Background
Witwer, Samuel Weiler was born on August 5, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Weiler and Ethyl Loraine (Wilkins) Witwer.
Witwer, Samuel Weiler was born on August 5, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Weiler and Ethyl Loraine (Wilkins) Witwer.
Dickinson College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1963). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Attorney, Glenview Park District, since 1982.
Court Appointee, Trial Bar Admissions Committee of United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois, since 1982. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois.
Bar: Illinois 1967, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1967, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1972, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1973, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1985, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan, 1987. Association Witwer, Moran, Burlage & Atkinson, Chicago, 1967-1974. Partner Witwer, Poltrock & Giampietro, 1974.
Member Federal Trial Bar Admissions Committee Northern District Illinois, 1982.
Governing member Chicago Zoological Society, 1986-1990. Trustee United Methodist Homes and Services, Chicago, 1974, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1976-1997.
Member Cook County Home Rule Commission, Chicago, 1974-1975. Chairman Agency Appeals Committee Chicago, 1975-1978.
Attorney Glenview Park District, 1982.
Special assistant attorney general Auditor General Illinois, 1984-1992.
Chicago (Member, Committees on: Constitutional Law, 1980. Municipal Law, 1981-1984), Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Law Club of Chicago; Methodist Bar Association (President, 1972).
Married Susan P. Stewart, September 18, 1971. Children: Samuel Stewart, Michael Douglas.