Background
Stiegel, Michael A. was born on September 15, 1946 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States.
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Michael A. Stiegel
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University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Loyola University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1971). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1969-1971, and Comment Editor, 1970-1971, Loyola University Law Review.
Law Clerk, Judge William
Lynch, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1972.
Career
Worked at Arnstein & Lehr (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Practice, including Litigation in State and Federal, Trial and Appellate Courts, Products Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Business Transactions, Real Estate, Employee Benefits, Creditors" Rights, Criminal Law, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Not-for-Profit Corporations, Estate Planning, Trust Administration and Probate, Taxation, Employment, Immigration Law, International Law, Insurance Law, Local Government, Health Care and Practice before Federal and State Administrative Bodies. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
1975, United States. Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit.
1985, Wisconsin. 1987, Florida. Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, 1969-1971, and Comment Editor, 1970-1971, Loyola University Law Review. Law Clerk, Judge William Lynch, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1972. Arnstein & Lehr Managing Partner, 1985.
Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, 1987.
Author: "Ex Parte Communications When a Corporate Litigant Is Involved," Business Laws, Incorporated., 1992. "Spoliation of Evidence in Civil Actions," American Bar Association Monograph, 1993. Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, 1994.
Appointed Northern District of Illinois Federal Court Merit Section Committee for Magistrate Vacancy, 1996.
Member: Illinois State and American (Member, American Bar Association Sections of: Litigation and Labor and Employment Law. Section Committees; Litigation Section.
National Continuing legal education Programs Committee, 1995. Trial Evidence; Company-Chair, 1991-1995.
Vice Chairman, 1990-1991.
Litigation Section Leadership, 1991. Labor and Employment Law, Section Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities. Lawyers Conference Standards for Admissibility of Technologically Sophisticated Evidence, American Bar Association Judicial Administration Division-Lawyers Conference, Trial Attorneys of America) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar.
State Bar of Wisconsin. National Safety Council (Member, Consumer Product Safety Advisory Committee. Subcommittee Chairman, Proper Use of Product-Related Instructional Materials.
American Bar Association Litigation Section Advisor to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committee on Model Law for Punitive Damages, 1994-1996).
Since its founding in 1893, Arnstein & Lehr has served clients, large and small, throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. With offices in Illinois, Florida and Wisconsin, the firm engages in the general practice of law with attorneys in five basic service areas - Business, Litigation, Local Government, Personal Services and Real Estate.
While the Firm is large enough to staff the most complex matters, it is small enough to give each client and every matter personal and careful attention, resulting in legal services of the highest quality.
Achievements
Membership
Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice. Labor and Employment Law.
Section Committees, Litigation: Trial Evidence.
Corporate Counsel; Subcommittee Chairman, In-House Control of Discovery, 1984. Member of Subcommittees: Parameters of In-House Practice of Law.
Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution. Product Liability; Management Perceptions of Counsel.
RICO; Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice, Committees on Products Liability and Corporate Counsel.
Labor and Employment Law, Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin. National Safety Council (Member, Consumer Product Safety Advisory Committee.
Subcommittee Chairman, Proper Use of Product-Related Instructional Materials).
Trial Practice, Tort Law, Employment Discrimination Law.
