Background
Lyerla, Bradford Peter was born on August 2, 1954 in Savanna, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Herbert and Nancy Lee (Nelson) Lyerla.
Lyerla, Bradford Peter was born on August 2, 1954 in Savanna, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Herbert and Nancy Lee (Nelson) Lyerla.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1976. Juris Doctor, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Kappa Phi. Hamo Scholar.
Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, 1978-1980.
Recipient, John Powers Crowley Justice Award, 1989. Associate.
Worked at Jenner & Block (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Litigation, Antitrust, Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Illinois. United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Indiana.
United States. District Court Northern District of California. United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois.
United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Kappa Phi. Editor, University of Illinois Law Review, 1978-1980.
Recipient, John Powers Crowley Justice Award, 1989.
Author: "Copyright-ability of Software User Interfaces: The Natural Law versus The Social Utilitarian Approach," The Computer Lawyer, Volume 10, Number. 1 (1993). Company-Author: "A Practitioner"s Guide to the Application of Advertising Injury Insurance to Trademark Infringement Claims," Practising Law Institute, 1993.
"Insurance Coverage Foreign Intellectual Property Claims: The California versus
The New York Approach," AIPLA Qtrly. J., Volume 19, Number. 3, 1991.
Editor: American Bar Association, Litigation Section Committee on Intellectual Properties Litigation Newsletter, 1990. Company-Editor: Illinois State Bar Association Intellectual Property Newsletter, 1989-1995.
Founding Member, The Cribbet Society, University of Illinois College of Law.
Member: Illinois State (Member, Intellectual Property Section, 1996) and American Bar Associations (Member: Litigation, Antitrust, Individual Rights and Responsibilities and Intellectual Property Law Sections). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member: Patent and Trade Secrets Committees). The Federalist Society (Chicago Chapter).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Board of directors North Suburban Board of the Heartland Alliance, Wilmette, Illinois, 1987-1996, president 1993-1994. Board directors Traveler's and Immigrant's Aid, Chicago, 1991-1995. Board directors, secretary Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Project, Inc., Chicago, 1987-1991.
Member University of Illinois President's Council. Founding member Cribbett Society, University of Illinois College Law. Member Saints Faith Hope and Charity, Winnetka, Illinois.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (editor litigation section intellectualproperties litigation newsletter since 1990, member intellectual property section commission on unfair competition litigation), Illinois Bar Association (section county member general practice section 1984-1985, intellectual property section since 1989, co-editor intellectual property newsletter 1989-1995, chair 1996-1997), American Intellectual Property Law Association (member antitrust and federal literature committee), Federalist Society, Intellectual Property Law Association Chicago (trade & internat committees), Lakeshore Athletic Club, Michigan Shores Club, Wilmette Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Marilyn Wyse, August 18,1979. 3 children.