Avidan J. Stern

Securities, Mediation
One IBM Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60611


Securities

Admitted

1989, Illinois; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois

Law School

University of Chicago, J.D., with honors, 1989

Law School Graduation Year

1989

College

University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986

Memberships

Chicago (Chair, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1996-1998), Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations.

Biographical

Editor: The Reporter (Federal Civil Procedure Newsletter available at www.fedcivpro.com). Co-Author: The Illinois Supreme Court's New Discovery Rules, 41 ISBA Trial Briefs No. 2, 1995; Insider Trading Chapter of Securities Regulation, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1997; Private Litigation Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in Securities Regulation, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2003. Author: Seventh Circuit Rejects Assuming the Truth of Plaintiffs Allegations When Considering Class Certification, 2001 Moore's Federal Practice Update 115, August 2001; Seventh Circuit Rules Amended, 16 CBA Record 31, January 2002.

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