Background
Salomon, Richard Adley was born on November 3, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Salomon and Marian (Schwarz) Elkan.
Salomon, Richard Adley was born on November 3, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bernard Salomon and Marian (Schwarz) Elkan.
Carleton College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1975). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1979). Recipient, Harold E. Goettler Political Institutions Prize, University of Chicago, 1974.
Spoken languages: French and German.
Associate Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, 1979. Law clerk United States District Court (northern district) Illinois, Chicago, 1980. Associate Mayer, Brown & Platt, 1981-1986, partner, 1986-1994.
Chief Executive Officer Vantage Point Consultant, since 1994. Assistant attorney general State of Illinois, Chicago, 1981-1983. Consultant special commission to Study Cook County Courts, Chicago, 1985-1988.
Program chairman Columbia University media and society seminars, 1986-1993. Chief counsel Special Commission on Administration of Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1992-1994. Lecturer on litigation abuse, ethics, white collar crime and racketeering litigation, 1984-1994.
Chicago-Tribune Op-Ed piece, April 20, 1989 at p. 25
"Rekindling Lawyer Professionalism" and Those Damaging Punitive Damages," 41 Mercer L. Rev. 597 (1990)
"Professionalism: Should There Be Limits on Lawyer Zeal?," National Law Journal, July 21, 1986."Summary Judgment: A Notable Departure From The Court," with Alexander Ewing, Legal Times, September 1, 1986, pp. 12-13
"Discovery From Those At The Top," Volume 13, Litigation Magazine, No. 4, p. 15, Summer, 1987."Shades Of Gray And Other Myths," 1 Georgetown Journal Of Legal Ethics 463, 1987. A Primer On Civil RICO Issues, with Timothy W. Joranko, RICO Monograph: Defense Research Institute, 1988. Special Assistant Attorney General, Illinois, 1981-1983.Law Clerk, Honorary John F. Grady, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1980. Special Assistant to the Chairman, American Bar Association Commission on Professionalism, 1985 1987.Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Ethics and Professional Responsibility Editor, since 1989.
Alumni representative, speaker Carleton College, since 1980. Legal advisory LaRabida Children's Hospital, Chicago, 1983-1993. Chief counsel Illinois Supreme Court Commission on the Administration of Justice, 1992-1994.
Member school board Glencoe (Illinois) Junior Kindergarten, since 1992. Member American Bar Association (special assistant to chairman commission on professionalism 1985-1986), American Law Institute (advisory council restatement of law 3d, the law governing lawyers and consultative group to complex litigation project 1988-1993, consultative group on product liability project 1985-1993), Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies (seminar on justice and society), Jewish United Fund (chair legal education program 1992-1994), Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (foreign affairs committee).
Avocations: philately, tennis, photography, piano, Federal, State, and Legislation civil litigation.
Married Jacqueline B. Cohen, January 9, 1988. Children: Mark Bernard, Eve Michelle.