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Known both as a gifted leader and a consummate team player, Joe Cancila is a highly regarded, experienced, and tenacious litigator who has dedicated his career to defending clients in complex commercial class actions. He is a creative strategist, thorough investigator, and effective communicator—all qualities that make him a worthy adversary in and out of the courtroom. And as the leader of many practice teams, he has mastered the art of working collaboratively with co-counsel to best advance client interests and analyze and successfully resolve challenging and complicated legal problems.

Joe has received national and state recognition for his defense practice, having brought several dozen class-action cases to successful resolution in jurisdictions widely dispersed throughout the country. He has successfully defended breach of contract, consumer fraud, complex commercial, antitrust, insurance bad faith, RICO, fair housing, trade secret, and environmental litigation, among others.


+1-312-471-8750

Joseph A. Cancila, Jr.

Partner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila
Chicago, IL

Practice Area: Complex Commercial Class Actions

BTI Client Service All-Star History

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
All-Star

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

"Joe is one of our top attorneys. He's very responsive, bright and engaging."
"Joe can be relied on to provide high quality work. He does a great job anticipating our needs and providing practical solutions."
"Joe is a deep subject matter expert on property & casualty insurance law and an outstanding litigator."
"He is creative, an excellent writer, and a great trial attorney."
"Joe demonstrates outstanding creativity in defense matters."
"We value Joe's thinking and advice."


ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Known both as a gifted leader and a consummate team player, Joe Cancila is a highly regarded, experienced, and tenacious litigator who has dedicated his career to defending clients in complex commercial class actions. He is a creative strategist, thorough investigator, and effective communicator—all qualities that make him a worthy adversary in and out of the courtroom. And as the leader of many practice teams, he has mastered the art of working collaboratively with co-counsel to best advance client interests and analyze and successfully resolve challenging and complicated legal problems.

Joe has received national and state recognition for his defense practice, having brought several dozen class-action cases to successful resolution in jurisdictions widely dispersed throughout the country. He has successfully defended breach of contract, consumer fraud, complex commercial, antitrust, insurance bad faith, RICO, fair housing, trade secret, and environmental litigation, among others.

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+1-312-471-8750

Joseph A. Cancila, Jr.

Partner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila
Chicago, IL

Practice Area: Complex Commercial Class Actions

M&A All-Star

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Known both as a gifted leader and a consummate team player, Joe Cancila is a highly regarded, experienced, and tenacious litigator who has dedicated his career to defending clients in complex commercial class actions. He is a creative strategist, thorough investigator, and effective communicator—all qualities that make him a worthy adversary in and out of the courtroom. And as the leader of many practice teams, he has mastered the art of working collaboratively with co-counsel to best advance client interests and analyze and successfully resolve challenging and complicated legal problems.

Joe has received national and state recognition for his defense practice, having brought several dozen class-action cases to successful resolution in jurisdictions widely dispersed throughout the country. He has successfully defended breach of contract, consumer fraud, complex commercial, antitrust, insurance bad faith, RICO, fair housing, trade secret, and environmental litigation, among others.

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