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James R. Thompson, Jr.

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James R. Thompson, Jr.

Senior Chairman
 
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois  60601
(Cook Co.)

Telephone: 312-558-7400
Cell Phone: 312-961-3796
Fax: 312-558-5700
http://www.winston.com



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Practice AreasGovernment Regulatory; Litigation; Appellate Practice
 
EducationNorthwestern University, J.D., 1959, University of Illinois; Washington University
 
Admitted1959, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1960, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsChicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
 
BornChicago, Illinois, May 8, 1936
 
BiographyEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science. Co-Author: with Inbau and Zagel, Criminal Law and Its Administration, Foundation Press, Fourth Edition, 1984; with Inbau, Haddad, Zagel and Starkman, Cases and Comments on Criminal Procedure, Foundation Press, Second Edition, 1980; with Inbau and Moenssens, Cases and Comments on Criminal Law, Foundation Press, Third Edition, 1983. Assistant and Associate Professor, Northwestern University Law School, 1964-1969. Assistant State's Attorney, 1959-1964. Assistant Attorney General, Illinois, 1969-1970. U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1975. Governor of Illinois, 1977-1991. Chairman, President's Intelligence Oversight Board, 1989-1993. Member, Board of Directors: Chicago Board of Trade, 1991; FMC Corporation, 1991; FMC Technologies, Inc., 2001; Hollinger International, Inc., 1995; Maximus, Inc., 2001; Navigant Consulting Group, Inc., 1998; Chicago Climate Control; Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States; Lyric Opera, 1991; Music of Contemporary Art, 1991; Regent for Life, Lincoln Academy.
 
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