Background
Piskorski, Thomas James was born on October 30, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Piskorski, Thomas James was born on October 30, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Marquette University (Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, 1977). University of Notre Dame (Master of Business Administration, high honors, 1981. Juris Doctor, 1981). Associate Editor, University of Notre Dame Law Review, 19791981.
Law clerk to honorary senior district judge Robert A. Grant United States District Court (northern district) Indiana, South Bend, 1980-1982. Associate Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, 1982-1989, partner, since 1989, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, chairman lawyer development committee. Instructor Loyola University College Law, Chicago, 1985—1988.
Bar: Illinois 1981, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1981, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1982, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1986, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1986, United States District Court (northern district) California 1994, United States District Court (eastern district) Wisconsin 1995, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1996, United States Court Appeals District of Columbia circuit 1997, United States Court Appeals (eastern district) Michigan 1998, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1998, United States Supreme Court 1998, United States District Court, (central district) Illinois 1999, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 2000, United States District Court (western district) Michigan 2002, United States Court Appeals (1st circuit) 2002, United States District Court (eastern district) Texas 2004, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 2004.
The Proper Role of Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel in Title VII Suits," 79 Michigan Law Review 1455. Author: "Labor Law: A Comprehensive Review of Seventh Circuit Labor and Employment Law Decisions, 1981-1982 Term," 59 Chicago Kent Law Review 625. Co-author: "Employment Discrimination Law in the Public Sector," Employment Discrimination, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1989.Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, Loyola University College of Law, 1985-1987. Clerkship, Senior Judge Robert A. Grant, United States. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1980-1982.
Member of Chicago Bar Association (labor and employment law section), Illinois Bar Association, American Bar Association (litigation section).
Married Susan P. Piskorski, July 5, 1986.