms - Martindale.com}}), Phil Beck (born 1951{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/chicago/illinois/philip-s-beck-907292-a/| title = Philip Scott Beck Profile {{!}} Chicago, IL Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com}}), Skip Herman (born 1953{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/chicago/illinois/sidney-n-skip-herman-907293-a/| title = Sidney N. Herman Profile {{!}} Chicago, IL Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com}}), James Palenchar, Don Scott (deceased),{{Cite web|url=http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/14884-failed-engine-led-to-july-plane-crash|title = Failed engine led to July plane crash| date=26 May 2016 }} and Mark Ferguson. The firm is a spin-off of Chicago-based law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The American Lawyer magazine named the firm its litigation boutique of the year for 2009.{{cite web|last1=Bario|first1=David|title=Litigation Boutique of the Year Winner: Bartlit Beck|url=http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202427194147/Litigation-Boutique-of-the-Year-Winner-Bartlit-Beck?slreturn=20150612134219|website=American Lawyer|accessdate=12 July 2015}} In 2018, the firm named Jason Peltz as managing partner to replace founding partner Skip Herman.{{cite web| url = https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/02/21/25-years-in-litigation-boutique-bartlit-beck-has-new-leadership/| title = 25 Years In, Litigation Boutique Bartlit Beck Has New Leadership {{!}} The American Lawyer}} In 2020, Benchmark Litigation named Bartlit Beck its trial firm of the year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bartlit-beck.com/newsroom-news-390|title = Bartlit Beck Home Page}} The firm is an Illinois limited liability partnership.{{Cite web |date=2008-09-14 |title=LP/LLLP/LLP/RLLP - CERTIFICATE OF EXISTENCE |url=https://www.ilsos.gov/lprpsearch/search.do |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914022527/https://www.ilsos.gov/lprpsearch/search.do |archive-date=14 September 2008 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=CyberDriveIllinois}}