Background
McGurk, James A. was born on March 22, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
McGurk, James A. was born on March 22, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Political Science, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1973). Note and Comment Editor, University of Illinois Law Forum (now University of Illinois Law Review), 1972-1973.
Worked at Stack & Filpi, Chartered (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Securities, Commodities, Intellectual Property, Civil and Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Illinois. 1974, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1976, United States.
Supreme Court. Note and Comment Editor, University of Illinois Law Forum (now University of Illinois Law Review), 1972-1973. Author: "Criminal Procedure: The Seventh Circuit"s Current Approach," 55 IIT/Chicago-Kent Law Review 95, 1979.
Senior Law Clerk, Honorary Harlington Wood, Junior, United States. District Judge, Springfield, Illinois, 1973-1974.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1974-1979. Senior Trial Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement, Chicago, Illinois, 1981-1984. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1995-1995), Federal and Seventh Circuit Associations.
Member: Chicago (Chairman, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1995-1995), Federal and Seventh Circuit Associations.