Background
Pethers, Sheryl A. was born on November 28, 1957 in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States.
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Sheryl A. Pethers
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Anderson College (Bachelor of Arts, 1982). Indiana University (Master of Arts, 1987). Illinois Institute of Technology (Juris Doctor, 1991).
Career
Worked at Swanson, Martin & Bell (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense and Coverage, Products and Professional Liability, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Tort and Environmental, Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights, Real Estate, Personal Injury and Intellectual Property, Class Action and Consumer Fraud. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Illinois. 1992, Michigan.
Staff Member and Executive Articles Editor, Illinois Institute of Technology Law Review, 1989-1991.
Law Clerk to the Honorary Benjamin K. Miller, Chief Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1991-1992.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Limited to litigation, Swanson, Martin & Bell lawyers have over 350 jury and bench trials in multiple state and federal courts.
With a national clientele base in the product liability area, especially in design defect matters, it is frequently associated with national coordinating counsel in complex tort litigation.
Broad-based, with corporate, insurance, banking and entrepreneur clients, the firm has been engaged in prosecution and defense of difficult issues in such diverse areas as trade name and trade dress infringement. Class actions and injunctive relief. Consumer fraud; commercial disputes, 10(b)5 actions.
RICO.
Breast implant. Asbestos. And professional negligence.
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Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
