Background
Baum, Jonathan Klee was born on January 27, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Helmut and Barbara Baum.
Baum, Jonathan Klee was born on January 27, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Helmut and Barbara Baum.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1978). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1982). Order of the Coif.
Legislation aide to Republican Abner J. Mikva,, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1978-1979; law clerk to Judge Bernard M. Decker, United States District Court for Northern District Illinois, Chicago, 1982-1983; associate, Jenner & Block, Chicago, 1983-1985; special cooperating counsel, Roger Baldwin Foundation of American Civil Liberties Union, Inc., Chicago, 1985-1986; staff attorney, clinical fellow Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, 1986-1988; associate, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, since 1988.
Board of directors American Civil Liberties Union Illinois, since 1987, Youth Orgns. Umbrella, Inc., Evanston, Illinois, since 1990. President Democratic Party of Evanston, 1990-1992.
Member Evanston HumanRels. Commission, 1991-1992. Member Illinois State Bar Association (chairman individual rights and responsibilities section county 1990-1991).