Mr. Blake represents consumers in class actions involving unfair and deceptive trade practices, privacy violations, antitrust matters, and defective products. He has considerable experience prosecuting complex cases in state and federal courts throughout the nation, including appeals.
Mr. Blake received his J.D., cum laude, from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2012. While attending, Mr. Blake served as Executive Articles Editor for the Chicago-Kent Law Review, spent a semester as a judicial extern for the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and participated in the Intellectual Property Law Clinic and the Center for Open Government.
After graduating law school, Mr. Blake served as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Patrick McKay, Superior Court Judge for the Third Judicial District in Anchorage, Alaska.
Mr. Blake received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
He is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Areas of Practice
- Defective products
- Consumer rights/fraud
- Class action lawsuits
- Business Transactions
- Business Litigation
- State Licensure Issues
- Consumer Fraud
- General Civil
- Produce Liability
- Data Breach
- Consumer Privacy
- Complex Litigation
- Appellate
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Education
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- Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. – 2012
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois
- B.S. – 2006
Honors:
- CALI Award: Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy Law, and Personal Income Tax
- Chicago-Kent Law Review, Executive Articles Editor
