Background
Africk, Joel Jay was born on May 8, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard I. and Diane (Lazow) Africk.
Africk, Joel Jay was born on May 8, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard I. and Diane (Lazow) Africk.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1978). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Ames Moot Court Competition Finalist.
Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1978.
Worked at Jenner & Block (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Civil Litigation, Securities Litigation, Complex Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Illinois, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second and Seventh Circuits, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Phi Beta Kappa. Ames Moot Court Competition Finalist.
Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1978. Company-Author: "Preserving the Confidentiality of Legal Audit Findings," The Corporate Litigator, (American
Bar Ass"n., 1989). "Outside Counsel"s Role in Coordinating the Defense Effort," Handling Government Investigations (Business.
Laws, Incorporated. 1992 Supp.). Law Clerk, Honorary Bernard M. Decker, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1981-1982. Adjunct Instructor in Trial Practice, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, 1991.
Member: Chicago and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
Chicago and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Antitrust Law) Bar Associations.
Married Julie Magyar.