Background
Nelson, Leonard A. was born on June 4, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Nelson, Leonard A. was born on June 4, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1969). University of Illinois (Master of Science, 1970). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Worked at Schoenberg, Fisher, Newman & Rosenberg, Limited. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar.
1975, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1985, United States. Tax Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Author: "Conflict Problems of Dissolutions of Marriage," Illinois Family Law, 1984. "The case for a Jury Trial Right under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Acting," 82 Illinois. B. Journal 16 (January 1994).
Contributing Author, B. Comerford and M. Sacks, Federal Tax Deductions, 1983.
Instructor, Legal Writing: Loyola University, 1980-1981. IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law, 1983.
Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
Trustee, Wilmette, Illinois Public Library (1990).
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Trustee, Wilmette, Illinois Public Library (1990).
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.