Background
Hilliker, Donald Beckstett was born on January 6, 1944 in Dixon, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald Herschel and Bernadette (Welch) Hilliker.
Hilliker, Donald Beckstett was born on January 6, 1944 in Dixon, Illinois, United States. Son of Donald Herschel and Bernadette (Welch) Hilliker.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Science, 1966). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1969). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1968-1969.
Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, 1969-1970.
Working as a partner of PHELAN, POPE & JOHN, Limited. DONALD B. HILLIKER, bom Dixon, Illinois, January 6, 1944. Admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois. Education: Loyola University (Bachelor of Science, 1966).
Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1969).
Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1968-1969. Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, 1969-1970.
Author: "Attorney Liability to Third Parties: A Look to the Future," 36 DePaul L. Review 41 (1986); "Professional Liability Insurance," Professional Liability, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook, 1985, 1982.
"Lawyers" Malpractice: Coping in an Era of Increasing Responsibility," 64 Chicago Bar Record 564.
(May-June, 1983). "Intervention in the Federal Courts," Litigation,(Spring 1981). "Target Defendants for the 1980’s—Securities Lawyers and Malpractice Insurance," Insurance Law Journal 563,(October 1980).
"Attorney Disqualification Motions," 26 The Practical Lawyer.No.
7, 11, October 1980. "Attorney Malpractice in the 1980’s," Barrister 17 (Fall, 1980). "Vicarious Responsibility for Aircraft Owners Under State Laws," 60 Marquette Law Review 1031 (1977).
"State Court"s Limited Power to Issue a Preliminary Injunction Against a National Bank," 92 Banking Law Journal 606, 1975.
Company-Author and Editor: Determining and Proving Damages in Business Litigation, Law Journal Seminars Press (1984). Assistant Dean and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1974-1975, and Lecturer in Advanced Securities Regulation, 1977-1981, Northwestern University School of Law. Member, Visiting Committee, Northwestern University School of Law, since 1988.
Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, since 1978, Law Journal Seminars Press.
Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility, since 1978. Member, Board of Directors, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, 1982-1983, since 1985.
Member:. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Illinois.
President school board St. Clement School, Chicago,1984-1987. National chairman annual fund drive Northwestern University School Law, 1986-1988, member visitors committee, 1988-1994,treasurer Alumni Association, since 1997. Member American Bar Association (co-chair ethics: beyond the rules task force 1994-1998, co-chair commercial and banking litigation committee 1997-1998, standing committee ethics and professional responsibility since 1997, litigation section county member since 1998, chair section/division commission on ethics and professionalism), Chicago Bar Association (chair large law firm committee since 1998, member professional responsibility committee), Chicago Council Lawyers (legal counsel 1981-1983), American Law Institute, Center forEthics and Corporation Policy (board directors 1991-1994), Order of Coif.
Married Carolyn Ann Beckstett, December 16, 1972. Children: Carrie Ford, Sarah Dillon.