James Anthony SERRITELLA

Background

Serritella, James Anthony was born on July 8, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Anthony and Angela (Deleonardis) Serritella.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York-S.I., 1965; Bachelor of Arts, Pontifical Gregorian U., Rome, 1966; postgraduate, DePaul University, 1966-1967; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1968; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1971.

Career

Worked at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1971, Illinois. 1976, United States. Supreme Court.

1985, United States. Tax Court. Member: Business Executives for Economic Justice, 1988—.

Cook County State"s Attorney"s Task Force on the Foregoing of Life-Sustaining Treatment, 1989—.

North American College Board of Advisors, 1990—. State-wide Citizens" Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1988. Author: Representing Health Care Facilities, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1980.

"Real Property Tax Exemption - Current Trends at the State Level," Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Meeting of Diocesan Attorneys, 1980.

"Tangling with Entanglement: Toward a Constitutional Evaluation of Church/State Contracts," 44 Law and Contemporary Problems, Number. 2, p. 142, 1981; "New Realities in Employment Matters: Counseling Catholic Health Care Institutions," Labor Management Dialogue: Church Perspectives (Catholic Hospital Association), 1982.

"New Concerns in School Employment Practices," 13 National Catholic Educational Association Notes 1, 1981. "Political Entanglement under the Comprehensive Employment Training Act Program, Decker v.

United States. Department of Labor," Proceedings of the Seventeenth National Meeting of Diocesan Attorneys, 1981.

"Confidentiality and the Church," Proceedings of the Twenty-Third National Meeting of Diocesan Attorneys, 1987. Member, Board of Governors: ISBA, 1982-1986. Catholic Lawyers Guild.

Member, Board of Trustees, Saint Xavier College, 1987—.

Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1983—. Member, De Paul University College of Law Dean"s Visiting Committee, 1982—.

Chairman of Advisory Committee, De Paul University College of Law Center for Church/State Studies, 1982—. Member, Board of Advisors, Alzheimer"s Center, Rush-Presbyterian-Saint Luke"s Medical Center, 1990—.

Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Chicago Center for Peace Studies, 1990—.

Member, Advisory Council, Illinois Attorney General"s Charitable Trust Division, 1991—. Member, Illinois State Historical Society Council for Illinois History, 1993—. Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Member: Special Committee on Interest Bearing Trust Accounts.

Sections: General Practice, International Law, Judicial Administration, School Law.

ISBA Institute for Public Affairs, Governing Council 1983—), Federal (Member, Board of Directors, 1981) and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. American Judicature Society.

Canon Law Society of America.

Diocesan Attorneys Association (Member, Executive Committee). National Conference of Christians and Jews (Member, Advisory Committee on Church, State and Taxation). National Catholic Cemetery Conference (Member, Law and Legislation Committee).

The Park Ridge Center.

Catholic Health Association. American Association of Homes for the Aging.

Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Charter Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• James A. Serritella has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member of executive board government relations committee United Way of Chicago, 1979-1984. Board directors Child Care Association Illinois, 1975-1979, Lyric Opera Guild, 1979-1984. Vice president Comprehensive Community Superior vena cava syndrome of Metropolitan Chicago, 1976-1981.

Chairman advisory board DePaul University College Law Center Church/State Studies, since 1982, member dean's visiting committee, since 1982. Trustee Mundelein College, 1982-1986, St. Xavier College, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, 1982-1983, Station Window To The World Chicago Public television, 1978-1981, Loretto Hospital, 1989-1991. Member geriatrics/gerontology steering committee McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, 1981-1982.

Member of advisory board North America College, since 1990. Member Business Executives for Economics Justice, since 1988, State wide citizens committee onChild Abuse and Neglect, since 1988. Member board advisors Alzheimer's Center Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, since 1990.

Founder, Chairman of the Board Chicago Center for Peace Studies, since 1990. Member of advisory county Charitable Trust division Illinois Attorney General, since 1991. Consultant Union of Bulgarian Founds., 1992, International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Budapest, Hungary, 1992;active Illinois State History Society Council for Illinois History, since 1994.

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, FBA, National Conference of Christians and Jews (advising committee on church, state and taxation), American Association homes for Aging, National Health Lawyers Association, Illinois State Bar Association (Board of Governors, special commission on judicial redistricting), Illinois Bar Foundation (charter), Chicago Bar Association (commission on evaluation of judicial candidates), Catholic Lawyers Guild (Board of Governors), Canon Law Society American (active member), Diocesan Attorneys Association (Executive Committee), National Catholic Cemetery Conference, Catholic Health Association, The Park Ridge Center, The Chicago Club, Economics Club, Tavern Club.

Connections

Married Ruby Ann Amoroso, October 3, 1981.

Father:

Anthony Serritella

Mother:

Angela (Deleonardis) Serritella

Spouse:

Ruby Ann Amoroso