Background
Stites, Richard Earl was born on June 7, 1954 in Marshall, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Charles and Mary Louise (Hammond) Stites.
Stites, Richard Earl was born on June 7, 1954 in Marshall, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Charles and Mary Louise (Hammond) Stites.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976). Indiana University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Order of the Coif.
Phi Alpha Delta. Administrative Editor, Board of Editors, Indiana Law Journal, 1977-1979.
Worked at Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder (Bloomington, Illinois) specializing in General Practice. Trials in all Courts. Appellate, Insurance Law, Commercial Law.
Probate and Trust.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Illinois.
1980, United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1984, United States. Supreme Court. 1995, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Order of the Coif. Phi Alpha Delta. Administrative Editor, Board of Editors, Indiana Law Journal, 1977-1979.
Author: "The Moment of Inadvertence Concept in Strict Products Liability.
The Seed of Destruction Foreign The Assumption of the Risk Defense?" Indiana Law Journal, Volume 53, Number. 3, 1977-1978; "Instructions and Special Interrogations," Illinois Civil Practice, Volume III, Church 11 (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education).
"Catastrophic Injury and Structured Verdicts-Confronting the Healing Art Malpractice Acting," International Data Corporation Quarterly, Volume 2 Number.
2 (1992). Member: McLean County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Society of Trial Lawyers - Illinois. American Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder has been practicing law in central Illinois for more than 60 years, serving clients throughout the state of Illinois with a focus on central Illinois.
The firm has a general practice, with its main emphasis in general litigation and a minor focus in Business, Corporate, Estate and Tax law.
Member local rules committee United States District Court (central district) Illinois 1984-1985. Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, McLean County Bar Association (treasurer 1979-1980), Defense Research Institute, Illinois Association Defense Trial Counsel, International Association Defense Counsel, Federation Insurance and Corporation Counsel, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jane Lynn Schlesinger, September 8, 1979. Children: David Robert, Amy Jane.