Background
Redleaf, Diane L. was born on December 3, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
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Diane L. Redleaf
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Carleton College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1976). Stanford Law School (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Lehrer & Redleaf (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Civil Litigation, Civil Appeals, Civil Rights, Children, Employment Law, Disabilities, Health Law, Constitutional Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1983, Trial Bar, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Articles and Book Review Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1977-1979.
Lecturer in Child Welfare Law, University of Chicago Law School, 1994-1996. Member: American Bar Association.
Chicago Council of Lawyers.
Lehrer & Redleaf was formed in 1996 by two senior managing attorneys at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago ("LAFC"), an 85 lawyer legal services office. Mr. Lehrer was LAFC"s deputy director and litigation director Mississippi Redleaf was supervisor of LAFC"s Children"s Law and Policy Project.
Both Mr.
Lehrer and Mississippi Redleaf have extensive trial and appellate court experience in complex and emergency civil litigation, including class actions and institutional reform cases. The firm represents private social service agencies as well as individuals on a broad range of issues within its practice areas.
The firm is also lead plaintiff class counsel in numerous civil rights actions against federal, state or local governmental officials or entities.
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Member: American Bar Association. Chicago Council of Lawyers.
