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| Practice Areas | Civil Litigation; Business Organization; Contracts; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Elder Law; Municipal Law; Personal Injury Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Brain Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Wrongful Death; Probate Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Decedents Estates; Fiduciary Law; Wills; Contested Wills; Zoning, Planning and Land Use | | | Peer Review Rating | BV
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What's this? | | | Education | George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1971, Loyola University, B.S., with honors, 1968 | | | Admitted | 1971, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (inactive); 1972, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1977, Illinois; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit | |
| Memberships | DeKalb County (President, 2002-2003), Kane County and Illinois State Bar Associations. | | | Military | Officer, 1968-1976 Capt. and Judge Advocate, U.S. Marine Corps, 1971-1974 | | | Born | Red Wing, Minnesota, 1946 | | | Biography | Phi Alpha Delta. Associate, Keller & Heckman, Washington, D. C., 1974-1977. Private Practice, Sycamore, Illinois, 1976-1979, 1984-1990. Partner: Minnihan & Smith, 1980-1984; Smith & Strauss, 1990-2000; Smith Strauss Tucker & Brown, 2000-2001; Smith Tucker and Brown, 2001-2005; Smith & Tucker, 2005-2006; Smith Tucker Coghlan & Smith LLC, 2007-2008. City Attorney, City of Sycamore, 1990-2003. Treasurer, DeKalb County Republicans, 1980. Chairman: Sycamore United Givers Fund, 1985; DeKalb County Unit, American Cancer Society, 1992-1996; St. Mary's School Foundation, 1997—. President, Sycamore Kiwanis Club, 1990. | | | Reported Cases | Laue v. Leifheit, 105 Ill.2d 191 (1984); Minnesota v. Cloverleaf Creamery, 449 U.S. 456 (1981); Society of the Plastics Industry v. OSHA, 589 F.2d 2362 (2nd Cir. 1975); Natick Paperboard v. Weinberger, 524 F 2d 1103 (1975); Falkner v. Hinckley Parachute, 533 N.E. 23 941 (1988); Eckhardt v. Kirts, 179 Ill.App.3d 863, 534 N.E.2d 1339 (2d Dist. 1989). | | | ISLN | 903601960 | |
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