Background
Blatt, Richard Lee was born on May 24, 1940 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of B. Lee Gray and Madelyn Gertrude (Bentley) Blatt.
Blatt, Richard Lee was born on May 24, 1940 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of B. Lee Gray and Madelyn Gertrude (Bentley) Blatt.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1965). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Worked at Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1974, United States. Supreme Court. 1977, United States. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.
1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1989, New York; 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Co-author: "Punitive Damages: A State-by-State Guide to Law and Practice," West Publishing Company, 1991. Japanese Language edition published by Hoken-Mainichi Shinbun-sha, 1995.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State, New York State and American Bar Associations.
(Presents coverage of punitive damage laws of all 50 state...)
(Presents coverage of punitive damage laws of all 50 state...)
(Presents coverage of punitive damage laws of all 50 state...)
Captain infantry United States Army Reserve, 1965-1967, Korea. Member American Bar Association, Chartered Institute Arbitrators (associate), Illinois State Bar assosiation, New York State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Club, Racquet Club Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Carol Milner Jenkinson, May 21, 1965 (divorced December 1984). Children: Christopher Andrew Lee, Katherine Lee, Susannah Lee. Married Carolyn Elizabeth LeBlanc, January 31, 1987.
1 child, Jennifer Lee DeNux Blatt.