History
Since its founding in 1934, The Society of Trial Lawyers has been an illustrious organization of Illinois’ top trial lawyers. The goals of The Society are to foster and encourage a spirit of loyalty and fraternity among trial lawyers; to maintain the highest ethical standards in the trial of cases; and to promote closer relationships between and among trial lawyers and the judiciary to further their common interests in the jury trial system.
Past Presidents
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2020 - 2022 • Francis P. Morrissey
2019 - 2020 • Michele C. Anderson 2018 – 2019 • Steven M. Levin 2017 – 2018 • William J. Rogers 2016 – 2017 • Louis C. Cairo 2015 – 2016 • Miguel A. Ruiz 2014 – 2015 • Joseph W. Balesteri 2013 – 2014 • Dan Boho 2012 – 2013 • Daniel M. Kotin 2011 – 2012 • Scott C. Bentivenga 2010 – 2011 • Elliot R. Schiff 2009 – 2010 • Richard J. Hickey 2008 – 2009 • David R. (Chip) Barry, Jr. 2007 – 2008 • John J. Walsh III 2006 – 2007 • Jeffrey M. Goldberg 2005 – 2006 • Kay L. Schichtel 2004 – 2005 • Terrence J. Lavin 2003 – 2004 • Michael J. Morrissey 2002 – 2003 • Curt N. Rodin 2001 – 2002 • Alan P. Miller 2000 – 2001 • John M. Stalmack 1999 – 2000 • A. Mark Ialongo 1998 – 1999 • Donald J. O’Meara 1997 – 1998 • Michael H. Postilion 1996 – 1997 • Thomas M. Harvick 1995 – 1996 • Robert M. Burke 1994 – 1995 • Algimantas Kezelis 1993 – 1994 • Robert J. Baron 1992 – 1993 • Michael J. McArdle 1991 – 1992 • Fredric J. Grossman 1990 – 1991 • Richard L. Berdelle 1989 – 1990 • John G. Langhenry, Jr. 1988 – 1989 • Jerome N. Groark 1987 – 1988 • William V. Johnson 1986 – 1987 • Sam L. Miller 1985 – 1986 • Maurice J. Garvey 1984 – 1985 • Richard G. French 1983 – 1984 • Frederick W. Allen 1982 – 1983 • Donald J. Duffy 1981 – 1982 • Patrick J. Navin 1980 – 1981 • Lawrence L. Kotin 1979 – 1980 • Richard C. Valentine 1978 – 1979 • Neil K. Quinn 1977 – 1978 • Perry L. Fuller |
1976 – 1977 • William D. Maddux
1975 – 1976 • Kendal A. Crooks 1974 – 1975 • Thomas F. Bridgeman 1973 – 1974 • John C. Healy 1972 – 1973 • James P. Reedy 1971 – 1972 • John R. Caffrey 1970 – 1971 • Cornelius J. Harrington 1969 – 1970 • John G. Poust 1968 – 1969 • William H. Schrader 1967 – 1968 • Michel A. Coccia 1966 – 1967 • William P. Nolan 1965 – 1966 • Joseph W. Griffin 1964 – 1965 • Donald J. O’Brien 1963 – 1964 • Walter W. Ross 1962 – 1963 • Floyd Stuppi 1961 – 1962 • Stephen A. Milwid 1960 – 1961 • Donald L. Thompson 1959 – 1960 • E. Douglas Schwantes 1958 – 1959 • Paul H. Heineke 1957 – 1958 • Gerard E. Grashorn 1956 – 1957 • Fred J. O’Connor 1955 – 1956 • John M. Moelmann 1954 – 1955 • Charles M. Rush 1953 – 1954 • Harlan L. Hackbert 1952 – 1953 • Gordon R. Close 1951 – 1952 • Edwin R. Eckersall 1950 – 1951 • Erwin Wright 1949 – 1950 • Drennan J. Slater 1948 – 1949 • Erwin W. Roemer 1947 – 1948 • Otto M. Hamer 1946 – 1947 • Vincent O’Brien 1945 – 1946 • Hendrik Folonie 1944 – 1945 • David Jacker 1943 – 1944 • Eugene P. Kealy 1942 – 1943 • M.L. Bluhm 1941 – 1942 • Abe R. Peterson 1940 – 1941 • Edward W. Rawlins 1939 – 1940 • John W. Freels 1938 – 1939 • Joseph H. Hinshaw 1937 – 1938 • Charles E. Green 1936 – 1937 • John W. Costello 1935 – 1936 • William A. Morrow 1934 – 1935 • C.C. Cunningham |
