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| Practice Areas | Litigation Department; Appellate and Supreme Court; Class Action; ERISA Litigation | | | Education | University of Illinois, J.D., magna cum laude, 1978, University of Illinois, B.S., summa cum laude, 1975 | | | Admitted | 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Illinois State, Seventh Circuit, Federal, and American Bar Associations; Appellate Lawyers Association; American Law Institute; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. | | | Born | Chicago, Illinois, July 10, 1953 | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1977-1978; Clerkships: Law Clerk: Hon. Robert J. Steigmann, 1977-1978; Hon. Philip W. Tone, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1978-1979. Publications/Presentations: Co-Author: Illinois Civil Litigation Guide, West Publishing, 2002-2009; "The Attorney's Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals," Seventh Circuit Bar Association, 1987-2009; "Preserving Error for Appeal in Illinois," 78 Illinois Bar Journal, 494, 1990; "Punitive Awards Against Successor Corporations: Deterrent of Malicious Torts or Legitimate Acquisitions?" 26 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 27, 1990; "The Role of Special Litigation Committees in Shareholder Derivative Litigation," Tort & Insurance Law Practice Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Summer, 1990; "Plaintiff's Burden of Proving Enhanced Injury in Crashworthiness Cases: A Clash Worthy of Analysis," 38 De Paul Law Review 55, 1988; "Preserving Error in Civil Cases: Some Fundamental Principles," 1988 Trial Lawyer's Guide 1; "Special Litigation Committees," ALI-ABA Course Materials Journal, Vol. 9, No. 5, 1985. Author: Casenote, "Prohibition of Political Contributions by Illinois Liquor Licenses Constitutional," 1977 University of Illinois Law Forum 320. Member, University of Illinois College of Law Board of Visitors, 1997-2000. Lecturer: U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Persuasive Brief Writing, 2009; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Preservation of Error for Appeal, 2002; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Handling Appointed Appeals, 2000; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Persuasive Oral Argument, 1998; Federal Bar Association, Brief Writing for the Seventh Circuit, 1997; Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference, Civility in the Court of Appeals, 1996; Du Page County Bar Association, Preserving Error For Appeal, 1991; PLAC, Punitive Damages, 1990; IICLE, Handling an Appeal in the Seventh Circuit, 1987. Assistant to Chairman, Governor's Task Force on Crime and Corrections, 1992-1993. Recipient, The Walter J. Cummings Award for Pro Bono Advocacy in the Seventh Circuit for 1994. Co-Chair, Firm's Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group; Co-Chair, Firm's Pro Bono Committee. | | | ISLN | 905497400 | |
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