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Biography
EDUCATION
J.D. 1987, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
Editorial Board, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
B.A 1984, Boston University, Boston, MA
Ancient Language & Literature:
Αττική διάλεκτος and Lingua Latina
Summa Cum Laude with Distinction
Phi Beta Kappa
1983, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dissertation, Poetics of Contrast: Virgilian Bucolic Imagery in 17th Century Poetry
ADMITTED
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Illinois (N.D. Ill., C.D. Ill., S.D. Ill., Ill. S.Ct.)
Michigan (E.D. Mich., W.D. Mich.)
Tennessee (E.D. Tenn., W.D. Tenn.)
Wisconsin (E.D. Wis., W.D. Wis.)
Indiana (N.D. Ind., S.D. Ind.)
Ohio (N.D. Ohio)
Pro hac vice: California (S.D. Cal.), Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa.), Virginia, West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
ACADEMICS
Philosophy of Law and Morality
Legal Realism
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Lyric Opera of Chicago - Silver Grand Benefactor
Taekwondo Blackbelt
MILITARY
United States Navy, Officer, Judge Advocate General's Corps 1986-2000
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Illinois for 38 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1987
No misconduct found
Licensed in Indiana for 15 years
State: Indiana
Acquired: 2010
No misconduct found
Location
Smith | von Schleicher + Associates
180 N La Salle St Ste 3130, Chicago, IL, 60601-2801
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Experience
Honors
2021
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2020
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2019
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2018
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2017
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
2016
Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
1984
Summa Cum Laude with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University
Work Experience
2002 - Present
Managing Partner, Smith von Schleicher + Associates
1996 - 2002
General Counsel, Consumer Products Company
1992 - 1995
Associate, Seyfarth Shaw
1987 - 1992
Associate, Mayer Brown, LLP
1986 - 2000
Officer, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Navy
Associations
2009 - Present
Lyric Opera of ChicagoSilver Grand Benefactor
2008 - 2010
Defense Research InstituteCommittee Chair - Annual Meeting
2007 - 2012
Defense Research InstitutePublications Editor
1985 - 1987
University of Michigan Law SchoolEditorial Board - Journal of Law Reform
Sample of Legal Cases
Lawless, et al v. Standard Insurance Company, Colorado PERA
SVS prevails, Judgment for Defendants Upheld
Darish v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Judgment for Defendant
Nelson v. Standard Insurance Company, Countrywide Financial Corp. Group LTD Plan, Does 1-50
Complaint dismissed
White v. Standard Insurance Company, Security First Associated Agency, Inc.
Judgment Affirmed
Witasik v. Minnesota Life Insurance Company, Standard Insurance Company
Judgment for Defendants
Education
1987
University of Michigan Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
Boston University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
1983
Princeton University
Speaking Engagements
2014
American Conference Institute - New York
Discretionary Clauses - State Regulation and Federal Preemption
2012
ERISA Advisory Counsel - Washington DC
Managing Disability Risks
2009
Defense Research Institute - Chicago
ERISA & Mental Health Claims
2008
Defense Research Institute - San Francisco
Its Payback Time - Equitable Relief in the Wake of Sereboff
2008
Defense Research Institute
Equitable Relief under ERISA
Publications
2014
American Conference Institute
Federal Preemption of State Bans on Discretionary Clauses
2012
Department of Labor
Managing Disability Risks in a Time of Individual Responsibility
2012
www.ERISApundit.com
Mr. Pundit Goes to Washington (and Testifies before the Dept of Labor)
2011
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Wearing Out One's Welcome: Sitting by Designation on the Court of Appeals
2009
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
The Court Gave, and the Court Hath Taken Away - Judicial Displacement of Administrative Discretion
2008
ABA Tortsource
Injury, Sickness, and Causal Ambiguity
2007
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
The Causal Conundrum
Languages
English