Background
Epstein, Edna Selan was born on July 26, 1938 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Arrived in United States, 1944, naturalized, 1951. Daughter of Carl and Lotte (Eisner) Selan.
Epstein, Edna Selan was born on July 26, 1938 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Arrived in United States, 1944, naturalized, 1951. Daughter of Carl and Lotte (Eisner) Selan.
Barnard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1960). Harvard University (Ph.D., 1967). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1973).
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Visiting Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1980-1982. Lecturer on Trial Advocacy, NITA Programs, Practicing Law Institute, 1980-1982.
Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and National Institute for Trial Advocacy, since 1977. Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, 1973-1976. Member, Transition Task Force in Chicago, 1979.
Member, Illinois Humanities Council, 1983-1988. Chairman, Trial Evidence Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association, 1979-1983. Member, Litigation Section Council, 1984-1987.
Member, Board of Governors, Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1975-1976. Member, Chicago Police Board, since 1989. Spoken languages: French, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, German and Italian.
Assistant professor French University Illinois, Chicago Circuit, 1967—1970. With Cook County State's Attorney, 1973—1975. Associate Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1976—1982, partner, 1982—1989.
Private practice law, since 1989. Member faculty National Institute Trial Advocacy, 1979—1986. Visiting lecturer University Chicago School Law, 1979—1981, Kent College Law, 1992—1994.
Visiting lecturer NITA programs Hofstra University, Emory University, 1980—1990. Board governors Hyde Pk.-Kenwood Community Conference, 1974—1977, Chicago Finance Exchange, since 1985, Jefferson Foundation, Illinois Humanities Council, 1982—1989. Board directors Friends Parks, 1978—1980.
Member Citizens Committee Victim Assistance, 1976—1978, Cook County State's Attorney's Professional Advisory Committee, 1981—1988, Mayor Byrne's Transition Task Force, 1979. General counsel, member Chicago Police Board, 1989—1996. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1980.
Member rules committee Credentials Committee, 1988.
Member of American Bar Association (chairman trial evidence committee 1979-1983, member litigation section council 1984-1987, member special publications committee since 1992, member editorial board litigation journal since 1993), Chicago Council Lawyers (board governors 1975-1977), Chicago Bar Association, International Bar Association, Chicago Executives Club, Legal Club, Law Club, Chicago Economics Club, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Wolfgang Epstein Epstein, June 12, 1961. Children: Matthew, Ezra, Tanya.