Holly C.
Whitlock-Glave

Practice Description

Holly C. Whitlock-Glave focuses her practice on civil litigation matters, including:

• Construction contract and risk transfer
• Construction injury & construction defect litigation
• Civil and commercial litigation
• Commercial general liability coverage
• Mechanics lien claims and litigation

Her primary focus is in the defense of complex, multi-party commercial construction litigation involving construction injury, construction defects, risk transfer, construction contract, risk management, general liability coverage issues, expert analysis and investigations, and settlement negotiations/alternative dispute resolution.

Ms. Whitlock-Glave handles daily issues encountered by general contractors/subcontractors, including personal injury claims, general liability insurance coverage/tenders, contract analysis, jobsite safety, OSHA requirements, underground and overhead utility work, electrical and mechanical systems and design, plumbing, and mechanics liens. She also serves as assistant outside general counsel for a multi-state commercial construction company and is part of the team that acts as national oversight counsel for general liability claims for numerous subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies.

Bar/Professional Associations

• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC)
• Board of Directors (2020-present)
• Construction Law Committee (2013-present)
  • Chair (2017-present)
• Events Committee (2013-2014)
• Illinois Judges Association
  • Trained counsel for Bringing the Courtroom to the Classroom
• Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)
  • Joint Committee, ISBA/IDC for mock civil trial

Awards, Honors & Distinctions

• Volunteer of the Year, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (2018)

Law School Honors/Involvement

• Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity
  • Vice Justice

Published Legal Writing

• “Construction and COVID-19: The New ‘Normal,’” HeplerBroom Blog
  (June 16, 2020). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “The Technology Revolution in the Construction Industry: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence,” Monograph, IDC Quarterly, Vol. 29 No. 4 (2019). (This monograph can be read here.)
• “Construction Law Monograph,”  IDC Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2018). (Co-author with HeplerBroom attorney Sarah B. Jansen.) (This monograph can be read here.)
• Construction Law Committee Editor, IDC Survey of Law (2016-present).
• Construction Law Committee Editor, IDC Quarterly (2017-present).

Legal Lectures & Presentations

• “Rise of the Machines: Artificial Intelligence in Construction,” Defense Research Institute and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel seminar (Chicago 2020). (co-presenter)
• “Outline of the General Rule & Restatement 414 Exception Regarding Contractor's Liability,” Construction Worker Injuries: Responding to the Risk, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Chicago, 2018).