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Daniel R. Campbell
Daniel R. Campbell
Daniel R. Campbell is a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago, where he practices as a trial lawyer. He is a 2023 recipient of Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 award, a Cochair of the Chicago Bar Association Class Action Committee, and a Board Member of Legal Aid Chicago. Mr. Campbell received his two B.A.’s summa cum laude and with honors from the University of Missouri and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law and has leadership and multicultural studies certificates.
Robert Marc Chemers
Robert Marc Chemers
Robert Marc Chemers is a Senior Equity Partner at Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in insurance coverage, as well as appellate and civil litigation and appeals. He is a Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel and a Member of both the Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Chemers received his B.A. magma cum laude from the University of Southern California and his J.D. cum laude from Indiana University School of Law.
Jeffrey Cole
Jeffrey Cole
Jeffrey Cole is a Magistrate Judge with the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Circuit Rider, The Journal of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Litigation Magazine, the journal of the ABA from 2002 until 2004. He is the recipient of the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jewish Judges Association. Judge Cole received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Steven D. Hall
Steven D. Hall
Steven D. Hallis a Partner at Mickes O’Toole, LLC, in St. Louis, Missouri, where he focuses on civil litigation. He is a member of the Bar Association of Metro St. Louis and the St. Louis Federal Court Legal Advice Clinic. He is listed on the Missouri Bar Pro Bono Wall of Fame. Mr. Hall received his B.S. from the College of the Ozarks, his M.Div. from Harvard University, and his J.D. from Suffolk University.
Scott L. Howie
Scott L. Howie
Scott L. Howie is a Partner at Donohue Brown Smyth LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on appeals. Howie is a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and is the Past President of the Appellate Lawyers Association. He earned his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Steven H. Jesser
Steven H. Jesser
Steven H. Jesser is a sole practitioner in Glenview, where he focuses on school law, appellate and federal practice, health provider practice, and administrative/regulatory law. He is admitted to practice in several states, Washington, DC, over 35 United States district courts, all United states appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court, and all Armed Forces Courts of Military Appeals. Mr. Jesser received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was the cofounder of the International Law Society.
Sean M. Koller
Sean M. Koller
Sean M. Koller is an associate at Sperling & Slater LLC in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. He was named one of the Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers in 2024. Mr. Koller received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
David N. Larson
David N. Larson
David N. Larson is an associate at Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, in Chicago, where he focuses on appeals and insurance coverage. Mr. Larson received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from the California Western School of Law.
Ian McKay
Ian McKay
Ian McKay is an associate at McDermott Will & Emery in Chicago, where he focuses on commercial and white-collar litigation. Mr. McKay received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he was the Executive Managing Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.
Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II is a Partner at Miller PC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, class actions, and labor law. He has litigated disputes involving business contracts, employment law, insurance coverage, trademarks, partnership agreements, and corporate veil-piercing claims, among others. Miller is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he has served as an instructor for Trial Advocacy since 2005 and for Advanced Trial Advocacy since 2013. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 2008, for FINRA since 2018, and for the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program from 2003 to 2005. As an assistant state’s attorney, he prosecuted approximately 50 jury trials, including two murder cases. Miller has served on the IICLE^®Board of Directors since 2023. He has also spoken for IICLE^® programs, including Trial Advocacy for Civil Litigators (2019) and Laying Foundations for Introducing Evidence (2018), and he served on the faculty for IICLE^®’s Trial Advocacy series, speaking on motions, negotiating settlements, and cross-examinations. He has been repeatedly recognized as a Leading Lawyer, Super Lawyer, and Rising Star. In 2008, he was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 To Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, which publishes the Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Miller is a Past President of the Law Alumni Board for the University of Illinois College of Law. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law on a full, merit scholarship and graduated cum laude in 1997. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Business in 1992.
James V. O’Brien
James V. O’Brien
James V. O’Brien is a Member at Buchanan, Williams & O’Brien, P.C., in Brentwood, Missouri, where he focuses on litigation. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubble. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Missouri. Mr. O’Brien received his B.A. from Illinois State University, his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law, and his LL.M. in taxation from Washington University School of Law.
Jeffrey A. Parness
Jeffrey A. Parness
Jeffrey A. Parness is a Professor Emeritus of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he teaches classes in civil litigation. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and received a Presidential Commendation from the Illinois State Bar Association in 2013. Mr. Parness received his B.A. from Colby College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Michael R. Robinson
Michael R. Robinson
Michael R. Robinson is an administrative law judge with the Illinois Human Rights Commission in Springfield. He has authored several articles for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Illinois Bar Journal, of which three were cited as winners of the Lincoln Legal Writing Award in 1985, 1986, and 1989. Mr. Robinson received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law.

Daniel R. Campbell

Robert Marc Chemers

Jeffrey Cole

Steven D. Hall

Scott L. Howie

Steven H. Jesser

Sean M. Koller

David N. Larson

Ian McKay

Richard L. Miller II

James V. O’Brien

Jeffrey A. Parness

Michael R. Robinson

Federal Civil Practice 2024 Edition