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Chapter 1 — Subject-Matter Jurisdiction of Federal District Courts
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Chapter 2 — Jurisdiction of Courts Other than District Courts
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Chapter 3 — Personal Jurisdiction
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Chapter 4 — Parties
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Chapter 5 — Venue in Federal Civil Cases
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Chapter 6 — Pleading Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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Chapter 7 — Motion Practice
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Chapter 8 — Discovery
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Chapter 9 — Pretrial Procedures and Pretrial Conferences
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Chapter 10 — Practicing Before United States Magistrate Judges
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Chapter 11 — Trial of Federal Cases
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Chapter 12 — Protecting the Record and Perfecting the Appeal
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Chapter 13 — Class Actions
- List of Forms
- Index
- Table of Cases
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Carolyn R. Bates
Carolyn R. Bates
No bio available.
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Jack L. Block
Jack L. Block
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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 is also an author for IICLE®’s FEDERAL CIVIL PRACTICE. He received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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Frederick H. Branding
Frederick H. Branding
No bio available.
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Andrew D. Campbell
Andrew D. Campbell
Andrew D. Campbell is a Partner at Novack and Macey LLP, a Chicago-based commercial litigation firm. He concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, appeals, real estate litigation, and disputes among members of closely-held entities. Mr. Campbell frequently represents clients in disputes involving real estate, trade secrets, employment contracts, and veil-piercing claims. He serves on the Chicago Bar Association’s Commercial Litigation Committee as well as the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law. In addition to being a member of the Illinois bar, Mr. Campbell is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and is a member of the trial bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Campbell was a Lead Articles Editor for the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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Alfonso Canela
Alfonso Canela
No bio available.
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Gary S. Caplan
Gary S. Caplan
No bio available.
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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 a Senior Editor of Litigation, the Editor-in-Chief of The Circuit Rider, The Journal of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Judge Cole is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of over 50 articles in various law journals and has been a guest lecturer and moderator in scores of continuing legal education programs for IICLE® and other professional organizations on trial practice, evidence, and bench and bar relationships. Judge Cole is on the Board of Directors for the Northern District of Illinois Court Historical Association and is a Director of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
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John Dodd
John Dodd
No bio available.
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James M. Ellis
James M. Ellis
No bio available.
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Charles M. Evans
Charles M. Evans
No bio available.
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Brian A. Fogerty
Brian A. Fogerty
No bio available.
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Greg A. Gaz
Greg A. Gaz
No bio available.
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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.
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Frederick J. Hess
Frederick J. Hess
No bio available.
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Charles E. Joern, Jr.
Charles E. Joern, Jr.
No bio available.
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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.
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Charles D. Knight
Charles D. Knight
No bio available.
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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.
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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. Mr. Marinello is a frequent author on issues relating to business law and arbitration. Mr. 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.
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Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II is a Partner at Novack and Macey LLP in Chicago, concentrating his practice in commercial litigation and class actions. He has litigated disputes involving business contracts, employment law, insurance coverage, trademarks, partnership agreements, and corporate veil-piercing claims, among others. Mr. Miller is an Adjunct Professor at 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 since 2008, FINRA since 2018, and the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program from 2003 – 2005. Mr. Miller prosecuted approximately 50 jury trials as an assistant state’s attorney, including two murder cases. He has spoken at IICLE events addressing “Trial Advocacy for Civil Litigations” (2019) and “Laying Foundations for Introducing Evidence” (2018). He also 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.” Mr. Miller was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publishers of Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. 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.
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Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore
Christopher S. Moore is a Partner at Novack and Macey LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in complex business litigation. Mr. Moore is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and is Coeditor of the website of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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James V. O'Brien
James V. O'Brien
No bio available.
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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 procedure, Illinois civil practice, civil claim settlement, and administrative law. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the Illinois State Bar Association. Professor Parness received his B.A. from Colby College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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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.
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Michael R. Robinson
Michael R. Robinson
Hon. 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.
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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.
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Geoffrey A. Vance
Geoffrey A. Vance
No bio available.
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Robert T. Varney
Robert T. Varney
No bio available.
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Michael S. Yellin
Michael S. Yellin
No bio available.
Federal Civil Practice (ARCHIVED 2010 EDITION & 2012 SUPPLEMENT)
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