Background
Karpeles, Michael Dean was born on May 15, 1958 in Minneapolis. Son of Elliott Barry and Barbara Jean (Custer) Karpeles.
Karpeles, Michael Dean was born on May 15, 1958 in Minneapolis. Son of Elliott Barry and Barbara Jean (Custer) Karpeles.
Wheaton College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1981). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985).
Worked at Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Business Law and Business Litigation, Corporate, Commercial and Asset-Based Finance, Real Estate, Representation of Creditors in Bankruptcy and Workouts, Securities, Tax, Employment, Intellectual Property and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Illinois.
1986, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Author: "Congressional Nuclear Freeze Proposals: Constitutionality and Enforcement," 23 Harvard Journal of Legislation 483, 1986. Member, Advisory Council, Salvation Army Correctional Services Program.
Member: Chicago Bar Association. Founded in 1976 by young partners from other Chicago firms, the firm has grown fifteen-fold to become one of the best known mid-sized firms in Chicago. The firm's hiring standards are competitive with the largest firms in Chicago.
Its clientele includes large institutions, entrepreneurs and middle market companies. The firm strives to staff matters leanly and to give close personal attention to all matters, large and small.
Member advisory council Salvation Army, Chicago, since 1986. Member Chicago Bar Association (member employment law committee).
Married Kimberley Anne Erskine, June 30, 1979. Children: Brandon Michael, Ryan Stephen.