Background
Raphaelson, Ira H. was born on July 3, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Ira H. Raphaelson
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Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at O'Melveny & Myers LLP (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, and Criminal Trials Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative; Antitrust. Banking; Bankruptcy; Commercial.
Communications; Construction. Corporation and Corporate Financing. Environmental; Immigration and Naturalization.
Insurance Coverage Defense. Intellectual Property. International Business.
Labor and Employment. Employment Benefits; Media and Entertainment. Municipal, Municipal Zoning and Municipal Finance.
Natural Resources; Oil and Gas. Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition. Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning.
Public Utilities; Real Estate. Securities; and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1980, United States. Courts of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1983, United States. District Court, Trial Bar of Northern District of Illinois.
1991, United States. Supreme Court. 1996, United States. District Court, District of Maryland and District of Columbia. First Presidentially-appointed Special Counsel for Financial Institutions Crime United States.
Department of Justice, 1991-1993. Counselor to the Attorney General of the United States, 1992-1993. Chairman (Banking), Senior Interagency Group, 1991-1993.
United States Attorneys Office, Northern District of Illinois: United States Attorney, 1989-1990. First Assistant United States. Attorney, 1989-1991; Chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1987-1989.
Chief, Criminal Litigation Division, 1987. Deputy Chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1986-1987. Assistant United States.
Attorney, 1980-1991. Adjunct Faculty, John Marshall Law School, 1979-1990, Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, 1988-1993. Assistant States Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1978-1980. (Washington, DC Office).
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, founded over 110 years ago on January 2, 1885, is the oldest law firm in Los Angeles. Since that time, we have grown from two attorneys in two rooms specializing in the local concerns of a frontier community to a firm of more than 500 lawyers involved in matters of regional, national and global concern.
