Background
Rinella, Bernard B. was born on April 15, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Rinella, Bernard B. was born on April 15, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1961). Delta Theta Phi. Chapter.
Worked at Rinella and Rinella, Limited. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Illinois. Delta Theta Phi. Chapter Author: Legal Checklists, "Matrimonial Matters," 1983.
Author: "Winning Cases Through Show and Tell," Family Advocate, Volume 6, Number.
1, 1983. Company-Author: "Illinois Child Custody Law: An Overview," Illinois Bar Journal, Volume 76, Number. 1, September 1987; "Antenuptial Agreements and Malpractice: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?" American Journal of Family Law, Volume 2, Number.
2, Summer 1988. Illinois Domestic Relations Forms, Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1989.
Hidden Assets, Family Advocate, Summer, 1989. Lecturer, Cambridge Institute, Family Law in Illinois, 1988-1989.
Nominated: "The Best Lawyers In America, Woodward/White. Best Domestic Lawyers in America," National Law Journal.
"Best Divorce Lawyers in America," Town and Country Magazine.
President, Justinian Society of Lawyers, 1977-1978. Member: Chicago (Member, 1963 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, 1965 and Chairman, 1971-1972, Council of Family Law Section) and American (Member, 1961. Parliamentarian, 1988-1990.
Associate Editor, Domestic Relations Section Law Notes, 1967-1974.
Chairman, Divorce Law and Procedure Committee, 1987-1989. Member, Committee on Federal and International Law Taxation, Family Law Section, 1977.
Committee, Task Force on the Needs of Children, Family Law Section, 1977) Bar Associations. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, National Chapter, 1982-1984.
Counsel to National Chapter, 1986.
Member of Council, 1986. President, Illinois Chapter, 1981-1983). Rinella and Rinella, Limited., is the oldest matrimonial law firm in Illinois.
Founded by Samuel A. Rinella, a co-founder of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and Kathryn Barasa Rinella, who served as President of the State of Illinois Women"s Bar Association, the firm is nationally recognized as one of the premiere family law firms in the country.
Member: Chicago (Member, 1963 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Matrimonial Law Committee), Illinois State (Member, 1965 and Chairman, 1971-1972, Council of Family Law Section) and American (Member, 1961. Parliamentarian, 1988-1990. Associate Editor, Domestic Relations Section Law Notes, 1967-1974.
Chairman, Divorce Law and Procedure Committee, 1987-1989.
Member, Committee on Federal and International Law Taxation, Family Law Section, 1977. Committee, Task Force on the Needs of Children, Family Law Section, 1977) Bar Associations.
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, National Chapter, 1982-1984. Counsel to National Chapter, 1986.
Member of Council, 1986.
President, Illinois Chapter, 1981-1983). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, National Chapter, 1982-1984. Counsel to National Chapter, 1986.
Member of Council, 1986.
President, Illinois Chapter, 1981-1983).