Background
Lassers, Willard J. was born on August 24, 1919 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Sylvia (Oppenheim) Lassers.
Lassers, Willard J. was born on August 24, 1919 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry and Sylvia (Oppenheim) Lassers.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1940; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1942.
Practiced in, Chicago, 1946-1978; practice with, Alex Elson, Chicago, 1946-1948; practice with, Elson and Cotton, 1948-1949; attorney, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Chicago, 1950-1951; attorney, Office Price Stablzn., Chicago, 1951-1953; individual practice law, Chicago, 1953-1960; partner, Elson, Lassers and Wolff, Chicago, 1960-1978; judge, Circuit Court Cook County, Chicago, 1978-1997. Lecturer taxation University of Chicago, 1954-1955.
Member Governor's Committee to Study Consumer Credit Laws, 1962-1963. Chairman Committee Illinois Government, 1962-1963. Board of directors Illinois division American Civil Liberties Union, to 1978.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Illinois, Chicago bar associations, American Arbitration Association (member panel labor arbitrators 1965-1978).
Son of Henry and Sylvia (Oppenheim) L. M. Elisabeth Stern, June 30, 1946. 1 daughter, Deborah.