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| Practice Areas | Litigation Department; Complex Commercial Litigation | | | Education | University of Illinois, J.D., 1970, University of Illinois, B.A., 1967 | | | Admitted | 1970, Illinois | |
| Memberships | Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. American College of Trial Lawyers. | | | Born | Chicago, Illinois, November 25, 1945 | | | Biography | Member, 1968-1970 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1969-1970, Illinois Law Forum. Author: "Illinois Evidence," LexisNexis 2006; "A New Boundary for Zone of Peril," 1969 Illinois Law Forum 125; "Handling Witnesses," Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Illinois Civil Trial Practice, 1979, 2003 and 2006 supplement; "Initial Evaluation of the Case," Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Handling Business and Commercial Litigation, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990, and 2003 supplement; "Presenting Testimony," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Illinois Civil Trial Practice, 1982, 1986, 1991. Chapter Author: "Direct Examination," PLI Civil Practice Strategies and Techniques, 1986; "Circumstantial Evidence," Matthew Bender Federal Evidence Practice Guide, 1989; "Opening Statements," Matthew Bender Federal Evidence Practice Guide, 1990; "Expert Witnesses," PLI Winning Strategies and Techniques for Civil Litigators, 1992. Co-Author: West Illinois Civil Practice Guide, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006. Columnist, National Law Journal, 1998—. Senior Instructor, Trial Bar Skills Seminar, IICLE, 1983-1986. Panelist, IIT/Chicago-Kent, Commodities Law Seminar, 1983, 1988, 1990 and 1991. Public Arbitrator: Chicago Board Options Exchange, 1985—; National Futures Association, 1988—; Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 1988—. Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1978—. Chairman, American College of Trial Lawyers Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 2002-2005. | | | Reported Cases | Commodity Futures Trading Commission vs. Schor, et al, 478 U.S. 833, 106 S. Ct. 3245 (1986); Panara v. Liquid Carbonic Indus. Corp., 116 F.3d 1482 (7th Cir. 1997); Panaras v. Liquid Carbonic Indus. Corp., 94F.3d 338 (7th Cir. 1996); Panaras v. Liquid Carbonic Indus. Corp., 74 F.3d 786 (7th Cir. 1996); Abbott vs. Bristol-Myers, 971 F. 2d 6 (7th Cir. 1992); Woodall vs. Drake Hotel, Inc., 913 F.2d 477 (7th Cir. 1990); Schor vs. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 740 F.2d 1262 (D.C. Cir. 1984); Black vs. Brown, 513 F.2d 652 (7th Cir. 1975); Cedar Hill Associates, Inc. v. Paget, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32533 (N.D. Ill. 2005); Holden v. Deloitte & Touche LLP, 390 F.Supp. 2d 752 (N.D. Ill. 2005); U.S. ex. rel. Patrick Sykes, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23096 (N.D. Ill. 2005); Medline v. Maersk, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2677 (N.D. Ill. 2004); Mopex, Inc. v. Chicago Stock Exchange, 2003 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 2807 (N.D. Ill. 2003); Medline Industries, Inc. v. Maersk Medical Ltd., 230 F.Supp 2d 857 (N.D. Ill. 2003); GE Capital Corp. v. DirecTV, Inc., 94 F. Supp. 2d 190 (D.Ct. 1999); Carroll v. DeTella, 1999 U.S. District Lexis 9056 (N.D. Illinois, 1999); Medic Alert v. Corel Corp., 43 F. Supp. 2d 933 (N.D. Illinois, 1999); Naguib v. Ill. Dept of Prof'l. Reg., 986 F. Supp. 1082 (N.D. Ill. 1997); Sara Lee Corp. v. Litton Indus., 1991 U.S. Dist. Lexis 12914; Baranski vs. Serhant, 603 F. Supp. 232 (N.D. Ill. 1985); Baranski vs. Serhant, 602 F. Supp. 33 (N.D. Ill. 1985); Black vs. Brown, 524 F. Supp. 856 (N.D. Ill. 1981); Prince v. Hanes Corp., 1980 U.S. Dist. Lexis 10353 (N.D. Ill. 1980); Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. vs. Johns Manville Products Corp., 472 F. Supp. 385 (N.D. Ill. 1979); Alliance to End Repression vs. Rochford, 75 F.R.D. 441 (N.D. Ill. 1977); Alliance to End Repression vs. Rochford, 75 F.R.D. 435 (N.D. Ill. 1976); Alliance to End Repression vs. Rochford, 75 F.R.D. 438 (N.D. Ill. 1976); Rush-Hampton Industries, Inc. vs. Home Ventilation Institute, 419 F. Supp. 19 (M.D. Fla. 1976); Jerry Etshokin vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 59 T.C.M. (CCH) 753 (U.S. Tax Ct. 1990); In re Angelo, CFTC Lexis 87 (1993); BAS Investments, Inc. vs. Laken, 1991 CFTC Lexis (1991); In re Angelo, CCH Commodity Futures Law Reporter 24,943 (1990); Wall Street Establishment vs. Conti Commodity Services, CCH Commodity Futures Law Reporter 21,897 (1983); North Pier Terminal Co. vs. Tully, 62 Ill. 2d 540, 343 N.E.2d 507 (1976); People v. Sykes, 793 N.E. 2d 816 (1st Dist. Ill.App.Ct. 2003); McGarrity v. Berlin Metals, 744 N.E. 2d 71 (3d Dist. Ind. Ct. App. 2002); People v. Heaton, 266 Ill.App.3d 469, 640 N.E. 2d 630 (5th Dist. 1994); People vs. Dowaliby, 221 Ill. App. 3d 788, 582 N.E. 2d 1243 (1st Dist. 1991); Ill. App. 3d (October 30, 1991); Prassas vs. Prassas, 102 Ill. App. 3d 319, 430 N.E. 2d 28 (1st Dist. 1981); Prassas vs. Prassas, 94 Ill. App. 3d 311, 418 N.E.2d 904 (1st Dist. 1981); Van C. Argiris & Co. vs Anwest, 91 Ill. App. 3d 836, 414 N.E. 2d 1256 (1st Dist. 1981); People vs. Cox, 71 Ill. App. 3d 850, 389 N.E.2d 1238 (1st Dist. 1979); Mergenthaler Linotype Co. vs. Storch, 66 Ill. App. 3d 789, 383 N.E.2d 1379 (1st Dist. 1978); Lurie vs. Skokie, 64 Ill. App. 3d 217, 380 N.E.2d 1120 (1st Dist. 1978); People vs. Washington, 63 Ill. App. 3d 1037, 380 N.E.2d 1010 (1st Dist. 1978); Skokie Federal Savings & Loan vs. Illinois Savings & Loan Board, 61 Ill. App. 3d 977, 378 N.E.2d 1090 (1st Dist. 1978); Edgewater Construction Co. vs. Percy Wilson, 44 Ill. App. 3d 220, 357 N.E.2d 1307 (1st Dist. 1976). | | | ISLN | 908621758 | |
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