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James A. Serritella

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James A. Serritella

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Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
22nd Floor, 330 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois  60611-3607
(Cook Co.)

Telephone: (312) 840-7040
Fax: (312) 840-7900
http://www.burkelaw.com/staff/james+a.+serritella



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Practice AreasGeneral Practice; Constitutional Law; Church and State; Religious Institutions; Tax Exempt Organizations; Religious and Human Services
 
EducationUniversity of Chicago, J.D., 1971, State University of New York, St. Charles Seminary, B.A., 1965; Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, B.A., 1966; University of Chicago, M.A., 1968
 
Admitted1971, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
 
MembershipsChicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Canon Law Society of America; Diocesan Attorneys Association (Member, Executive Committee); The National Health Lawyers Association.
 
BornChicago, Illinois, July 8, 1942
 
BiographyPartner, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, 1978. Senior Partner, Reuben & Proctor, Chicago, Illinois, 1978-1986. Partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-1997. Recipient: Outstanding Leaders Award, Carmelite Order, 1979; John Courtney Murray Award, DePaul University College of Law, 1988; Pax et Bonum Award, St. Peter's Church, Franciscan Friars, 1992; Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, North Park College and Theological Seminary, 1996; Rerum Novarum Award of St. Joseph's Seminary, 1999. Member: Business Executives in Economic Justice, 1988—; Cook County State's Attorney's Task Force on the Foregoing of Life-Sustaining Treatment, 1989; North American College Board of Advisors, 1990-1992; Statewide Citizens' Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1988-1994. Member, Board of Trustees, St. Xavier College, 1987-1992. Member, De Paul University College of Law Dean's Visiting Committee, 1982—. Chairman of Advisory Committee, De Paul University College of Law Center for Church/State Studies, 1982—. Member, Board of Advisors, Alzheimer's Center, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, 1990—. Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Chicago Center for Peace Studies, 1990-1996. Member: Advisory Committee on Church, State and Taxation, National Conference of Christians and Jews; Law and Legislation Committee, National Catholic Cemetery Conference; The Park Ridge Center, Catholic Health Association; American Association of Homes for the Aging. Board of Governors, Illinois State Bar Association, 1982-1986. Member, Board of Directors, Catholic Lawyers Guild, 1982—. Charter Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation. Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation.
 
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