Background
Bates, Junior, Robert J. was born on September 10, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bates, Junior, Robert J. was born on September 10, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1973. Master of Arts, Economics, 1975). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1978).
Worked at Bates Meckler Bulger & Tilson (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Illinois. United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar.
United States. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1977-1978.
Member, National Moot Court Team, 1977. Recipient: Adlai E. Stevenson Award for Best Brief, 1977. Julius W. Miner Moot Court Competition.
Member: American Bar Association. The Defense Research Institute, Inc. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, Inc.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Member, Editorial Board, Northwestern University Law Review, 1977-1978. Member, National Moot Court Team, 1977.