Background
Sampen, Don Ray was born on July 19, 1950 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond J. and Hazel (Thomson) Sampen.
Sampen, Don Ray was born on July 19, 1950 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond J. and Hazel (Thomson) Sampen.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1975). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1974-1975.
Recipient, Edwin C. Austin Scholarship, 1974-1975.
Working as a partner of MARTIN. CRAIG. CHESTER & SONNENSCHEIN. Director of Nursing R. SAMPEN, bora Bloomington, Illinois, July 19,1950. Admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois and United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1977, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. 1981, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1983, United States.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1975).
Order of the Coif.
Executive Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient, Edwin C. Austin Scholarship, 1974-1975. Author: "Criminal Conspiracy in the New Criminal Codes," 68 Northwestern University Law Review 851, 1974.
Comment, "Civil Courts, Church Property and Neutral Principles: A Dissenting View," University of Illinois Law Forum 543, 1975.
Article, "Law and Equity, The Right to a Jury Trial, and Equal Protection," 70 111. B. J. 376 (February 1982).
Article, "Petitioning Foreign Governments: The Acting of State and Noerr-Pennington Doctrines," 15 Georgia. J. International’l. & Company L. 205 (1985).
Article, "Municipal Antitrust Liability: New Federal and State Limitations" and "Followup," 74 111.
B. J. 345 (March 1986) and 74 111. B. J. 228 (January 1986). Law Clerk, Honorary Philip West. Tone, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Illinois, 1975-1976.
Associate, 1976-1982 and Partner, 19821988, Jenner & Block. Instructor: Remedies II, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1976.
Remedies, Loyola School of Law, 1978. Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1975, Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. 1981, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1983, United States. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar.
Chairman Evanston (Illinois) Cable Commission, 1989-1991. Candidate Circuit Court Judge, Cook County, Illinois, 1994. Member Evanston Zoning Board of Appeals, since 1996.
Member Toastmasters International, Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club (officer1989-1992).