Background
Tone, Philip Willis was born on April 9, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer James and Frances (Willis) Tone.
Tone, Philip Willis was born on April 9, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Elmer James and Frances (Willis) Tone.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1943. Juris Doctor, University Iowa, 1948.
Law clerk Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, Supreme Court United States, Washington, 1948-1949. Associate firm Covington & Burling, 1949-1950. Associate, partner firm Jenner & Block, Chicago, 1950-1972, 80-97.
Judge The United States of America District Court, 1972-1974, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit), Chicago, 1974-1980. Special counsel National Commission on Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1968-1969, United States Senate subcommittee to investigate individuals representing interests of foreign governments, 1980. Chairman Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1968-1971, secretary, 1963-1968.
Member Committee on Judicial Branch of Judicial Conference of the United States, 1987-1991. General counsel United States Golf Association, 1988-1992. Member Federal Judicial Fellows Commission, 1986-1992.
Chairman Federal Judicial Center Foundation.
With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (regent 1984-1987, president 1988-1989). Member American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute, Illinois Bar Association (board governors 1960-1964), Chicago Bar Association (board managers 1966-1969), American Judicature Society, Law Club Chicago (president 1979-1980), Legal Club Chicago.
Married Gretchen Altfillisch, March 10, 1945. Children: Michael P., Jeffrey R., Susan A.