Richard J. Phelan

Intellectual Property, Mediation
321 North Clark, Suite 2800
Chicago, Illinois 60610


Intellectual Property

Admitted

1961, Illinois

Law School

Georgetown University, J.D., 1961

Law School Graduation Year

1961

College

University of Notre Dame, Ph.B., 1958

Memberships

Chicago (President, 1985-1986; Chairman, Permanent Home Committee, 1986-1988), Illinois (Member, Federal Judicial Appointments Committee; Honorary Fellow) and American Bar Associations

Biographical

Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member, Georgetown National Moot Court Team, 1960. Adjunct Professor, Torts, Insurance, Trial Practice and Products Liability, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1963-1974 and 1979-1983. Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1974-1976. Chairman, Practising Law Institute and New York Law Journal Programs, 1972-1988. Director: Public Interest Law Internship, 1983-1988; Constitutional Rights Foundation, 1984-1988. Member, Executive Advisory Board of Saint Joseph Hospital, 1985-1988. Special Outside Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the Matter of Speaker James C. Wright, Jr., 1988-1989. Director, Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, 1987-1990. President, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1994. Member, The Commercial Club of Chicago, 1996—. Trustee, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1992-1996. Member, Board of Visitors, John Marshall Law School, 1992—. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Director, 1982-1984 and Chairman, Admissions Committee, 1984-1988; Dean, 1989-1990); American College of Trial Lawyers (Chairman, Illinois State Committee, 1988-1990); American Bar Foundation.

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