Background
BECKETT, J was born on June 24, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, United States.
BECKETT, J was born on June 24, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1973).
Working as a partner of BECKETT & CREWELL. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Illinois. 1976, United States. Supreme Court.
Illinois Joint Tenancy Bank Accounts: The Presumption of Donative Intent and the Emasculation of the Fiduciary Rule," 63 Illinois Bar Journal 706, 1975. "Massage Parlor Ordinances and Constitutional Issues," 64 Illinois Bar Journal 622, Lincoln Award, Second Place, 1976. "Obscenity: Ward v. Illinois the Miller Promise Abandoned," 60 Chicago Bar Record 183, 1979.
Co-author: "Community Standards: Admitting a Public Opinion Poll into Evidence in an Obscenity Case," 84 Case and Comment 18, 1979. Author: The 1977 Illinois Death Penalty: Individualized Focus Under the 8th and 14th Amendments," 62 Chicago Bar Record 6, 1981. "Speaking from the Grave—A Homicide Victim’s Antecedent Accusatory Statements About the Defendant," 71 Illinois Bar Journal 250, 1982.
"The Legal Assistant at Trial", Volume IX, Issue 2, Facts and Findings, September-October, 1982. Recipient, Illinois Public Defenders Association Award of Excellence and Meritorious Service, 1984. Lecturer, Trial Advocacy Program, University of Illinois College of Law, 1987-1989.
Champaign County, Illinois State and American Bar.