Background
Demetrio, Thomas A. was born on September 4, 1947 in Evanston, Illinois, Bachelor of Arts, U. Notre Dame, 1969.
Demetrio, Thomas A. was born on September 4, 1947 in Evanston, Illinois, Bachelor of Arts, U. Notre Dame, 1969.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Corboy & Demetrio, Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Plaintiff"s Personal Injury Litigation, Aviation Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Medical Negligence, Professional Negligence, FELA, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Law, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Construction Accidents, Structural Work Acting, Wrongful Death Law, Vehicular Accident Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Illinois, Florida and United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Profiles: Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White (1987).
Janine Warsaw, Elements of a $12 Million Personal Injury Case, American Bar Association Journal - Litigation Techniques. Emily Couric, 50 Under 50, The National Law Journal (June 5, 1989 (50 of the nation"s top lawyers under the age of 50).
Marshall Sella, The 10 Largest jury Verdicts of 1988, The American Bar Association Journal (March, 1989). Margaret Cronin Fisk, Winning - Successful Strategies from 10 of the Nation"s Top Litigators, The national Law Journal (February 12, 1990).
Paul C. Gerber, What a Lawyer Looks for Before Suing You, Physicians Management (March 1990).
David M. Beam, Profile: Thomas A. Demetrio: A Lawyer with a Heart The College of Business Administration Record (September, 1992). Margaret Cronin Fisk, Profiles in Power - 100 of the Most Influential Lawyers in America, The National Law Journal (March 25, 1991. April 4, 1994; April 28, 1997) (listed as one of the three dozen lawyers deserving of an honorable mention).
Jim Bell, An Interview with Thomas A. Demetrio: "Because I Know You"re a Trial Lawyer" Trial Excellence (Volume 8, Number.
7 July 1996, and Volume 8, Number. 8, August 1996). Author: "Principles of Illinois Discovery: An Overview," and "Medical Malpractice Discovery," Illinois Civil Discovery Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983, Supplement 1984.
"Comparative Fault in Illinois: Its Past, Present and Future," Illinois Trial Lawyers Journal, Volume 6, Number. 1, Fall-Winter, 1983.
"The Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment Mandates that the Right to Trial by Jury, Guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment be Preserved," American Bar Association-Tort and Insurance Practice Section Manual, 1985, Trial Magazine, August, 1985.
"Elements of a Twelve Million Dollar Personal Injury Case," American Bar Association Journal (An Interview), June, 1986. "The Practical Application of Illinois Discovery Rules," and "A Practical Guide to Discovery in Medical Negligence Litigation," Illinois Civil Discovery Practice (IllCLE, 1987, Supp. 1989); "Medical Malpractice," American Bar Association Journal (An Interview) March, 1988.
"Finding and Using Experts," American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section Manual, 1988.
Faculty Member: American Bar Association-Litigation Section, 1977. The New York Law Journal, 1978.
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1978. Instructor, Product Liability, Institute of Information Technologies Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1979-1980.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy Regional, 1978.
National, 1983. National Institute for Trial Advocacy Annual Program on Negotiations and Counseling, 1983, 1986. Plaintiff"s co-counsel in two videotape series, "Training the Advocate," 1983 and "Training the Advocate: The Pre-Trial Stage," 1983, produced by National Institute of Technology and The American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education.
Federal Trial Bar Advocacy Program, 1983.
American Law Institute - American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 1983. Chicago Bar Association, 1983. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1983.
American Trial Lawyers Association National College of Advocacy Program, 1984.
Lecturerships: "Cross Examination," Litigation Section, American Bar Association, 1977. National Institute for Trial Advocacy, NITA, Regional, 1978.
National, 1983. "Determining and Proving Damages," New York Law Journal, Colorado, 1978.
"The Expert Witness in the Courtroom," American Society of Safety Engineers, 1979. "Illinois Product Liability Practice," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1980.
"Deposition Strategy and Technique," Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section, 1983. "Recent Developments in Evaluating and Proving Damages," "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, California, 1983.
"Plaintiff"s Final Argument in a Comparative Negligence Case," Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa, 1983.
"Plaintiff"s Final Argument," Illinois Defense Counsel"s Tactics Seminar, 1983. "How to Establish the Medical Opinion," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Second Annual Comprehensive Evidence Seminar, 1983. "Effective Persuasion at Trial," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Second Annual Presidents Seminar, 1983.
"Evaluating, Proving and Arguing Damages," "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, California, 1984.
"Closing Argument-The Plaintiff"s Perspective," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, The Practical Approach to Trial Advocacy, 1984. "Assessment of Damages," "Third Annual Symposium on Head Trauma, Spinal Cord and Amputation for the Litigator," The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1984.
"Trial Tactics in Governmental Liability Suits," Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa, 1984. "How to Prove Loss of Companionship in the case of a deceased Spouse, Parent or Child," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, 1985.
"Consulting the Appropriate Witness and Assessment of Damages," The Thorough Representation of the Catastrophically-Injured, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1985.
"Final Argument," The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1985. "Anatomy of an Automobile Accident Trial," Practicing Law Institute, 1985. "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association and Massachusetts Continuing legal education, 1985.
"Jury De-Selection," Trial Superstars Seminar, Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section, 1985.
"Closing Argument," American Trial Lawyers Association"s Roscoe Pound Foundation Workshop, 1985. "How to Present the Expert Economist," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1985.
"Changes in Recovery Under the Illinois Wrongful Death Acting," College of Business Administration-Tort Litigation Committee, 1986. "Proper Negotiation Techniques," NITA"s Annual Program on Negotiations and Counseling, 1986.
"Our Tort System Must Be Preserved," 21st Annual Meeting of the Congress of Organizations of the Physically Handicapped, 1986.
"Today"s Civil System of Justice," National Association of Independent Insurers, 1986. "Persuasive Trial Techniques," Hispanic National Bar Association 1986 Annual Convention. "Proper Evaluation of Product Liability Cases," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association - Pick the Best, Decline the Rest, 1986.
"Lawyers and Doctors: A Time for Harmony," Illinois State Medical Society, 1986.
"Ethics and Attorneys" Fees," Northwestern University Law School, 1986 and 1987. "How Proof Relates to the Final Argument," Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1987 Mid-Winter Convention.
"Recent Trends in Evaluating, Proving and Arguing Damages," Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims, American Language Institute -American Bar Association and California Continuing legal education, 1987. "Assessment of Damages," "The Thorough Representation of the Catastrophically-Injured: Causation, Expert Assessments of Damages and Long Term Care Issues," The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1987.
"Video Depositions: How and When to Use Them," Chicago Bar Association, Tort Litigation Committee, 1987.
"The Art of Deposition Taking," Chicago Bar Association, Tort Litigation Committee, 1987. "How to Find and Use the Expert Recreational and Sports Witness," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1987. "Negotiations," Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section, 1988.
"Finding and Using Experts in Crash Cases," American Bar Association-Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, Massachusetts, 1988.
"Comparative Fault," Indiana State Bar Association, 1988. "The Medical Malpractice Case," The 39th Annual Advocacy Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988.
"Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, South Carolina, 1988. Tort Expo "Masters of Advocacy," Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1988.
"Tort Reform or Deform? A Public Debate," Illinois State Bar Association, 1988.
"Proving and Disputing Liability in Tort Cases," Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section, 1989. "The Persuasive Final Argument," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1989. "Ideas on Final Argument," A Weekend with the Masters, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989.
The 46th Annual Belli Seminar, 1989.
"Non-Economic Damages: The Persuasive Final Argument," The Workhorse Seminars, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1989. "Using Final Argument to Enhance Damages," Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 38th Annual Mid-Winter Conference, 1990.
"Do"s and Don"ts of Direct Examination," Trial Notebook Series, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1990. "Trial Symposium-Advocacy into the 90"s," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 33rd Annual Convention, 1990.
Address to the Professional Liability Committee of the American Bar Association, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1990.
"How to Address Damages in the Opening Statement and Closing Argument," Chicago Bar Association, 1990. "Arguing Medical Negligence," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1990. "Arguing and Maximizing Damages," Kansas Trial Lawyers" Association, 1990.
"A Collection of Great Closing Arguments: Techniques and Demonstrations," California Trial Lawyers Association 26th Annual Tahoe Seminar, 1991.
"1991 Best Evidence Seminar," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Chicago, 1991. "Developing and Defending Employment Discrimination Cases," 42nd Annual Advocacy Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991.
"Final Argument," Joint Seminar of the Association of Florida Trial Lawyers and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Bermuda, 1991. "Effective Trial Techniques - From Pre-Trial Proceedings Through Summation," Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, 1991.
"Delivering a Knock-Out Punch in Opening Statement," Third Annual Tort Masters Seminar, sponsored by Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta, 1991.
"Winning with the Masters: Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, "Last Chance Seminar," New Orleans, 1991. "Art of Summation" New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, New York, 1992. "Plaintiff"s Perspective: Closing," Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Winter Program, Boca Raton, 1992.
"Bad Faith in the "90s - How to Avoid lieutenant," Rollins Burdick Hunter Company National Leadership Conference, Chicago, 1992.
"Discovery Practice in the 90"s: A How-To Seminar Focusing on Competency, Efficiency & Civility," (Moderator) Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, 1992. Presentation of Plaintiff"s Perspective in a Product Liability Case (Opening Statement), Federal Bar Association, 1992.
National Convention, Cleveland, 1992. "Is a Cap on Damages Socially Desirable?" Plaintiff"s Perspective, Illinois Provider Trust Annual Risk Management Meeting, Bloomington, 1992.
"Jury Selection: Plaintiff"s Perspective" Point/Counterpoint Seminar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago, 1992.
"Product Liability," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago, 1994. "Product Liability: Third Restatement Torts," American Bar Association, Phoenix, Arizona, 1994. "Jury Selection in the Industrial Product Liability Case," The 13th Annual Conference on Product Liability Law - National Practice Institute, Chicago, 1995.
"Direct and Re-Direct Examination -- Trial Demonstration," ICLE"s 46th Annual Advocacy Institute - The Institute of Continuing Legal Education - Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1995.
"House Bill 20 - Redefining Tort Practice in Illinois," College of Business Administration, 1995. "Litigation Management: Manage Dollars or Activities?" Johnson Controls Annual Law Department Meeting, Chicago, 1995.
"The Art of Persuasion," Demonstration: Plaintiff"s Closing Argument, Defense Research Institute, Trial Techniques Seminar, Chicago, 1995. "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims - Plaintiff"s Perspective," Annual American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995.
"Winning with the Masters," Last Chance Seminar - Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, 1995.
"Closing Arguments," Ultimate Mentor Interactive Seminar, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago, 1996. "the Obligations of Lawyering in Today"s World," Featured Speaker at the Annual Luncheon Meeting of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association, Columbus, Ohio, 1996. "Lessons Learned at Trial," College of Business Administration/YLS Seminar, Trial Superstars, College of Business Administration, Chicago, 1997.
"Shaping the Jury"s Verdict -- Winning in the Age of Tort Reform," ICLE"s 48th Annual Advocacy Institute - The Institute of Continuing Legal Education - Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997.
Dean, American Trial Lawyers Association"s National College of Advocacy-Specialized College on Damages, Colorado, 1987. Member, Illinois Supreme Court on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions, 1978-1996.
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law: Chairman IIT Downtown Center Campaign Committee, 1989. President, Alumni Association, 1988-1989.
Chairman Partnership Program, 1987-1988.
Vice-President of Finance, 1987-1988. Treasurer, 1986-1987. Board of Directors, Alumni Association, 1986-1989.
The President"s Council, 1984.
Member: Chicago (Sustaining Member. Treasurer, 1989-1990.
Second Vice President, 1990-1991. First Vice President, 1991-1992.
President, 1992-1993.
Board of Directors, Chicago Bar Association Television Products, Incorporated. 1990; Public Relations Committee, 1990. Chairman, Finance Committee, 1989-1990.
Board of Managers, 1987-1989.
Permanent Home Committee, 1987-1990. Board Subcommittees: Recommendations Regarding the Law Division, 1989, Evaluation of Special Commission Recommendations, 1989.
General Counsel Search Committee, 1988. Commentator, Los Angeles Law-Fact or Fiction" College of Business Administration television, 1988, 1990.
Participant, College of Business Administration Settlement Project, 1988, 1989.
Committee on Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1986-1987. Evaluation of Judicial Candidates Committee, 1978-1982, 1983-1986. Implementation Commission for the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1984.
Law Library Committee, 1974-1975), Illinois State (Member: General Assembly, 1981-1984.
Offer of Judgment Committee, 1983-1985), Federal and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989.
President-Elect, 1987-1988. Second Vice-President, 1986-1987.
Third Vice President, 1985-1986.
Member: Board of Managers, 1978. Amicus Curiae Committee, 1982. Vice Chairman, 1983-1985, Legislative Committee, 1984.
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association-Public Affairs Committee Committee, 1984.
Public Relations Committee, Chairman, 1985-1987. Executive Committee, 1985).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Discovery Abuse Committee, 1989-1990. National College of Advocacy Faculty Training American Trial Lawyers Association Basic and Advanced Colleges and Seminars Committee, 1989-1990.
Chairman: Advanced Seminars, 1987-1988.
National Seminar Programs, 1986-1987). The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Convention Program Company-Chairman, 1984). The Society of Trial Lawyers-Illinois.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Directors, 1988).
Life Fellow: Illinois Bar Foundation (Charter Member). Illinois Law Foundation (Member, Implementation Commission for the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1984).
International Academy of Trial Lawyers. American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation.
Corboy & Demetrio was founded by nationally acclaimed personal injury trial lawyer Philip H. Corboy. The firm represents individuals and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from aviation and vehicular accidents, medical and professional negligence, product liability, premises liability and construction accidents. Since 1974, Corboy & Demetrio has attained nearly 300 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more for its clients.
Eighteen of those were received in the first half of 1997 alone.
A $25 million settlement in a case brought on behalf of the family of a passenger killed in the 1989 crash of a United Airlines jet in Sioux City, Iowa, is the largest settlement for compensatory damages, for one person, in an aviation wrongful death action.
American Bar Association-Litigation Section, since 1977. The New York Law Journal, 1978. Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, since 1978.
Instructor, Products Liability, Institute of Information Technologies Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1979-1980.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Regional, since 1978. National, since 1983.
NITA Annual Program on Negotiations and Counseling, 1983, 1986. Plaintiff’s co-counsel in two videotape series, "Training the Advocate,” 1983 and Training the Advocate: The Pre-Trial Stage," 1985, produced by NITA and The American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education.
Federal Trial Bar Advocacy Program, since 1983.
American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, since 1983. Chicago Bar Association, since 1983. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, since 1983.
American Trial Lawyers Association National College of Advocacy Program, since 1984.
Lecturerships: "Cross Examination," Litigation Section, American Bar Association, California, 1977. National Institute for Trial Advocacy, NITA, Regional, since 1978.
National, since 1983. "Determining and Proving Damages," New York University, Colorado, 1978.
"The Expert Witness in the Courtroom," American Society of Safety Engineers, 1979.
"Illinois Products Liability Practice," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1980. "Deposition Strategy and Technique," College of Business Administration-YLS, 1983. "Recent Developments in Evaluating and Proving Damages," "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, California, Continuing legal education, 1983.
"Plaintiffs Final Argument in a Comparative Negligence Case," Association of Trial lawyers of Iowa, 1983.
"Plaintiff’s Final Argument," Illinois Defense Counsel’s Tactics Seminar, 1983. "How to Establish the Medical Opinion," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Second Annual Comprehensive Evidence Seminar, 1983.
"Effective Persuasion at Trial," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Second Annual Presidents Seminar, 1983. "Evaluating, Proving and Arguing Damages," "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, California, Continuing legal education, 1984.
"Closing Argument-The Plaintiffs Perspective," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, The Practical Approach to Trial Advocacy, 1984.
"Assessment of Damages," Third Annual Symposium on Head Trauma, Spinal Cord and Amputation for the Litigator," The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1984. Trial Tactics in Governmental Liability Suits," Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa, 1984. "How to Prove Loss of Companionship in the case of a Deceased Spouse, Parent or Child," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, 1985.
"Consulting the Appropriate Witness and Assessment of Damages," The Thorough Representation of the Catastrophic-Injured, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1985.
"Final Argument," The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1985. "Anatomy of an Automobile Accident Trial," Practicing Law Institute, 1985.
"Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association and Massachusetts Continuing legal education, 1985. "Jury Deselection," Trial Superstars Seminar, College of Business Administration-YLS, 1985.
"Closing Agrument," American Trial Lawyers Association’s Roscoe Pound Foundation Workshop, 1985.
"How to Present the Expert Economist," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1985. "Changes in Recovery Under the Illinois Wrongful Death Acting," CBATort Litigation Committee, 1986. "Proper Negotiation Techniques," NITA’s Annual Program on Negotiations and Counseling, 1986.
"Our Tort System Must Be Preserved," 21st Annual Meeting of the Congress of Organizations of the Physically Handicapped, 1986.
Today’s Civil System of Justice," National Association of Independent Insurers, 1986. "Persuasive Trial Techniques," Hispanic National Bar Association 1986 Annual Convention.
"Proper Evaluation of Product Liability Cases," Indiana Trial Lawyers Association-Pick the Best, Decline the Rest, 1986. "Lawyers and Doctors: A Time for Harmony," Ilinois State Medical Society, 1986.
"Ethics and Attorneys Fees," Northwestern University Law School, 1986-1988.
"How Proof Relates to the Final Argument," American Trial Lawyers Association’South 1987 Mid-Winter Convention, Arizona. "Recent Trends in Evaluating, Proving and Arguing Damages," Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims, American Language Institute -American Bar Association and California Continuing legal education 1987. "Assessment of Damages," The Thorough Representation of the Catastrophic-Injured: Causation, Expert Assessments of Damages and Long Term Care Issues," The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1987.
"Video Depositions: How and When to Use Them," Chicago Bar Association - Tort Litigation Committee, 1987.
The Art of Deposition Taking," Chicago Bar Association - Tort Litigation Committee, 1987. "How to Find and Use the Expert Recreational and Sports Witness,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1987.
"Negotiations," College of Business Administration-YLS, 1988. "Finding and Using Experts in Crash Cases," American Bar Association-Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, Massachusetts, 1988.
"Comparative Fault," Indiana State Bar Association, 1988.
The Medical Malpractice Case," The 39th Annual Advocacy Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988. "Litigating Medical Malpractice Claims," American Language Institute -American Bar Association, South Carolina, Continuing legal education, 1988. Tort Expo "Masters of Advocacy," Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, 1988.
Tort Reform or Deform?: A Public Debate," ISBA, 1988.
"Closing Argument," College of Business Administration-YLS, 1988. "Proving and Disputing Liability in Tort Cases,’ College of Business Administration-YLS, 1989: The Persuasive Final Argument,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1989.
Ideas on Final Argument.” A Weekend with the Masters, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989. The 46th Annual Belli Seminar, Boston, 1989.
"Non-Economic Damages: The Persuasive Final Argument," The Workhorse Seminars, American Trial Lawyers Association. 1989.
"Using Final Argument to Enhance Damages," Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 38th Annual Mid-Winter Conference, 1990. "Do’s and Don’ts of Direct Examination,” Trial Notebook Series, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1990. Trial Symposium-Advocacy into the 90’s," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 33rd Annual Convention, 1990.
Dean, American Trial Lawyers Association’s National College of Advocacy-Specialized College on Damages, Colorado, 1987.
Member. Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions, since 1978. Institute of Information Technologies Chicago-Kent College of Law: Chairman Institute of Information Technologies Downtown Center Campaign Committee, since 1989.
Board of Overseers, since 1988. President, Alumni Association, 1988-1989.
Chairman Partnership Program, 1987-1988.
Vice-President of Finance, 1987-1988. Treasurer, 1986-1987. Board of Directors, Alumni Association, 1986-1989.
The President's Council, since 1984.
Seminar Chair: American Trial Lawyers Association’s National College of Advocacy, Specialized Courses-Colorado, 1988. Member: Chicago (Sustaining Member.
Second Vice President, 1990-1991. Treasurer, 1989-1990.
Chairman, Finance Committee, 1989-1990.
Board of Managers, 1987-1989. Permanent Home Committee, since 1987. Board Subcommittees: Recommendations Regarding the Law Division, since 1989, Evaluation of Special Commission Recommendations, 1989.
General Counsel Search Committee, 1988.
Commentator, "Los Angeles Law-Fact or Fiction" College of Business Administration-television, 1988, 1990. Participant, College of Business Administration Settlement Project, 1988, 1989.
Committee on Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1986-1987. Evaluation of Judicial Candidates Committee, 1978-1982, 1983-1986.
Implementation Commission for the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, 1983-1984.
Law Library Committee), Illinois State (Member: General Assembly, 1981-1984. Offer of Judgment Committee, 1983-1985), Federal and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1988-1989.
President-Elect, 1987-1988.
Second Vice-President, 1986- 1987. Third Vice President, 1985-1986.
Member: Board of Managers, since 1985). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Discovery Abuse Committee, 1989-1990.
National College of Advocacy Faculty Training American Trial Lawyers Association Basic and Advanced Colleges and Seminars Committee, 1989- 1990.
