Edward Siebert Email & Phone Number

Elk Grove Village, Il, Us

Schaumburg

Barrington And Schaumburg, Illinois

General Practice Law Firm

Practice Areas include family law, appeals, civil litigation.

Litigation Associate, General Practice Firm. Primarily working on divorce cases, appeals both civil and DUI, Ch. 7 Personal Bankruptcy, traffic/DUI and general civil litigation. Focus on creative problem solving in complex matters and excelling at drafting and research.

Created and successfully proposed Chief Law Clerk position to Chief Judge, where previous supervision was lacking. Created position to insure that law clerks provide consistent and competent assistance to judiciary by insuring that Law Clerk Program is adequately staffed; that new law clerks are properly trained; that all clerks contribute equally to shared duties and that judiciary has a primary contact to foster better relationships between the various judges and the law clerks, and increase law clerk utilization. Supervise a staff of 4 paid law clerks and 7 student interns. Coordinate research assignments from judges and review projects prior to delivery to judiciary. Train law clerks and interns on courtroom protocol and etiquette, and on electronic order of protection equipment, forms and process. Started and developed program for students to earn course credit for work as law clerk. Wrote training manual for law clerks.

Legal research and writing of opinions and memoranda for civil, criminal and family law judges. Courtroom assistant for small claims, arbitration, divorce and mortgage foreclosure court calls; checking in defendants, distributing files to attorneys, reviewing and drafting orders as requested by the judge. Assist petitioners with emergency orders of protection. Contributed to planning and implementation of computerizing order of protection forms and process, including demonstration to other counties. Implemented new trial scheduling procedures and Spanish-language courtroom aid for small claims court. Administrative duties include training of new law clerks and interns, and creation of law clerk schedule, contact lists, biographies for distribution to the judges. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: DUI Statute Breakdown Chart for DUI court procedure packet; advisory memo to Chief Judge and Illinois Supreme Court Justice regarding new county judicial subcircuits; HIPAA compliance memo for county Diagnostic Center; early draft opinion on sentence-election in new Reckless Homicide statute; early draft opinion on tax/bond issue contest case.

Legal research and writing of memoranda and various motions/answers for civil, felony, misdemeanor, drug and juvenile divisions. Trial preparation including discovery, interviewing law enforcement and plea negotiations. Observed court calls, jury trials, bench trials, grand jury, hearings and 402 conferences. Assisted in two hearings on motions to quash arrest and suppress evidence.RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: Motion and memo regarding termination of parental rights; replies to motions to quash arrest; memo regarding admissibility of HGN field sobriety test. Media

Oversaw and performed copy writing and commercial production for three radio stations. Assisted sales staff in assessing client needs and creation of advertising solutions. Imaging Producer for all three stations, using creative writing, timing and marketing strategy to develop the "personality" of the station. Promotions Assistant for station appearances, involving public speaking and interaction, contest rules explanation and application. HIGHLIGHTS: Department head; negotiated contracts with vendors of production equipment and materials.

Assigned to Zurich North America

Handled multiple stories on strict same-afternoon deadline. Covered wide variety of topics from government to general news to humor driven pop culture columns. Aided paper in achieving excellence awards as a copy editor, with final edit and deadline responsibilities.HIGHLIGHTS: Frequently selected by national collegiate news wire service for publication in subscribing college papers; beat reporter for Senate Race (Durbin-Salvi), front page interview with

Management of all on-air product, 30 student employees, all staff scheduling, payroll and $40,000 budget for my department. Developed, maintained and interpreted long-term client partnerships and opportunities for advertisers. Management and planning for stability of revenue, including writing and executing promotions, ads and presentations. On-Air talent/Producer Wrote, planned and executed on-air image and sound. Management and hiring of in-house and contract voice talent. Engineer/Remote Broadcast Manager Organized and trouble shot equipment, staff scheduling, payroll and client relations.HIGHLIGHTS: Management duties as engineer and Program Director. Identified sources of non-traditional revenue. As Program Director, brought station to number one ranking with target audience, males 18-34.

Juris Doctor

B.S., Journalism