Background
Linn, David was born on March 20, 1917 in Augustow, Poland.
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David Linn
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University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, 1934. Juris Doctor, 1940).
Career
Worked at Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Family Law, including all phases of Matrimonial Litigation, Financial Discovery and Analysis, Tax Considerations and Retirement Benefits, Negotiation and Mediation, Custody and Visitation and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1940, Illinois. 1941, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1959, United States.
Supreme Court. Covenant Club. Quadrangle Club. Decalogue Society. Delegate, Illinois Constitutional Convention, thirtieth district, 1969-1970.
Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1971-1976.
Justice, Appellate Court of Illinois, 1976-1993. Member, State of Illinois Human Relations Commission.
Former President, South Chicago Bar Association. Member: Chicago (Former Chairman: Matrimonial Law Committee.
Inquiry Committee; Former Member, Grievance Committee) and Illinois State (Former Chairman, Family Law Committee) Bar Associations.
Northwest Suburban Bar Association. Appellate Lawyers Association. Military: Captain, Judge Advocate General Department of military reserves, 1941-1946.
Schiller, Du Canto and Fleck is the largest law firm in the country to devote its practice exclusively to matrimonial law.
The firm was founded in 1981 by Chicago attorneys Donald C. Schiller and Joseph North. Du Canto. Charles J. Fleck, former presiding judge of the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, joined in 1982.
Firm members are nationally recognized experts in all aspects of matrimonial law, and many are current and past leaders of local, state and national bar associations.
Achievements
Membership
Member, State of Illinois Human Relations Commission. Former President, South Chicago Bar Association. Member: Chicago (Former.
