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| Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in: | Extensive Experience in: |
| Civil Appellate Law | Commercial Litigation |
| Commercial Litigation | |
| Advisory Board Member | |
| County: Cook | |
| Litigator: Yes | |
| Practice Description: Mr. Eaton has extensive commercial litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. He is an active civil appellate practitioner in Appellate and Supreme Courts of Illinois and the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Eaton is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Bar Admissions: United States Supreme Court First Circuit Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Illinois Supreme Court United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Date of Birth: 1951 Law School: Southern Illinois University School of Law,J.D., 1977 Law School Honors/Involvement: Cum Laude; Note and Comments Editor/Law Review; president, Student Bar Association Graduate School: Washington University School of Law, LL.M., 1979 Undergraduate School: Miami University, B.A., 1973 Undergraduate School Honors/Involvement: President of Student Body President's List of Undergraduate Scholars Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Honorary) Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary) Employment History: Partner, Shefsky & Froelich (2005 - Present) Instructor, Loyola University School of Law (1990 - 1992, 1996 - 1997) Partner, Ungaretti & Harris (1986 - 2005) Partner, Hinshaw Culbertson (1983 - 1986) Law Clerk, Justice A.G. Webber III, Fourth District, Appellate Court of Illinois (1982) Partner, Baird, Latendresse, McCarthy & Rowden (1979 - 1983) Law Clerk, Chief Justice Joseph H. Goldenhersh, Illinois Supreme Court (1977 - 1979) Bar/Professional Association Involvement: President, Illinois State Bar Association (2001 - 2002) CBA Board of Managers (2006 - 2008) Member, ABA House of Delegates (1998 - 2002) Co-Chair, Cook County Board's Committee on the Courts for the 21st Century (1997 - 1999) President, Appellate Lawyers Association (1990 - 1991) Co-Chair, Special Committee on Rule 23, Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court (2003) Editor-in-Chief, Appellate Law Review (1989 - 1992) Community Involvement: Board of Visitors, Southern Illinois University School of Law (1993 - present) Chair, Personnel Review Board, Treasurer's Office, State of Illinois (1991 - 1997) Board of Directors, Southern Illinois University Foundation (1991 - 1992) President, Miami University Alumni Association of Greater Chicago (1987 - 1988) Board of Directors, Southern Illinois University Alumni Association (1986 - 1992) President, Kiwanis Breakfast Club of Chicago (1984 - 1985) Commissioner, City of Decatur Human Relations Commission (1982 - 1983) Published Legal Writing: Chapter author, Business and Commercial Litigation, 2007 Edition (IICLE, 2007). Co-author, Civil Appellate Practice: State and Federal (Illinois), 2005 Edition (IICLE, 2005). Appellate Law Review Author of over 30 law review articles and bar publications on appellate and litigation practice Co-author of an annual review of Illinois Supreme Court decisions in Illinois Bar Journal, 1995 - 2005 Speaker at numerous seminars on topics of appellate practice and commercial litigation. Family: Jane, Brian, Brent, and Amanda1005522 | |
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