Background
Genden, James K. was born on June 7, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Genden, James K. was born on June 7, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1969). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa.; spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Torshen, Spreyer & Garmisa, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts. Corporate, Real Estate, Probate and Insurance.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Illinois.
1977, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1989, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa.
Author: "Separate Legal Representation for Children," 11 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 565, 1976. Company-Author with Wayne West. Whalen: "White House Geographic Report Fails to Tackle the McFadden Issue," American Banker, February 19, 1981.
Law Clerk to Honorary Bernard M. Decker, Judge of United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1975-1977. Member: Chicago Bar Association.
Chicago Council of Lawyers (Member, State Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1982).
The firm concentrates its practice in high quality, high profile civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Members of the firm appear before state and federal trial and appellate courts, administrative agencies, and alternative dispute resolution tribunals in Illinois and other States in matters involving business torts, contracts, real estate, insurance, partnerships, securities and commodities, fraud, RICO, construction, corporations, banking, antitrust, malpractice and other business-related litigation including class actions. The firm and its individual members have been involved in over 300 reported decisions of the United States.
Supreme Court, various Circuit Courts of Appeals, United States.
District Courts and the Illinois Supreme and Appellate Courts. Representative of the firm"s diverse clientele are businesses engaged in a wide variety of endeavors ranging from computer equipment leasing to scrap metal processing to soil testing, condominium and cooperative associations, insurance companies and agencies, long term care facilities, financial institutions, real estate developers, law firms, schools, political parties, governmental bodies, and religious organizations, as well as individuals involved in disputes arising from their official, professional or business pursuits.
The firm also provides services in the areas of business and real estate transactions, probate, and corporate formation and is general, as well as litigation, counsel to a number of its clients. In all matters, close communication between lawyer and client is stressed.
Member: Chicago Bar Association. Chicago Council of Lawyers (Member, State Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1982).