Background
Polk, Lee Thomas was born on February 25, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lee Anthony and Mary Josephine (Lane) Polk.
Polk, Lee Thomas was born on February 25, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Lee Anthony and Mary Josephine (Lane) Polk.
Coe College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1970). Phi Kappa Phi Phi Beta Kappa.
Member, 1982-1987, Chair, 1986, Executive Committee Midwest Pension Conference Association. Certified Public Contract Man ager, National Contract Management Association, since 1976. Member, Illi nois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Editorial Board for the Employee Benefits Law Handbook, since 1986.
Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States. Army, 1972-1975. Working as a partner of TWENTY-FOURTH FLOOR. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar.
1972, United States. Court of Military Appeals. 1983, United States. District Court, Western District of Michigan, United States. Claims Court, United States.
Tax Court and United States. Court of Appeals, 3rd, 6th and 7th Circuits.
Chapter 25, "Litigation Involving Benefit Plans," and Co-Author: Chapter 14, "Multiemployer Plans," Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Employee Benefits Law Handbook, 1987.
Served to captain United States Army, 1972-1975. Fellow American College Employee Benefits Counsel (charter), American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (sections on real property, trust and probate, chair qualified plans committee tax and business), Employee Stock Ownership Plan Association, American Society Writers on Legal Subjects, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (chairman employee benefits committee 1987-1988), Midwest Pension Conference (chairman Chicago chapter 1986), American Health Lawyers Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Union League Club.
Married Susan Luzader, March 21, 1975 (divorced January 25, 2005). Children: Adam, Angela, Daniel. Married Diana Rodriguez, August 06, 2005.