Joel Skinner Email & Phone Number

Downers Grove, IL

Conduct hearings regarding alleged tollway violations.

Greater Chicago Area

Preside over contested, on the record hearings concerning alleged violations of US Housing and Urban Development regulations and Chicago Housing Authority Administrative Plan provisions. Rule on pre and post hearing motions, including motions regarding admission of evidence and motions for rehearing. Write Decisions adjudicating each of many hundreds of.

Conduct Chicago Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Program hearings and write Opinions deciding the contested cases.

28 E. Jackson Building, Suite M-898; Chicago, Illinois 60604

Conduct administrative hearings in health care cases and draft case Decisions.

Greater Chicago Area

I am currently seeking new professional opportunities as an Assistant General Counsel.

*Received award in August, 2010 for implementing Early Case Assessment strategy for resolving lawsuits by insureds, with excellent results in cost savings.*Selected to manage the most significant nationwide litigation matters, such as a class action with $1.25 billion exposure and the Tobacco Litigation, resulting in significant cost savings.*Resolved a.

Greater Chicago Area

Presided over 400 member professional organization of judges and attorneys and 40 member board of directors. Prior service to the organization included membership on the Judicial Selection Committee and service as First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

Won both trial and arbitration proceedings as first chair trial attorney.Primarily responsible for the preparation, trial and appeal of state and federal jury and bench civil trials and arbitrations in diverse areas, including federal food and drug law, director's and officer's liability, legal malpractice, attorney's fees, temporary restraining orders.

Won two trials as first chair trial attorney.Primarily responsible for preparation and trial of state and federal jury and bench civil trials and administrative hearings in the areas of business and commercial litigation, temporary restraining orders, mechanic's liens, construction, contracts, fraud, matrimonial law, probate, trademarks and Uniform.

Responsibilities included drafting briefs, pleadings, motions, correspondence and memoranda. Problem analysis and legal research in diverse areas including administrative law, admiralty, bankruptcy, civil RICO, contracts, corporations, real estate, premises liability and zoning. Wrote briefs filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh.

Judicial Externship with Judge Prentice H. Marshall, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.Performed legal research and prepared draft memorandum opinions in a diverse array of civil and criminal cases.

Judicial Externship with Judge Harlington Wood, Jr. in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.Performed legal research and prepared draft memorandum opinions in a diverse array of civil and criminal cases.

Juris Doctor With High Honors, Law

Activities and Societies: Law Review. Publication: "Effective Assistance of Counsel in Illinois," 59 Chicago-Kent Law Review 901. Law.

Bachelor Of Arts

Activities and Societies: Dean's List