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Areas of Practice | Affiliations | Bar Admissions | Education Current Employment Position(s):Partner, since 1995Education:Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1987J.D. Honors: Cum Laude Honors: Order of the Coif Honors: Recipient, John Henry Wigmore Full Tuition Merit Scholarship Honors: Dean's List Law Journal: Staff Membr, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1985 - 1987 Michigan State University, James Madison College, 1984 B.A. Honors: With High Honors Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Honors: Honors College Honors: Dean's List Honors: Recipient, Michigan State's Black Student Achievement Award, 1984 Bar Admissions:U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1991 U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1993 U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1993 Areas of Practice :Voting Rights LitigationPersonal Injury Defense Medical Malpractice Defense Labor Arbitration Qui Tam Individual Employment Discrimination Honors and Awards:"Legal Eagle" Award, presented to plaintiffs' counsel by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization for legal work on the voting rights challenge to Chicago's 1992 ward redistricting (1997)Northwestern University School of Law Student Public Interest Fellowship Public Service Award (2005) Selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer (2006, 2007) James Madison College Distinguished Alumnus Award (2006) Published Works:Paper, Personnel Update: An Employer's Duty to Accommodate Mental Illness in the Workplace (Co-Author with James Douglas, Esq.) , Legal Problems of Museum Administration, American Law Institute - American Bar Association, March, 1998Professional Associations and Memberships:City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, 1995 - PresentHearing Officer Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., 1998 - 1999 President Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., 1994 - Present Member, Board of Directors Project 2000, 1997 Participant Chicago Community Trust's Young Leaders Forum, 1994 - 1997 Member Minority Legal Education Resources, 1988 - 1995 Group Leader and Member, Board of Directors Black Law Students Association, Northwestern Chapter, 1985 - 1986 President Midwest Sub-Regional Director, 1986 - 1987 Northwestern Law School's Legal Clinic, 1985 - 1987 James Madison College at Michigan State University, 1995 Member, Board of Visitors James Madison College Alumni Association, 1989 - 1993 Board Member James Madison College Minority Student Alliance, Michigan State University, 1982 - 1984 President Michigan State University Athletic Department Tutor Past Employment Positions:U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Hon. Ann Claire Williams, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1989Legal Assistance Foundation, Mid-South Office, Chicago, Illinois, Mansfield Fellow Summer Law Clerk, 1986 Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Illinois, Summer Associate, 1985 Representative Cases:Barnett v. City of Chicago, 835 F. Supp. 1063 (N.D.Ill. 1993)Barnett v. Daley, 32 F.3d 1196 (7th Cir. 1994) Barnett v. City of Chicago, 969 F.Supp. 1359 (N.D. Ill. 1997) Barnett v. City of Chicago , 141 F.3d 699 (7th Cir. 1998) Barnett v. City of Chicago , 524 U.S. 954, 17 F.Supp.2d 753 (N.D.Ill. 1998) Barnett v. City of Chicago , 1999 WL 138813 (N.D.Ill. 1999) Barnett v. City of Chicago , 122 F.Supp.2d 915 (N.D.Ill. 2000) Barnett v. City of Chicago , 3 Fed.Appx. 546 (7th Cir. 2001) Palmquist v. Selvik, 111 F.3d 1332 (7th Cir. 1997) Markham v. White, 69 F.E.P Cases 558 (N.D.Ill. 1995) Markham v. White, 171 F.R.D. 217 (N.D.Ill. 1997) Markham v. White, 1999 WL 1072647 (N.D.Ill. 1999) Markham v. White, 172 F.3d 486 (7th Cir. 1999) Cisneros v. Davis, No. LM K '99 1307 (Kane County, Illinois) M.A.K. v. Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, 198 Ill.2d 269, 764 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. 2001) Chapa v. People's Gas, et al., No. 94 C 2048 (N.D. Ill.) Chapa v. Adams, 168 F.3d 1036 (7th Cir. 1999) Chapa v. Adams, 528 U.S. 839 (U.S. 1999) Aroonsakul v. Kathleen Shannon, M.D. , 664 N.E.2d 1094, 216 Ill.Dec. 166 (2d Dist. 1996) DeMarco v. University Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School, No. 90 C 7029 (N.D.Ill 1976) Sandoval v. Saticoy Lemon Association, 747 F.Supp. 1373 (C.D.Cal. 1990) Hastert v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 777 F.Supp. 634 (3 Judge Panel 1991) Hastert v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 794 F.Supp. 254 (N.D.Il. 1992) Hastert v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 28 F.3d 1430 (7th Cir. 1994) E.J. Brach Corp. v. Gilbert International, Inc., No. 90 C 1399 (N.D. Ill. 1991) E.J. Brach Corp. v. Gilbert International, Inc., 1991 WL 148914 (N.D.Ill. 1991) |
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