Background
Blakley, Allison C. was born on April 26, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Blakley, Allison C. was born on April 26, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Iowa; University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1978). University of Oregon (Juris Doctor, 1982). Xi Sigma Pi. Managing Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1981-1982.
Worked at Fox & Grove, Chartered (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Labor Law, Employment Litigation, Fair Housing Law, Unfair Discrimination Law, Civil Rights Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1987, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. 1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Ninth Circuits.
1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1990, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar. 1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Xi Sigma Pi. Managing Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1981-1982.
Author: "The "How"s" and "Whys" of Conducting Discovery from Your Own Client," The Practical Litigator, May 1994. "Employer-Employee Relations: Employment Torts Come of Age.
Increasing Risks of Liability for Employers and Their Insurers," 24 Tort & Insurance. L. J. 268, 1989. Company-Author: "Employee Handbooks: An Implied Employment Contract Approach to Protecting Confidential Business Information?" American Intellectual Property Law Quarterly Journal, Spring, 1986.
Legal Writing Instructor, Loyola University School of Law, 1983.
Law Clerk to the Honorary William J. Bauer, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1982-1983. Member, Commercial Panel, American Arbitration Association.
Arbitrator, National Futures Association.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Chair-Elect, 1993-1994, Vice-Chair, 1988-1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1997, Committee on Employer-Employee Relations, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Vice-Chair, Communications Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1988-1991.
Advocacy Vice Chair, Labor and Employment Committee, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section. Associate Editor, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 1988-1991) Bar Associations.
Member, Commercial Panel, American Arbitration Association. Arbitrator, National Futures Association. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Chair-Elect, 1993-1994, Vice-Chair, 1988-1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1997, Committee on Employer-Employee Relations, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Vice-Chair, Communications Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1988-1991.
Advocacy Vice Chair, Labor and Employment Committee, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section. Associate Editor, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 1988-1991) Bar Associations.