About JHB
Litigation should serve the client’s objective.
Jendryk, Hamer & Begley brings an analytical, cost-aware approach to defense litigation and public-sector representation.
A disciplined approach
Evaluate early. Keep the objective in view.
JHB represents insurance carriers, insured businesses and individuals, and public-sector clients in litigation. Insurance defense is central to our work, including automobile accident and rideshare matters. We assess matters early, focus the work on material issues, and pursue resolution consistent with the client’s objectives.
Trial readiness supports that strategy. It does not replace careful evaluation of whether a motion, negotiation, or other resolution will better serve the client.
Analytics in practice
Analysis that informs the next decision.
Early case assessment. Identify the facts, disputed issues, and information that could change the evaluation.
Exposure and budget. Weigh potential exposure alongside the cost and value of the proposed litigation work.
Timely reporting. Keep the client informed as the evidence, evaluation, and options develop.
Resolution strategy. Use that analysis to evaluate the path forward, including settlement, motion practice, or trial.
Experience, with a practical purpose.
Our attorneys bring experience in trial, arbitration, appellate proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution. The firm’s work includes insurance defense, workers’ compensation, condemnation and eminent domain, and personal injury.
Based in Wheaton, we serve clients throughout Northern Illinois. As the firm grows, the standard remains consistent: purposeful strategy, responsive communication, and attention to the client’s time and resources.
Experience behind the evaluation.
The firm’s experience comes from attorneys with backgrounds in trial, arbitration, appellate work, and alternative dispute resolution. Founding partner Brian Begley brings automobile defense and condemnation experience. Renee Wright brings a federal judicial clerkship background to her civil litigation practice. Of Counsel James Jendryk contributes experience across commercial, construction, and personal injury litigation.
JHB’s analytics-based approach puts information to work in the matter: identify facts that could change the assessment, weigh exposure against the work proposed, and update the client as the evidence and available options develop. The purpose is a decision that serves the client’s objective.