Background
Sawdey, Richard Marshall was born on January 8, 1943 in Buffalo. Son of Marshall Douglas and Eleanor Katherine Sawdey.
Sawdey, Richard Marshall was born on January 8, 1943 in Buffalo. Son of Marshall Douglas and Eleanor Katherine Sawdey.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1965). University of Michigan Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1968). Vice President and Secretary, R.E. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, since 1974.
Member, National Investor Relations Institute.
Worked at Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey & Milligan (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Estate Tax and Financial Planning, Business and Corporate Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law, Charitable Tax Planning and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Attorney, Railroad Donnelley & Sons Company, 1974-1988, Secretary, 1983-1985, Vice President and Secretary 1985-1988.
Director, Lakeside Bank, 1981-1993. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Financial and Investment Services Committee, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations.
Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey & Milligan was founded in 1985, when Messrs. Hoogendoorn and Talbot left their partnerships at Kirkland & Ellis to start a Firm centered on representing families with substantial assets and business concerns.
As other partners from major Chicago firms joined the practice, the Firm"s initial concentration in tax, estate and financial planning, real estate and trust and estate litigation expanded to include commercial and personal injury litigation, and corporate and business law.
Today, the Firm serves individuals, owners of family businesses, public corporations, medical malpractice insurance carriers, and major private and public charitable and religious institutions. The Firm encourages its personnel to engage in civic, charitable and religious activities, since the Firm is committed to serving the community through the use of law as an instrument of justice.
Member American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (chairman finance and investment services committee 1994-1995), Chicago Estate Planning Council, National Association Stock Plan Professionals.
Married Judith Hollister Helgeson, August 12, 1967. Children: David Marshall, Karin Ballard.