Background
Beckley, James E. was born on August 30, 1941 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States.
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James E. BECKLEY
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Rockhurst College (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1967). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta.
Career
Worked at James East. Beckley & Associates, Professional Corporation (Wheaton, Illinois) specializing in General Corporate Litigation with an emphasis on securities and broker-dealer issues. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Illinois. Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta.
Author: "Equity and Arbitration." in Practicing Law Institute Securities Arbitration 1996, Volume I. "Go Down Moses: Fahnestock & Company, Incorporated. v Waltman" in Securities Arbitration Commentator, Volume IV, Number.
4, September 1991; "Class Actions and Arbitrations," in Securities Arbitration Commentator, October, 1990.
"Arbitration: Then, Now, and Now," in Options Law and Compliance Conference 1988, New York Institute of Finance, 1988. "Due Diligence," monograph, American Bar Association Committee on Litigation, 1987. "Discovery in Broker-Dealer Litigation (chapter), "Blue Sky Laws and Common Law Remedies," (chapter), Broker-Dealer Litigation, Practising Law Institute, 1978.
"Seventh Circuit Review--Evidence," Chicago-Kent Law Review, September, 1978.
"I"m Just a Small Businessman--Why Should I Incorporate?" Success Unlimited, December 1977-January, 1978. "The "Great Hearsay" Rule," Federal Rules of Evidence 803 (24) and 804 (b)(5) (with Professor Jon R. Waltz), Journal of Trial Advocacy, September, 1977.
"Class Actions," (chapter) The Art of Discovery, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1974, revised 1993. Bar Association Young Lawyers Journal, October-November, 1973.
Lecturer: Practicing Law Institute: "Why Equitable Principals Should Dominate Securities Arbitration," July-August, 1996.
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: "The Art of Discovery, Class Actions: "Why Equitable Principals Should Dominate Securities Arbitration," 1974-- Broker-Dealer Litigation The Art of Discovery. Practising Law Institute: 1973. New York Institute of Finance, "Broker-Dealer Litigation," June, 1989.
Fordham University Continuing Legal Education, "A Practitioner"s Guide to Broker Disputes," June, 1991.
Panel Member, "Developments in Securities Arbitration," PIABA Annual Convention, October, 1994. Public Member, The Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration, 1989.
Director, Public Investor, Arbitration Bar Association, 1994. Participant, New York Stock Exchange Symposium on Arbitration in the Securities Industry, December 5, 1994.
"Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation," PIABA Annual Convention, 1995.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Member, Sections on: Antitrust. General Litigation; Trial Practice. Chairman, Consumer Law Subcommittee, 1970) and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust.
Litigation, Member, Subcommittee Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement) Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
The firm"s practice is concentrated in securities litigation and counseling as well as complex state and federal litigation.
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Membership
Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Member, Sections on: Antitrust. General Litigation; Trial Practice. Chairman, Consumer Law Subcommittee, 1970) and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust.
Litigation, Member, Subcommittee Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement) Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
