Background
Phelan, Richard John was born on March 29, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Phelan, Richard John was born on March 29, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Notre Dame, 1958. Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1961.
Adjunct professor Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College Law, 1963-1974, 79-83. Special assistant Corporate Counsel City of Chicago, 1974-1976. Former partner Phelan Pope John Ltd., Chicago.
President Cook County (Illinois) Board, since 1991. Chairman Practising Law Institute, New York Law Journal Programs, since 1972. Board directors Public Interest Law Internship, since 1983, Constitutional Rights Foundation, since 1984.
Special outside counsel Committee on Standards of Official Conduct United States House of Representatives, 1989.
Bar: Illinois 1961.
"Mock Trials: Experiments That Work," NaRecord, September 1976. "Proof of Lost Profits," American Bar Association Law Institute and New York Law Journal Programs, 1972-1988.
Member executive advisory board St. Joseph Hospital, 1985-1988. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers (chairman Illinois state committee 1988-1989), International Academy Trial Lawyers (dean, board directors 1982-1988, chairman admissions committee 1986-1989). Member Illinois Bar Association (federal judicial appointments committee), Chicago Bar Association (president 1985-1986, chairman permanent home committee 1988-1990).
