Background
Rieger, Mitchell Sheridan was born on September 5, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Evelyn (Sampson) Rieger.
Rieger, Mitchell Sheridan was born on September 5, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis and Evelyn (Sampson) Rieger.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, 1944). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1949). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate, Rieger & Rieger, Chicago, Illinois, 1950-1954.
Member of Faculty, John Marshall Law School, 1952-1954. Assistant United States. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1954-1960 (Chief, Tax Division, 1954-1955.
Chief, Criminal Division, 1955-1958. First Assistant United States. Attorney, 1958-1960).
Associate General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1960-1961.
Legal assistant Rieger & Rieger, Chicago, 1949-1950, associate, 1950-1954. Assistant United States attorney Northern Dist Illinois, 1954-1960, 1st assistant, 1958-1960. Associate general counsel Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, 1960-1961.
Partner Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, from 1961, senior counsel, from 1998. Instructor John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1952—1954. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member Chicago Crime Commission, from 1964, board directors, from 1998. President Park View Home Aged, 1969—1971. Board directors Spertus Museum Judaica, 1987—1991, member visiting committee, 1991—2005.
Republican precinct committeeman Highland Park, Illinois, 1964—1968. Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers. Member: Federal Bar Association (president Chicago chapter 1959-1960, national vice president 1960-1961), American Bar Association, 7th Circuit Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Vail Racquet Club, Lawyers Club Chicago, Standard Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Photography, skiing, sailing.
Married Rena White Abelmann, May 17, 1949 (divorced 1957). 1 child Karen Gross Cooper. Married Nancy Horner, May 30, 1961 (divorced 1972).
Stepchildren: Jill Levi, Linda Hanan, Susan Perlstein, James Geoffrey Felsenthal. Married Pearl Handelsman, June 10, 1973. Stepchildren: Steven Newman, Mary Ann Moseley, Nancy Halbeck.