Practice Areas - Class Actions
- Securities Litigation
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| University | Northwestern University, B.A., with distinction, 1971 |
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| Law School | Cornell Law School, J.D., 1974 |
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| Admitted | 1974, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1982, Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Eleventh Circuits; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois |
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| Memberships | Chicago (Vice-Chair, 1995-1997 and Chair, 1997-2000, Class Litigation Committee; Vice Chair, Federal Civil Practice Committee, 2005-2006), Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tax, Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Chairman, Special Study of Fifth Amendment Protection of Sole Proprietor Business Records, 1982) Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Chicago Counsel of Lawyers; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Securities and Commercial Attorneys (NASCAT). |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, 1949 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Moot Court Board. Author: "Scrutiny of the Bounty: Incentive Awards for Plaintiffs in Class Actions," 78 Illinois Bar Journal 286, June, 1990; "Incentive Awards to Named Plaintiffs," Chicago Bar Association Class Action Committee Newsletter, 1989; "Tax Considerations in Buying, Selling and Dissolving the Professional Practice," in Professional Practices, IICLE, 1986; "Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation," in 1981 Federal Tax Skills Course, IICLE, 1981; "Evaluating Publicly Syndicated Investments," in Basic Tax Shelters, IICLE, 1984. Co-Author: "Impact of Code Secs. 6103, 6110 and 7609 upon IRS Audits," 54 Taxes 846, 1976, with Harnack. Adjunct Professor, Federal Income Taxation, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1976-1977. Chairman, Federal Tax Skills Program, IICLE, 1981. Member, Board of Editors, Class Action Reports, 1992—.
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| Reported Cases | People ex rel. Sklowdowski v. State, 162 Ill.2d 117, 642 N.E.2d 1180, 205 Ill.Dec. 63 (Ill., June 16, 1994); Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc., 1994 WL 201184 (E.D.Pa., Apr. 05, 1994); Ryan v. City of Chicago, 148 Ill.App.3d 638, 499 N.E.2d 517, 101 Ill.Dec. 929 (Ill.App. 1 Dist., Sept. 23, 1986); Matter of Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum, 725 F.2d 1110 (7th Cir. (Ill.), Jan. 16, 1984); In re Bank America Securities Lit., 210 FRD 694 (ED Mo. 2002); In re DVI Securities Lit., 2005 WL 13079 (ED Pa. 2005); In re Mercury Finance Co., 249 B.R.4; Krislov v. Rednour, 226 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2000) cert. den.; McGuffage v. Irislov, 53145 1147 (2000); County of Cook ex rel. Rifkin v. Bear Stearns, Co., Inc., 215 Ill. 2d 466 (2005); Schachitti v. Prudential Sec., Inc., 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19391 (1999); Zazove v. Pelikan, Inc., 326 Ill. App.3d 798 (1st Dist. 2000); Commercial Cleaning Services, Inc. L.L.C. v. Colin Service Systems, Inc., 271 F.3d 374 (2d Cir. 2001); Montgomery v. Aetha Plywood Inc., 231 F.3d 399 (7th Cir. 2000). |
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| ISLN | 905731139 |
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