Background
Jager, Melvin Francis was born on March 23, 1937 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Melvin Van Zandt and Lucille Marie (Callahan) Jager.
Jager, Melvin Francis was born on March 23, 1937 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Melvin Van Zandt and Lucille Marie (Callahan) Jager.
Joliet Junior College. University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science, 1960. Juris Doctor, 1962). Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1961-1962.
Worked at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Illinois. 1963, District of Columbia and United States.
Supreme Court.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1961-1962.
Author: "Trade Secret Law," Treatise, Clark-Boardman Company, 1982.
Member, Board of Education, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1974-1980. Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section Council, 1982-1983) and American (Chairman, Patent Section Environmental Law Committee, 1982. Tax Committee, 1984-1985.
Intellectual Property Law Committee, Litigation Section, 1985-1989) Bar Associations.
Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Law Club of Chicago; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (President-Elect, 1997.
Chairman, Ethics and Grievances Committee, 1983).
Licensing Executives Society (President, United States. and Canada, 1993-1994).
Member American Bar Association (chairman litigation section intellectual properties and patents committee 1984-1988), Illinois State Bar Association (chairman patent, trademark and copyright, council 1982-1983, editor newsletter 1979-1982), Chicago Bar Association, American Patent Law Association, Chicago Patent Law Association (president.1997), License Executives Society (president United States of America/Canada 1993-1994), American Law Institute, GlenEllyn Junior Chamber of Commerce (life.
Married Virginia Sue Maitland, August 15, 1959. Children: Lori, Jennifer, Scott, Christy.