Wilber H. Boies
Wilber H. Boies
Wilber H. Boies is Senior Counsel with McDermott Will & Emery, in Chicago, concentrating his practice in business litigation, including defense of class actions involving securities, employee benefits, and consumer fraud claims. Mr. Boies is the author of numerous articles on federal court litigation. He served as 1991 – 1992 Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Class Litigation Committee. Mr. Boies received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Andrew D. Campbell
Andrew D. Campbell
Andrew D. Campbell is a Partner with Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, concentrating his practice in commercial litigation, appeals, and data security. Mr. Campbell is the firm’s Hiring Partner and is Cochair of the firm’s practice group on close corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. He was one of the developers of a web application that integrates frequently invoked pretrial provisions of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure and the Supreme Court Rules. Mr. Campbell earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago 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.
Christina B. Gabrys
Christina B. Gabrys
Christina B. Gabrys is in-house counsel for Openwave Messaging, Inc., a software company located in San, Mateo, California. She is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the California Bar Association. Ms. Gabrys received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law and her LL.M. from the University of Notthingham in International Commercial 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.
Sheila K. Hathi
Sheila K. Hathi
Sheila K. Hathi is currently a corporate attorney for Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California. Ms. Hathi received her B.A. and her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Kristen C. Klanow
Kristen C. Klanow
Kristen C. Klanow is a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in the Chicago office, where she concentrates her practice in commercial litigation. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Philip R. Martinez of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Ms. Klanow is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.
Fred N. Lim
Fred N. Lim
Fred N. Lim is a Corporate Partner in the San Francisco office of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. Mr. Lim received his B.S. cum laude from Michigan Technology University and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Paul R. Lynch
Paul R. Lynch
Paul R. Lynch is a Partner in Craig & Craig, LLC in Mt. Vernon. His primary practice has been the defense of civil litigation. He is on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and was President of the Southern Illinois American Inn of Court. Mr. Lynch is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, was rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, and has been selected as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois State and Jefferson County Bar Associations and the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association. Mr. Lynch obtained his B.A. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Mitchell L. Marinello
Mitchell L. Marinello
Mitchell L. Marinello is a Partner with Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, and has more than 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, arbitration, and trials. Marinello is a frequent author on issues relating to business law and arbitration. Marinello received his B.A. magna cum laude from Wesleyan University, was a fellow of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation (studying labor policy) in London, England, and received his J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Brittany N. Meeker
Brittany N. Meeker
Brittany N. Meeker is a Partner at Craig & Craig, LLC, in Mt. Vernon, where she focuses her practice on general civil litigation and workers’ compensation/occupational diseases defense. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Jefferson County Bar Association, and the Illinois Defense Counsel. Ms. Meeker received her B.S. cum laude and with departmental honors from Indiana State University and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
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, labor law, and class actions. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Northwestern School of Law, where he has served as an instructor for Trial Advocacy since 2005 and Advanced Trial Advocacy since 2013. He has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association arbitrator since 2008; FINRA since 2018; and the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program from 2003 to 2005. He has served on the IICLE^® Board of Directors since 2023. 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. He is a past President of the Law Alumni Board for the University of Illinois College of Law. Mr. Miller 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.
Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore is the founder and principal of Chris Moore Law LLC, in Chicago, a commercial litigation firm. Prior to founding the firm, he was a Partner at Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrated his practice in complex business litigation. Moore is a member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
James V. O'Brien
James V. O'Brien
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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.
Henry Pietrkowski
Henry Pietrkowski
Henry Pietrkowski is a Litigation Partner in the Financial Industry Group of Reed Smith LLP, in Chicago. Mr. Pietrkowski is a member of the firm’s Financial Industry Group focusing on high stakes consumer class action defense for a variety of industries, including life insurance, financial services, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. He has significant experience defending putative class actions involving the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) as well as life insurance and annuity issues. Mr. Pietrkowski has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in the class action category (2013 – 2015). He received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. with high honors, Order of the Coif, from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was Notes and Comments Editor of the Chicago-Kent Law Review.
Michael D. Richman
Michael D. Richman
Michael D. Richman is a Partner at Reed Smith LLP and is head of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group in the Chicago office. Previously he was a semi-finalist for the U.S. District Court Judgeship in the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Richman is a member of the Appellate Lawyers, Illinois State Bar, and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Richman has written for IICLE®’s FEDERAL CIVIL PRACTICE (2015) and the previous edition of IICLE®’s CLASS ACTIONS (2013). He received his B.A. with honors from Indiana University and his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
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.
David Z. Smith
David Z. Smith
David Z. Smith is a litigation Partner in Reed Smith LLP’s Financial Industry Group, in Chicago, where he focuses on complex litigation, including business and commercial disputes and class action defense. Mr. Smith has defended numerous class actions in Illinois and across the county involving a variety of subjects and claims, including TCPA, consumer fraud, mortgage lending, FCRA, life insurance market conduct, data security breaches, and privacy-related claims. He has authored several articles and publications relating to class action law and has spoken on issues relating to data security breaches. He earned his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University, and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Elizabeth C. Wolicki
Elizabeth C. Wolicki
Elizabeth C. Wolicki is an associate at Novack and Macey, LLP in Chicago. Her concentration is in commercial litigation. Ms. Wolicki graduated with her A.B. from Princeton University and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

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Federal Civil Practice (ARCHIVED 2015 EDITION)

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Wilber H. Boies

Andrew D. Campbell

Jeffrey Cole

Christina B. Gabrys

Steven D. Hall

Sheila K. Hathi

Kristen C. Klanow

Fred N. Lim

Paul R. Lynch

Mitchell L. Marinello

Brittany N. Meeker

Richard L. Miller II

Christopher S. Moore

James V. O'Brien

Jeffrey A. Parness

Henry Pietrkowski

Michael D. Richman

Michael R. Robinson

David Z. Smith

Elizabeth C. Wolicki

Federal Civil Practice (ARCHIVED 2015 EDITION)