Background
Strodel, Robert C. was born on August 12, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Strodel, Robert C. was born on August 12, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1952). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1955). Phi Alpha Delta. Winner of the Illinois State Bar "Lincoln Award" for Legal Writing in 1961, 1963 and 1965.
Worked at Robert C. Strodel, Limited. (Peoria, Illinois) specializing in General Practice. Personal Injury Claims, with specialty in Medical Malpractice.
Admitted to the bar, 1955, Illinois.
United States. Supreme Court. United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
United States. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.
Phi Alpha Delta. Winner of the Illinois State Bar "Lincoln Award" for Legal Writing in 1961, 1963 and 1965. Author: "Traumatic ArthritisAn Occupational Disease," Illinois Bar Journal, February 1961.
"Illinois Scaffold Acting in Perspective," Illinois Bar Journal, March 1966. "Illinois Structural Work Acting," University of Illinois Law Forum, Spring 1967.
"Structural Work Liability," Trial & Tort Trends, 1969.
"Medical Malpractice: Anesthesia-Halothane Toxic Hepatitis," American Trial Lawyers Association Convention Proceedings Transcript, Anderson, 1971. "Preservation of Physicians" Records in Original Form," Examination of Medical Experts, Volume II, Matthew Bender, 1973. "Medical MalpracticeRadical Mastoidectomy Ear Surgery," Trial and Tort Trends, Coiner, 1973.
General Editor and Contributor: "Medical Evidence," 1976, 1980, 1984, 1987 and 1997, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
"Medical MalpracticeA Primer for Attorneys," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number. 2, Callaghan & Company, Fall 1977.
"Medical Malpractice LitigationTriumph & Tribulation," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender Company, 1977. American Trial Lawyers Association Bar News, January 1977.
"Medical-Legal Relationships: A Physician"s Patient is the Same as an Attorney"s Client," Legal Aspects of Medical Practice, March 1978.
Chapter Contributor: "Plaintiff Medical Malpractice," 1981, 1984, 1985 and 1986, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Chapter Contributor: Forensic Sciences, Wecht, Matthew Bender Company, 1981. "Medical Expert WitnessesThe Cornerstone of Malpractice Cases," TRIAL, June 1982.
Video Cassette Contributor: "Trying Medical Malpractice Cases," Matthew Bender Company, 1982.
"Malpractice: Final Argument in Rural Setting," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender Company, 1982. Contributor, "Art of Advocacy Series: Cross-Examination of Medical Experts," Houts, Matthew Bender Company, 1982.
Author: "Securing and Using Medical Evidence in Personal Injury and Health Care Cases," Prentice-Hall, Incorporated., 1988. Chapter Contributor: "Medical Malpractice," Zaremski and Goldstein, Callaghan & Company, 1988.
Chapter Contributor: "Assessment of Fetal Well-Being," Eden and Boehm, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1988.
"The Impaired Physician," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number. 4, Callaghan & Company, Winter, 1981. "Handling Rural Juries," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender Company, 1980.
Panelist: 1980 Governor"s Conference on Sports Injuries in Illinois High Schools.
University of Wyoming Health Law Forum, 1983. Assistant States Attorney, Peoria County, 1961.
Member, Illinois Dangerous Drugs Advisory Council, 1971-1973. Trustee, The Melvin Belli Society, 1982.
Member: Peoria County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1984). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Vice Chairman, Tort Section, 1980. Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1996).
American College of Legal Medicine.
Roscoe Pound-American Trial Lawyers Foundation. Illinois Bar Foundation (Founding Fellow).
Civil Justice Foundation (Founding Sponsor and Trustee). Certified Diplomate: American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
American Board of Forensic Examiners (Member, Law Division).
Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1980-1995. Robert C. Strodel has over 40 years of experience practicing law in Peoria, Illinois.
He serves clients throughout all of Central Illinois with his vast experience in the entire spectrum of law, concentrating on Personal Injury, Litigation, Medical Malpractice and General Practice.
Traumatic Arthritis—An Occupational Disease," Illinois Bar Journal, February 1961. "Illinois Scaffold Act in Perspective," Illinois Bar Journal, March 1966. "Illinois Structural Work Act," University of Illinois Law Forum, Spring 1967.
"Structural Work Liability," Trial & Tort Trends, 1969. "Medical Malpractice: Anesthesia-Halothane Toxic Hepatitis," American Trial Lawyers Association Convention Proceedings Transcript, Anderson, 1971. "Preservation of Physicians’ Records in Original Form," Examination of Medical Experts, Volume II, Matthew Bender, 1973.
"Medical Malpractice—Radical Mastoidectomy Ear Surgery," Trial and Tort Trends, Coiner, 1973. General Editor and Contributor: "Medical Evidence,” 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1987, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. "Medical Malpractice—A Primer for Attorneys," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, Volume XXIV, No.
2, Callaghan & Company, Fall 1977. "Medical Malpractice Litigation—Triumph & Tribulation," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender Company, 1977. ATLA Bar News, January 1977.
"Medical-Legal Relationships: A Physician’s Patient is the Same as an Attorney’s Client," Legal Aspects of Medical Practice, March 1978. Chapter Contributor: "Plaintiff Medical Malpractice," 1981 1984, 1985 and 1986, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Chapter Contributor: Forensic Sciences, Wecht, Matthew Bender Company, 1981.
"Medical Expert Witnesses—The Cornerstone of Malpractice Cases," TRIAL, June 1982. Video Cassette Contributor: Trying Medical Malpractice Cases," Matthew Bender Company, 1982. "Malpractice: Final Argument in Rural Setting," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew Bender Company, 1982.
Contributor, "Art of Advocacy Series: Cross-Examination of Medical Experts," Houts, Matthew Bender Company, 1982. Author: "Securing and Using Medical Evidence in Personal Injury and Health Care Cases," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1988. Chapter Contributor: "Medical Malpractice," Zaremski and Goldstein, Callaghan & Company, 1988.
Chapter Contributor: "Assessment of Fetal Well-Being," Eden and Boehm, Appleton-CenturyCrofts, 1988. The Impaired Physician," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, Volume XXIV, No. 4, Callaghan & Company, Winter, 1981.
"Handling Rural Juries," Personal Injury Annual, Matthew BenderCo., 1980. Panelist: 1980 Governor’s Conference on Sports Injuries in Illinois High Schools. University of Wyoming Health Law Forum, 1983.
Assistant States Attorney, Peoria County, 1961. Member, Illinois Dangerous Drugs Advisory Council, 1971.
Member, Illinois Dangerous Drugs Advisory Council, 1971-1973. Trustee, The Melvin Belli Society, 1982. Member: Peoria County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1984).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Vice Chairman, Tort Section, 1980. Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1996).
American College of Legal Medicine. Roscoe Pound-American Trial Lawyers Foundation.
Illinois Bar Foundation (Founding Fellow).
Civil Justice Foundation (Founding Sponsor and Trustee). Certified Diplomate: American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. American Board of Forensic Examiners (Member, Law Division).
Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1980-1995.