Background
Dolan, Frank J. was born on March 12, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Frank J. Dolan
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Illinois Benedictine College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). DePaul University (Juris Doctor, 1972). National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Boulder, Colorado, 1973).
Career
Worked at Field Golan & Swiger (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts, Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Chancery. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1977, United States. Supreme Court. Seminar, Advocacy Teachers Training, Harvard Law School, 1979.
Lecturer: "Motion Practice," Federal Civil Practice, 1981, "Jury Selection," Illinois Civil Trial Practice Seminar, 1982 and "Preparing and Working with an Expert," Civil Litigation Seminar, 1983, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. "Practical Aspects of Federal Civil Practice," 1978, 1980 and 1981 and "Devitt Report in a Nutshell," 1981, Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association.
Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1972-1978.
Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1978-1984. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1987-1991. Member, Merit Selection Panel Appointed to Select Candidates for Appointment of United States Magistrates, 1983-1986.
Appointed to Advisory Committee for the Study of the Rules of Practice and Internal Operating Procedures of the District and Bankruptcy Courts of the Northern District of Illinois, 1990.
Member: Chicago (Chairman, Trial Technique Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1980. Member, Speaker"s Committee, 1977-1978), Illinois State, Federal (Member: Board of Directors, 1979.
Treasurer, 1982-1983. Secretary, 1983-1984.
Second-Vice President, 1983-1984.
First Vice-President, 1985-1986. President, 1986-1987. Chairman, United States.
District Court Judicial Selection Committee, 1984.
Chapter Delegate/National Delegate, 1983-1985. Member, Federal Civil Practice Committee, 1977) and American (Member, Issues Affecting the Legal Profession Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1979-1984) Bar Associations.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Merit Selection Panel Appointed to Select Candidates for Appointment of United States Magistrates, 1983-1986. Appointed to Advisory Committee for the Study of the Rules of Practice and Internal Operating Procedures of the District and Bankruptcy Courts of the Northern District of Illinois, 1990. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Trial Technique Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1980.
Member, Speaker"s Committee, 1977-1978), Illinois State, Federal (Member: Board of Directors, 1979.
Treasurer, 1982-1983. Secretary, 1983-1984.
Second-Vice President, 1983-1984. First Vice-President, 1985-1986.
President, 1986-1987.
Chairman, United States. District Court Judicial Selection Committee, 1984. Chapter Delegate/National Delegate, 1983-1985.
Member, Federal Civil Practice Committee, 1977) and American (Member, Issues Affecting the Legal Profession Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1979-1984) Bar Associations.
