Robert L. Byman

Intellectual Property, Mediation
One IBM Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60611


Intellectual Property

Admitted

1970, Illinois

Law School

University of Illinois, J.D., 1970

Law School Graduation Year

1970

College

University of Illinois, B.A., 1967

Memberships

Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations

Biographical

Member, 1968-1970 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1969-1970, Illinois Law Forum. Author: A New Boundary for Zone of Peril, 1969 Illinois Law Forum 125; Handling Witnesses, Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Illinois Civil Trial Practice, 1979; Initial Evaluation of the Case, Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Handling Business and Commercial Litigation, 1981, 1985, 1988 and 1990 supplement; Presenting Testimony, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Illinois Civil Trial Practice, 1982, 1986, 1991. Chapter Author: Direct Examination, PLI Civil Practice Strategies and Techniques, 1986; Circumstantial Evidence, Matthew Bender Federal Evidence Practice Guide, 1989; Opening Statements, Matthew Bender Federal Evidence Practice Guide, 1990; Expert Witnesses, PLI Winning Strategies and Techniques for Civil Litigators, 1992. Co-Author: West Illinois Civil Practice Guide , 1998, 1999. Columnist, National Law Journal, 1998—. Senior Instructor, Trial Bar Skills Seminar, IICLE, 1983-1986. Panelist, IIT/Chicago-Kent, Commodities Law Seminar, 1983, 1988, 1990 and 1991. Public Arbitrator: Chicago Board Options Exchange, 1985—; National Futures Association, 1988—; Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 1988—. Member, Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1978—. Chairman, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 2002—. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.

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