Background
Chefitz, Joel Gerald was born on August 27, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Melvin L. and Bernice L. (Kahn) Chefitz.
Chefitz, Joel Gerald was born on August 27, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Melvin L. and Bernice L. (Kahn) Chefitz.
Boston University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1976). Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient, Melville M. Bigelow and CJS Scholarship Awards.
Note and Case Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1975-1976.
Worked at Katten Muchin & Zavis (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Business Litigation, Antitrust, Securities, Constitutional Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Illinois. Note and Case Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1975-1976.
Law Clerk to Judge Walter Jay Skinner, United States.
District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1976-1977. Member: Chicago, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations.
Chicago (Member, Committee on Antitrust Law) and American (Member: Sections of Antitrust Law. Business Law and Litigation and Committees on Counsel Responsibility and Law Firms, since 1987) Bar Associations.
Married Sharon P. Garfinkel, June 18, 1972. Children: Sandra Beth, Meira Sarah, Michael Hanan.