Background
Forde, Kevin M. was born on September 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Forde, Kevin M. was born on September 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Marquette University (Bachelor of Science, 1960). Loyola University (Juris Doctor, 1963). Counsel to President of Cook County (later Supreme Court Justice) Seymour Simon, 1964-1966.
Law Clerk to Judge William J. Campbell, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1966-1970. Faculty Member, The John Marshall Law School, 1968-1970.
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1971-1972. Editor-m-Chief, Chicago Bar Record, 1972-1978.
Consulting Editor, Class Actions, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1979.
Worked at Kevin M. Forde, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Trials and Appeals, Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law, Class Actions, Business Torts, Products Liability Law, Antitrust Law, Securities Law, Chancery Practice, State Law. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Illinois.
1966, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1967, United States. Supreme Court. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Counsel to President of Cook County (later Supreme Court Justice) Seymour Simon, 1964-1966.
Law Clerk to Judge William J. Campbell, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1966-1970.
Faculty Member, The John Marshall Law School, 1968-1970. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1971-1972.
Editor-in-Chief, Chicago Bar Record, 1972-1978.
Consulting Editor, Class Actions, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1979. Author: "Illinois" New Class Action Statute," 59 Chicago Bar Record 120, 1977. "Illinois Class Action Statute," Class Actions, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1979.
"Class Actions in Illinois: Toward An Attractive Forum Foreign this Essential Remedy," 26 De Paul Law Review 211, 1977.
"Punitive Damages in Mass Tort Cases: Recovery on Behalf of a Class," 15 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, 1984. "The Government of Cook County, A Study in Governmental Obsolescence," published by Loyola University Center for Research in Urban Government, June 1969.
"Use of the Manual for Complex Litigation," 15 The Forum 137, 1979. "Settlement of the Class Action," 5 Litigation 23, 1978.
"The Emergence of Metropolitan Centers as Litigation Centers Foreign The Big Case," 2 John Marshall Law Journal, 1, 1968, reprinted 13 Trial Lawyers Guide 5, 1969.
"The New Local Criminal Rules Foreign The Northern District of Illinois," 1 Loyola Lord Justice 51, 1970. "Products Liability-Use of Circumstantial Evidence and Inferences to Prove That a Product Was Defective and That The Defect Existed When The Product Left The Defendant"s Control," 16 Trial Lawyers Guide 42, 1972. "Damages Recoverable for Loss of Use of Equipment Used in The Operations of a Business," 16 Trial Lawyers Guide 408, 1972.
"Concurrent Jurisdiction of State and Federal Courts Under the Federal Death on the High Seas Acting," 13 Trial Lawyers Guide 61, 1969.
Member, Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Incorporated., Northern District of Illinois, 1979. Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1987.
Chairman, Compensation Review Board, State of Illinois, 1984. Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1973-1975.
Librarian, 1977-1978.
Treasurer, 1978-1979. Second Vice President, 1979-1980. First Vice-President, 1980-1981.
President, 1981-1982), Illinois State, Federal and American Bar Associations.
National Conference of Bar Presidents. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Appellate Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1977-1979). American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1992).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
"Illinois’ New Class Action Statute," 59 Chicago Bar Record 120, 1977. "Illinois Class Action Statute," Class Actions, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1979. "Class Actions in Illinois: Toward An Attractive Forum For this Essential Remedy," 26 De Paul Law Review 211, 1977.
"Punitive Damages in Mass Tort Cases: Recovery on Behalf of a Class," 15 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, 1984. The Government of Cook County, A Study in Governmental Obsolescence," published by Loyola University Center for Research in Urban Government, June 1969. "Use of the Manual for Complex Litigation," 15 The Forum 137, 1979.
"Settlement of the Class Action," 5 Litigation 23, 1978. "The Emergence of Metropolitan Centers as Litigation Centers For The Big Case," 2 John Marshall Law Journal, 1, 1968, reprinted 13 Trial Lawyers Guide 5, 1969. The New Local Criminal Rules For The Northern District of Illinois," 1 Loyola L.J. 51, 1970.
"Products Liability-Use of Circumstantial Evidence and Inferences to Prove That a Product Was Defective and That The Defect Existed When The Product Left The Defendant's Control," 16 Trial Lawyers Guide 42, 1972. "Damages Recoverable for Loss of Use of Equipment Used in The Operations of a Business," 16 Trial Lawyers Guide 408, 1972. "Concurrent Jurisdiction of State and Federal Courts Under the Federal Death on the High Seas Act," 13 Trial Lawyers Guide 61, 1969.
Member, Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Northern District of Illinois, since 1979. Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1987. Chairman, Compensation Review Board, State of Illinois, since 1984.
Member, Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, Incorporated., Northern District of Illinois, 1979. Member, Board of Directors, Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1987. Chairman, Compensation Review Board, State of Illinois, 1984.
Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1973-1975.
Librarian, 1977-1978. Treasurer, 1978-1979.
Second Vice President, 1979-1980. First Vice-President, 1980-1981.
President, 1981-1982), Illinois State, Federal and American Bar Associations.
National Conference of Bar Presidents. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Appellate Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1977-1979).
American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1992).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.