Background
Cari Junior, Joseph A. was born in 1952.
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Joseph A. Cari Jr.
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University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts). University of Notre Dame (Juris Doctor).
Career
Worked at Ungaretti & Harris (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Practice, including Business and Corporate, Financial Services and Securities, Litigation and Appeals, Real Estate, Health Care, Information Technology, Public Finance, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Taxation, Environmental, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Estates and Trusts, Gaming Law, Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation, Class Actions and Securities Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Illinois. 1984, United States. Supreme Court.
Joe provides business, legislative, and regulatory counsel to a variety of clients ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups to business associations, major manufacturing companies and financial services firms. Adjunct Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School, 1981. Guest Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1983.
Legislative Assistant to United States. Congressman Marty Russo, 1974-1975. Law Clerk, Honorable Louis Garippo, Criminal Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1978.
Special Assistant States Attorney, 1981-1989. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1991-1993. Member, Illinois Hazardous Waste Task Force, 1983-1984.
Task Force on Consumer Services, City of Chicago, Chairman, 1983. General Counsel, Democratic National'l Committee Rules Committee, 1984. Associate General Counsel, Mondale for President Committee, 1984.
General Counsel, Democratic National'l Committee Fairness Commission, 1985-1986. Special Counsel, United States. Senate Judiciary Committee Drug Enforcement Caucus, 1986-1987.
Midwest Political Director, Senator Joseph Biden for President, 1987. General Counsel, Democratic Party of Illinois, 1986-1990. National'l Co-Chairman Finance Committee, Democratic National'l Committee, 1993-1994.
Chairman's Advisory Committee on Civil Litigation, United States. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1989. Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Public Library, 1989.
Appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Center, 1995. Chair, Planning, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1996 Convention. Board of Directors, Gateway Mortgage Assurance Corporation, Subsidiary of Everen Securities, Inc.
Board of Advisors, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. Elected Member, Chicago Committee, Chicago Counsel on Foreign Relations, 1995. Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Urban League, 1995.
"..Ungaretti & Harris has come to be recognized as a stand- out among mid-sized firms in the country, with high-quality lawyers and innovative moves." (Illinois Legal Times).
Membership
Member, Illinois Hazardous Waste Task Force, 1983-1984. Task Force on Consumer Services, City of Chicago, Chairman, 1983. General Counsel, Democratic National'l Committee Rules Committee, 1984.
Associate General Counsel, Mondale for President Committee, 1984. General Counsel, Democratic National'l Committee Fairness Commission, 1985-1986. Special Counsel, United States.
Senate Judiciary Committee Drug Enforcement Caucus, 1986-1987. Midwest Political Director, Senator Joseph Biden for President, 1987. General Counsel, Democratic Party of Illinois, 1986-1990.
National'l Co-Chairman Finance Committee, Democratic National'l Committee, 1993-1994. Chairman's Advisory Committee on Civil Litigation, United States. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1989.
Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Public Library, 1989. Appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Center, 1995. Chair, Planning, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1996 Convention.
Board of Directors, Gateway Mortgage Assurance Corporation, Subsidiary of Everen Securities, Inc. Board of Advisors, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. Elected Member, Chicago Committee, Chicago Counsel on Foreign Relations, 1995.
Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Urban League, 1995.
