Professional of the Year for 2008 in Complex Litigation: William R. Quinlan

	William R. Quinlan
Industry	Law
Title	Managing Partner
Current Organization	Quinlan & Carroll
Type of Organization	Law firm
Major Product	Litigation and appeals of complex matters in State and Federal courts; governmental representation and counseling; arbitration/mediation
Area of Distribution	National/International
University/Degree	B.S., Accounting, Loyola Univ.; J.D. Cum Laude, Loyola School of Law; LL.M., Univ. of Virginia School of Law; Harvard Univ.; Northwestern Law School; National Judicial College & Appellate Judges Seminar, NYU School of Law
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Honors & Awards	Beta Alpha PSI, National Honor Accounting Fraternity, Phi Sigma Tau, National Honor Society in Philosophy, Blue Key Honor Society; Chicago's Power Lawyers, Chicago Magazine; Laureate of the Illinois State Bar Association Academy of Illinois Lawyers
Published Works	Associate Editor, Law Review Activity; Lectured at national and local judicial and legal conferences
Affiliations	Society of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; American Bar Association Council of the Section of Litigation; Fellow, American and Illinois Bar Foundations; Economic Club, the City Club and the Executives' Club of Chicago; Faculty Member, National Judicial College, John Marshall, Loyola School of Law and Northwestern University
Career Accomplishments	Served as Corporate Counsel for the City of Chicago under Mayors Richard Daley, Michael Bilandic and Jane Byrne; Served as a Senior Legal Assistant for the Illinois Supreme Court, General Counsel for the Chicago Urban Transportation District and General Counsel for the Chicago Building Commission; Chair of the Judicial Advisory Council of Cook County; Special Counsel to the President and Parliamentarian of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County; Judicial Liaison of the Illinois State Bar Association
Work History	Former Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court and former Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County; Name partner at Phelan, Cahill & Quinlan, Ltd.
Area of Practice	Complex Litigation, Commercial Law, Construction Law, Appellate Practice, Environmental Law, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property Law; Class Actions; Government Law
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