PERSONAL: Resident
of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Jim has appeared twice before
the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to present
oral arguments on behalf of Illinois law enforcement officers
in the cases of Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266 (1994) and
Buckley v. Fitzsimmons, 509 U.S. 259 (1993). Jim currently
serves as co-counsel to the Illinois Association of Chiefs
of Police, and recently submitted amicus briefs on behalf
of the Illinois Chiefs to the United States Supreme Court
in the important cases of Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S.
405 (2005), and Illinois v. Lidster, 540 U.S. 419 (2004).
EDUCATION: J.D.
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois (1985); Served
on Law Review. B.A. – Political Science – Baldwin
Wallace College.
MEMBERSHIPS: Admitted:
Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; State of Illinois
Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit; United States District Court for the Northern and
Central Districts of Illinois. Bar Association of the Seventh
Federal Circuit; United States District Court Trial Bar;
Chicago Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association;
American Bar Association; Litigation Section and DuPage County
Bar Association.
PUBLICATIONS: Author
of the weekly newspaper column In Federal Court for the Chicago
Daily Law Bulletin.
Municipal
Tort and Civil Rights Liability, IICLE (1994) (Co-Author).
Municipal
Tort and Civil Rights Liability, IICLE, Update (1989)
(Co-Author).
Municipal
Tort and Civil Rights Liability, IICLE (1987) (Co-Author).
Employers,
Take Heed: An Introduction to the Civil Rights Act of 1991,
PART I, DUPAGE CO. BAR ASSN BRIEF (Feb. 1993) (Co-Author).
Employers,
Take Heed: An Introduction to the Civil Rights Act of 1991,
PART II, DUPAGE CO. BAR ASSN BRIEF (Nov. 1993) (Co-Author).
Indemnification & Insurability
of Civil Rights Punitive Damages Awards, 77 ILL. B.J.
592 (June 1989) (Co-Author).
Federal
Court Takeovers of Local Government Operations, published
by the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (1989).
LECTURES: Presentations
throughout the Country and the State of Illinois on Liability
Risks faced by local government, including the following
sponsors:
United
States Department of Justice;
Association
of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation;
National
Commission on Correctional Health Care;
Illinois
State’s Attorney’s Association;
Illinois
Prosecutor’s Bar Association;
Illinois
Association of Police Planners;
Illinois
Association of Chiefs of Police;
Illinois
Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) – Chicago
and Springfield;
Illinois
Sheriff’s Association;
Illinois
State Bar Association (ISBA);
DuPage
County State’s Attorney’s Office;
Kankakee
County State’s Attorney’s Office;
Park
District Risk Management Agency (PDRMA).
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