Background
Eaton, Larry Ralph was born on August 18, 1944 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Roscoe Ralph and Velma Marie (Beckett) Eaton.
Eaton, Larry Ralph was born on August 18, 1944 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Roscoe Ralph and Velma Marie (Beckett) Eaton.
Western Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1968). Instructor of Law, University of Liberia School of Law, 1969-1970.
Instructor of Environmental Law, Quincy College, 1973-1974. Illinois Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1975. Member, Illinois Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority, 1979.
Volunteer, instructor law University Liberia School Law, United States Peace Corps, Monrovia, 1968-1970. Lawyer Forest Park Foundation, Peoria Heights, Illinois, 1970-1971. Assistant attorney general State of Illinois, Springfield, 1971-1975.
Partner Peterson & Ross and predecessors, Chicago, 1975-1994. Founder Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton, 1994-2000. Senior member Cozen O'Connor, since 2000.
Instructor environmental law Quincy College, Illinois, 1973—1975. Contributing writer Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 1975—1977. Field editor. Pollution Engineering, 1976.
Board directors Edgewater Community Council, Chicago, 2000—2008. President Lakewood Balmoral Residents' Council, 2000—2002. Board directors Near North Montessori School, 1989—1995, vice chairman, 1992—1995.
Board directors Edgewater Development Corporation, since 2000, vice president, since 2002. Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation (charter). Member: American Bar Association (environmental insurance litigation task force 1990), Bar Association for 7th Judicial Circuit, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association (editor section newsletter 1972-1977, council 1973-1977, chairman environmental control law section 1976-1977, assembly 1980-1986, 1989-1992, council 1990-1994, council judicial evaluation Cook County since 2000), Atticus Finch Inn of Court, Lawyers Club Chicago.
Married Janet Claire Rosen, October 28, 1978. Child Justin Ross Eaton.