Background

Gaines, Kenneth R. was born on July 4, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore G. and Annette (Grubman) Gaines.

Education

Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1965). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1968).

Career

Worked at Altheimer & Gray (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Illinois. Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Northwestern University Law Review, 1967-1968.

Law Clerk, United States. District Court for the N.D., Illinois, 1968-1969. Contributing Author and Lecturer: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1974—.

Instructor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1975-1976. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Chicago Council of Lawyers.

(Managing Partner of the Firm, 1991—).

Membership

Member American Bar Association (author Litigation Magazine 1985), Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Council Lawyers, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: fly fishing, golf, running.

Connections

Married Barbara F. Schwarz, May 30, 1969 (divorced March 1973). Married Mary Ellen Striegel, April 23, 1976. 1 child, Jessica.

Father:

Theodore G. Gaines

Mother:

Annette (Grubman) Gaines

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Striegel

Spouse:

Barbara F. Schwarz

child:

Jessica Gaines