Education
Harvard Radcliffe College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1977). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1984).
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Mercedes A. Laing
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Worked at McDermott, Will & Emery (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Practice (including Corporate, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Health, Litigation and Tax Law). Admitted to the bar, 1985, New New York 1986, Illinois.
Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1983-1984.
Law Clerk, Honorable Amalya Kearse, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984-1985. Member, United States.
Senate Judicial Nominations Commission for the State of Illinois, 1997. Member, Merit Selection Panel for the Selection and Appointment of Magistrate Judges for the United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1994.
Member, Monitoring Commission for Desegragation Implementation, Chicago Public Schools, 1995. Member: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois State, National and American Bar Associations Black Women Lawyers" Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated.
(President, 1991, 1992).
Law Club of Chicago. McDermott, Will & Emery is an international law firm founded in 1934.
Originally a Chicago tax law practice, the firm has established a full-service presence in seven domestic and three international offices with more than 600 attorneys. Clients include large corporations and individuals as well as small and medium-sized businesses. The firm represents a wide range of industrial, financial and commercial enterprises, both publicly and privately held.
Firm attorneys represent clients in every state as well as numerous foreign jurisdictions.
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Membership
Member, United States. Senate Judicial Nominations Commission for the State of Illinois, 1997. Member, Merit Selection Panel for the Selection and Appointment of Magistrate Judges for the United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1994.
Member, Monitoring Commission for Desegragation Implementation, Chicago Public Schools, 1995. Member: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois State, National and American Bar Associations
Black Women Lawyers" Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated. (President, 1991, 1992).
Law Club of Chicago.
