Pellegrino, Bernard A.

Mr. Pekron’s practice is primarily devoted to complex business, tort, and class action litigation.  Mr. Pekron is recognized as a Rising Star in the area of Business Litigation by Mid-South Super Lawyers and a Future Star in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation.  He has represented companies and individuals in cases throughout the nation involving breach of contract, professional liability, consumer fraud, products liability, and ERISA issues.  He has significant experience in representing accounting firms, publicly-traded companies, and corporate officers and directors in securities litigation, regulatory matters, professional malpractice actions, and internal investigations. 

Mr. Pekron also has an active appellate practice and has appeared in numerous state and federal appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Illinois, the New York Court of Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits.  He has argued cases before the Arkansas Supreme Court, the Arkansas Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  He has also been responsible for petitions for certiorari and amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Pekron received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he served as Book Reviews Editor of the Yale Law Journal.  His work has been published in the Hamline Law Review.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Pekron clerked for Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  During his clerkship, he served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law.  He then worked as an associate at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin LLP.

Mr. Pekron is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits, and the states of Illinois and Arkansas.