Background
Pusateri, Lawrence Xavier was born on May 25, 1931 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence E. and Josephine(Romano) Pusateri.
Pusateri, Lawrence Xavier was born on May 25, 1931 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence E. and Josephine(Romano) Pusateri.
De Paul University; De Paul University College of Law (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1953).
Worked at Peterson & Ross. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Illinois. 1959, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1962, United States.
Supreme Court. 1974, United States. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. 1983, United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
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Delta Theta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, De Paul Law Review, 1952-1953. Recipient, First Place Abraham Lincoln Award for Legal Writing, Illinois State Bar Association, 1964.
Lecturer: Northwestern University School of Law, 1980. De Paul University College of Law, 1963.
Member, Illinois General Assembly, 1964-1968.
Chairman: Illinois Crime Investigating Commission, 1966-1968. Illinois Parole and Pardon Board, 1969-1970. Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 1977-1978.
President, 1984-1993 and Chairman, Governing Committee, 1993, Conference on Consumer Finance Law.
Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, 1981-1996. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on the Administration of Justice, 1991-1994.
Member, United States. Senate Judicial Nominations Committee, State of Illinois, 1993-1995.
Past Chairman of the Law Forum: American Financial Services Association.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Illinois Financial Services Association, 1978-1994. Member, United States. District Court Screening Committee for United States.
Magistrate Judges, 1989, 1990, 1991.
Executive Director, Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board (Interstate Commerce Commission), 1994-1996. General Counsel, F.B. Snite Foundation, 1976-1992.
Trustee, Gertrude and Walter Swanson Foundation, 1995. Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1968-1970), Illinois State (President, 1975-1976) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1991) Bar Associations.
Illinois Judges Association.
Illinois Bar Foundation (Director, 1974-1976). Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Member, Executive Committee, Judicial Administration Committee Lawyer"s Conference, 1976-1978).
Served to captain Judge Advocate General Corps, Army of the United States, 1955-1958. Named One of Ten Outstanding Young Men in Chicago, Chicago Junior Association Commerce and Industry, 1960, 65. Member American Bar Association (committee consumer finance services 1975, house delegations 1981-1990, judicial administration division 1980.
Club Chicago.
Married Eve M. Graf, July 9, 1956. Children: Joanne, Lawrence F., Paul L., Mary Ann, Eva.