Practice Areas - Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Constitutional Law
- Church and State
- Commercial Litigation
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- Civil Rights
- Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
- Health Care
- Religious and Human Services
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| Contact Info | Telephone: (312) 840-7080
Fax: (312) 840-7900
http://www.burkelaw.com/staff/james+c.+geoly
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| University | Columbia University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1982 |
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| Law School | University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1985 |
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| Admitted | 1985, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Chicago (Member, Interfaith Law Committee) and American Bar Associations (Member, Section on Litigation). |
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| Born | Manhasset, New York, October 30, 1960 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. |
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| Reported Cases | Cady v. City of Chicago, 43 F.3d 326 (7th Cir. 1994) (argued); United States of America v. SCA Services, et al., 865 F. Supp. 533 (N.D. Ind. 1994); Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., 973 F. Supp. 820; 173 F.R.D. 507 (N.D. Ill. 1997); Zipper v. Todd, 1997 WL 181044 (S.D.N.Y. 1997); South Jersey Catholic School Teachers Org. v. St Teresa of the Infant Jesus Elementary School, et al., 696 A.2d 709 (N.J. 1997); Ragavskene v. Edgebrook Motel, et al., 299 Ill. App. 3d 1125, 740 N.E.2d 98 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 1998), appeal denied 182 Ill.2d 571, 707 N.E.2d 1245 (1999); Stein v. Rio Parismina Lodge, 296 Ill.App.3d 520, 695 N.E.2d 518 (1st Dist. 1998) (argued); Witzel v. CIS, 531 U.S. 1101, 121 S. Ct. 851 (mem) (2001); Nissan North America, Inc. v. Jim M'Lady Oldsmobile, Inc., 307 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 2002) (argued); Brownlow v. Richards, 328 Ill.App.3d 833, 767 N.E.2d 482 (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 2002); Zawadzka v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago, 337 Ill. App. 3d 66, 785 N.E.2d 71 (Ill. App. 1st Dist.), appeal denied 204 Ill 2d 685, 792 N.E.2d 314 (2003); Friends of the Parks v. Chicago Park District, 203 Ill. 2d 312, 786 N.E.2d 161 (2003). |
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| ISLN | 907144203 |
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