Background
Skirnick, Robert A. was born on April 23, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Skirnick, Robert A. was born on April 23, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Roosevelt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1966).
Worked at Lovell & Skirnick, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Illinois. 1970, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, New New York United States. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.
United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
United States. District Court, District of Arizona.
United States. District Court, Northern District of California. Associate Editor, Yearbook of Franchise Law Review Articles, Federal Publications, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia, 1978.
Company-Author: "Subject Matter Jurisdiction of United States.
District Courts," Federal Civil Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Springfield, 1974. Revised, 1978; "The State Court Class Action A Potpourri of Differences," Volume 20, Number. 4, The Forum American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practice, summer, 1985.
"Proving Damages in Non-Class Securities Cases," presented at The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention, Commercial Law Section, 1986.
Author: "Antitrust Class Actions - Twenty Years Under Rule 23," P.L.I., 1986. Lecturer, "The Derivative Action," P.L.I., 1987.
Contributor: "Complex Commercial Litigation, Attorney"s Practice Guide to Negotiations," 2nd Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996. Instructor, New York University, 1979-1980.
Member, Board of Contributors, State and Federal Class Action Newsletter, 1985.
Special Assistant, 1972-1973, Illinois Attorney General, Antitrust. Special Antitrust Counsel, State of Connecticut, 1976-1977. Member, Advisory Board, Small Business Legal Defense Committee, 1982.
Special Master, Ocean Shipping Antitrust Litigation, Molecular Design Limited 395, 1988-1991.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, 1992 and Vice President, 1994, Board of Directors, The National Association for Public Interest Law Fellowships, Washington, District of Columbia
Member: New York State and American (Class and Derivative Actions Committee, Company-Chairman, Securities Law Subcommittee, Litigation Section, 1987. Topic and Articles Editor, Journal of Forum Committee on Franchising, 1981-1986) Bar Associations.
New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
New York County Lawyers Association. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Federal Bar Council (Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1983-1986).
Author: "Antitrust Class Actions - Twenty Years Under Rule 23," P.L.I., 1986. Lecturer, "The Derivative Action," P.L.I., 1987. Contributor: "Complex Commercial Litigation, Attorney's Practice Guide to Negotiations," 2nd Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996.
Instructor, New York University, 1979-1980. Co-Author: "Subject Matter Jurisdiction of United States. District Courts," Federal Civil Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Springfield, 1974.
Revised, 1978
"The State Court Class Action A Potpourri of Differences," Volume 20, No. 4, The Forum American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practice, summer, 1985. "Proving Damages in Non-Class Securities Cases," presented at The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention, Commercial Law Section, 1986.
Author: "Antitrust Class Actions - Twenty Years Under Rule 23," P.L.I., 1986. Lecturer, "The Derivative Action," P.L.I., 1987. Contributor: "Complex Commercial Litigation, Attorney's Practice Guide to Negotiations," 2nd Edition, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996.
Instructor, New York University, 1979-1980. Articles, Federal Publications, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1978.
Member, Board of Contributors, State and Federal Class Action Newsletter, 1985. Special Assistant, 1972-1973, Illinois Attorney General, Antitrust. Special Antitrust Counsel, State of Connecticut, 1976-1977.
Member, Advisory Board, Small Business Legal Defense Committee, 1982.
Special Master, Ocean Shipping Antitrust Litigation, Molecular Design Limited 395, 1988-1991. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member, 1992 and Vice President, 1994, Board of Directors, The National Association for Public Interest Law Fellowships, Washington, District of Columbia Member: New York State and American (Class and Derivative Actions Committee, Company-Chairman, Securities Law Subcommittee, Litigation Section, 1987. Topic and Articles Editor, Journal of Forum Committee on Franchising, 1981-1986) Bar Associations.
New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
New York County Lawyers Association. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Federal Bar Council (Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, 1983-1986).