Background
Schlafer, Dale L. was born on April 22, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Schlafer, Dale L. was born on April 22, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, 1959). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1962). Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association.
Worked at Kiesler & Berman (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Insurance, Corporation, Real Estate and Probate Law. Asbestos Litigation, Civil Rights Law, Estate Planning, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense Law, Medical Malpractice Law, Police Misconduct, RICO, Surety and Fidelity Bond Law, Tort Law, Toxic Substances Law and Toxic Torts.
Admitted to the bar, 1962, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association.
Chair Qualified Arbitrator, Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program. Member: Chicago (Past Chairman, Insurance Law Committee), Illinois State and American (Past Chairman, Automobile Committee.
Past Vice-Chairman, Excess, Surplus Lincolnshire and Reinsurance Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Board of Directors, 1997. Chairman, Insurance Committee). Kiesler & Berman was founded April 16, 1963 by Robert L. Kielser and Marvin Doctorate. Berman, former classmates and graduates of the University of Illinois College of Law.
The practice was started primarily as an insurance defense and subrogation firm with a sub-emphasis on corporate and real estate.
The firm now services the entire Cook County area, as well as the collar counties of Lake, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, Kane, DeKalb, LaSalle, DuPage, Will, Kendall, Grundy and Kankakee through its offices located in Wheaton, Illinois, Joliet, Illinois and Waukegan, Illinois. The firm specializes in all phases of insurance defense and coverage work and continues its practice in corporate, real estate and probate.
Member: Chicago (Past Chairman, Insurance Law Committee), Illinois State and American (Past Chairman, Automobile Committee. Past Vice-Chairman, Excess, Surplus Lincolnshire and Reinsurance Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations. Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Board of Directors, 1997.
Chairman, Insurance Committee).