Background
Levenstam, Barry was born on July 10, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Levenstam, Barry was born on July 10, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1975. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Law Clerk, Honorary Philip West. Tone, United States Court of Appeals for the Secenth Circuit, 1978-1979.
Worked at Jenner & Block (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Civil and Criminal Appellate Litigation, Complex Civil Litigation, Product Liability Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Illinois. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1977-1978.
Law Clerk, Honorary Philip West. Tone, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1978-1979. Company-Author: "Preserving Error for Appeal in Illinois," 78 Illinois Bar Journal, 494, 1990.
"Punitive Awards Against Successor Corporations: Deterrent of Malicious Torts or Legitimate Acquisitions?" 26 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 27, 1990. "The Role of Special Litigation Committees in Shareholder Derivative Litigation," Tort & Insurance Law Practice Journal, Volume XXV, Number.
4, Summer, 1990; "Plaintiff"s Burden of Proving Enhanced Injury in Crashworthiness Cases: A Clash Worthy of Analysis," 38 De Paul Law Review 55, 1988.
"Preserving Error in Civil Cases: Some Fundamental Principles," 1988 Trial Lawyer"s Guide 1. "The Attorney"s Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals," Seventh Circuit Bar Association, 1987-1996. "Special Litigation Committees," American Language Institute -American Bar Association Course Materials Journal, Volume 9, Number.
5, 1985.
Author: Casenote, "Prohibition of Political Contributions by Illinois Liquor Licenses Constitutional," 1977 University of Illinois Law Forum 320. Lecturer: Federal Bar Association, Brief Writing for the Seventh Circuit, 1997. Du Page County Bar Association, Preserving Error Foreign Appeal, 1991.
PLAC, Punitive Damages, 1990.
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Handling an Appeal in the Seventh Circuit, 1987. Assistant to Chairman, Governor"s Task Force on Crime and Corrections, 1992-1993.
Recipient, The Walter J. Cummings Award for Pro Bono Advocacy in the Seventh Circuit for 1994. Member: Illinois State, Seventh Circuit, Federal and American Bar Associations.
Appellate Lawyers Association.
Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1977-1978. Law Clerk, Honorary Philip West. Tone, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1978-1979.