Background
DeFranco, James E. was born on October 31, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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James E. DeFranco
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Illinois State University (Bachelor of Science, 1977). Southern Illinois University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1981).
Career
Worked at Neville, Richards, DeFranco & Wuller (Belleville, Illinois) specializing in Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Illinois. 1983, Missouri.
Order of Barristers.
Author: "Towards an Implied Warranty of Habitability in Sales of New and Used Homes in Illinois that is Consistent with the Underlying Reasons which gave Rise to that Warranty," 4 Illinois Fund Concept 32, 1980.
"The Trial Court"s Discretion to Exclude Evidence of Convictions for Crimes Involving False Statement in Civil Cases," 5 International Data Corporation Quarterly 36 1995). Company-Author: "A Comparison of the Non-Substantive Provisions of the UNCITRAL Convention on the International Sale of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code," 23 Harvard International Law Journal 49, 1982.
"Retaliatory Discharge: Its Applicability to Employees Protected by a Just Cause Provision," 72 Illinois Bar Journal 480, 1984. Author: "Modification of the Employment at Will Doctrine: Balancing Judicial Development of the Common Law with the Legislative Prerogative to Determine Public Policy," 30 Saint Saint Louis University Lord Justice 65, 1985.
Company-author: "Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations: The Viability of the Tort in the Employment Context in the Wake of Dake v.
Tuell," 32 Saint Louis Bar Journal, p. 13, 1986. Law Clerk to Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1981-1983. Illinois Association of Arson Investigators.
Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis.
Saint Clair County and Illinois State Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Illinois Association of Arson Investigators.
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Membership
Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis. Saint Clair County and Illinois State Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Illinois Association of Arson Investigators.
