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| Practice Areas | Litigation Department; Real Estate and Construction Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Trust and Estate Litigation | | | Education | DePaul University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1973, University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A., with honors, 1970 | | | Admitted | 1973, Illinois; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar | |
| Memberships | Chicago, Illinois State (President, 2007-2008; Member, Board of Governors, 2002—; Assembly Delegate, 1988-1994, 1995—; Chair, Assembly Committee on Hearings, 1989-1990; Member, Assembly Committee on Finance, 1995-1996; Chair, Assembly Committee on Agenda and Program, 1998—; Secretary, 1989-1990, Vice Chair, 1990-1991, Chair, 1991-1992, Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council; Editor and Frequent Contributor, "Trial Briefs" Newsletter, 1991—; Allerton House Conference Committee Member: "Appellate Courts," 1990, "Access To Civil Justice," 1992; "Expert Witnesses," 1994; Member, Committee on Supreme Court Rules, 1990—, Co-Chair, 1991-1993; Secretary, 1995-1996; Member, Special Committee on Certification of Attorney Specialization, 1992-1993, 1996-1997; Member, Task Force on Minorities and the Justice System, 1993-1998; Chair, Task Force on Governance for the Next Century, 1995-1997; Member, Committee on Judicial Evaluations, 1997—; Recipient, 1997 Board of Governors Award), American and Federal (Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter, 1997—) Bar Associations; Justinian Society of Lawyers (Secretary, 1987-1988; Treasurer, 1988-1989; Third Vice President, 1989-1990; Second Vice President, 1990-1991, First Vice President, 1991-1992, President, 1992-1993). | | | Born | Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 1949 | | | Biography | Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Gamma Mu. Edmund J. James Scholar, 1966-1970. Notes and Comments Editor, DePaul Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: Case Note, "Electronic Surveillance and the Supreme Court: A Move Back?" 21 DePaul Law Review 806, 1972; Comment, "Blockbusting—Judicial and Legislative Response to Real Estate Dealers' Excesses," 22 DePaul Law Review 818, 1973. Co-Author and Faculty Member: "Illinois Construction Claims," Lorman Education Services, 2001-2003; "Construction Claims Under Illinois Law," The Cambridge Institute, 1990-1991. Co-Author: "A Review of the Illinois Civil Justice Reform Act of 1995," 83 Ill. Bar Journal 282, June 1995. Author: "Summary of Recent Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," Trial Briefs, Vol. 39, No. 2, Feb. 1994. Co-Author: "The Illinois Supreme Court's New Discovery Rules," Trial Briefs, Vol. 41, No. 2, Oct. 1995. Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Henry L. Burman, Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 1973-1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School, Appellate Advocacy, 1974-1977 and Trial Advocacy, 1985—. Frequent Lecturer, "Developments in Civil Practice & Procedure," Ill. Bar Assn. 1989—. | | | ISLN | 909014382 | |
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