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| Practice Areas | Complex Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Class Actions; Labor and Employment; Telecommunications Law; Appellate Practice | | | Education | Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1989, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; Wartburg College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1980 | | | Admitted | 1989, Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin | |
| Memberships | Chicago (Former Chair, Class Litigation Committee), Seventh Circuit, Federal Communications and American (Member and Co-Chair, New Imprint Publications, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. | | | Languages | Japanese | | | Biography | Presidential Scholar, North Dakota, 1976. Notes and Comment Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1988-1989. Co-Author, "Product Liability Insurance: Can You Not Have It?" LJN Product Liability Law & Strategy newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2006. Author: Chapter, "Joint and Several Contracts," Contract Law, IICLE, 2006; "Nebraska Supreme Court Rejects Infancy Tolling Argument for Statute of Repose," LJN Product Liability Law & Strategy newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 5, November 2005; "Personal Injury Settlements with Minors: Avoiding Potential Pitfalls," LJN Product Liability Law & Strategy newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 2004. Speaker: "Discovery in Class Actions: Successful Strategies for Complex Litigation," Strafford Publications, Inc., July 2005; "Litigation Issues Facing the Wireless Industry: Health & Safety Litigation," CTIA-FCBA, New Orleans, LA, March 2005. Vice Chair, Wartburg College Board of Regents. Member, The Economic Club of Chicago. Editorial Board, Product Liability Law & Strategy, American Lawyer Media. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. | | | Reported Cases | Schmude v. Sheahan, 198 F. Supp. 2d 964 (N.D. Ill. 2002); Bergfeld v. Unimin Corp., 319 F.3d 350 (8th Cir. 2002); Anderson v. Romero, 72 F.3d 518 (7th Cir. 1995); In re Petition of Kirchner, 164 Ill. 2d 468, 649 N.E.2d 324 (1995); Anderson v. Romero, 42 F.3d 1121 (7th Cir. 1994). | | | ISLN | 909314147 | |
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