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DAVID F. ROLEWICK graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 1971. He worked as a clerk to Illinois Supreme Court Justice Daniel Ward, then as Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts. He has been in private practice since 1979. He has served in numerous positions in the Illinois State Bar Association and has been a hearing board Chairman of the ARDC since 1994. In 2001, he was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as Chairman of the Special Supreme Court Committee On Professionalism, and he was then named as Chairman of the Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He has tried and arbitrated commercial disputes in state and federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and has authored several articles on business law. In 2006, he was elected to serve as a Director of the Illinois Bar Foundation. Areas of Practice: Business & Commercial Law Contracts Business Organizations Estate Planning Litigation & Appeals Trusts Litigation Percentage: 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Bar Admissions: Illinois, 1971 U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1974 U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1978 U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1983 U.S. Supreme Court, 1984 Education: Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1971 JD Honors: Loyola University Law Alumni Award, 1971 Law Journal: Loyola University Law Journal, Staff Member 1969-70; Notes Editor 1970-71 Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1968 BS Honors: Alpha Sigma Nu National Honor Fraternity - 1968 Published Works: A Short History of the Illinois Judicial Systems, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1968 Unconscionability Under the Uniform Commercial Code, 1 Loyola U. Law Journal 313, 1971 Voir Dire Examination of Jurors, 25 DePaul Law Review 50, 1975 Proving Oppression of the Minority Shareholders (Chancery Relief In Shareholder Disputes), DCBA Brief, May 1991 Attorney Substance Abuse Impairment and Discipline in Illinois, DCBA Brief, March 1998 Estate Planning Practice Do's and Don'ts, DCBA Brief, April 1999 Can Employers Prevent Former Workers from Hiring Current Employees?, Illinois Bar Journal, January 2006 Planning for Business Disputes and Financial Difficulties: Assets Protection for Shareholders, Co-Author with Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., Baker & McKenzie LLP, Illinois Bar Association Corporation, Securities Section Council Newsletter, 2006 Asset Protection Techniques: How Well Do Subchapter S Corporations and LLCs Work?, Illinois State Bar Association Corporation Securities & Business Law Forum Newsletter, National Business Institute Seminar, 2008 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct 2010 Focus on Estate Planning, Estates, and Trusts, ATG Legal Education Seminars, April 21 and May 19, 2010 Professional Associations and Memberships: American Bar Association (ABA) Member Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Member ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Member (1989-2003, 2008-Present) ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Newsletter Editor (1989-1991) ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Secretary (1992-1993) ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Vice Chairman (1993-1994) ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Chairman (1994-1995) ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council Newsletter Co-Editor (1996, 2002, 2003) ISBA Liaison to ABA, Committee on Uniform State Corporation Law Member (1992-1994) ISBA Task Force on Public Protection from the Unauthorized Practice of Law Member (1995-2000) ISBA Task Force on Multi-Disciplinary Practice Member (1999-2000) ISBA Committee on Professional Responsibility Member (1996-2000) ISBA Mutual Insurance Company Claims Committee Member (1998-2002) DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA) Member DCBA Lawyer Referral Service, 1991 - 1998 Member DCBA - Law Practice Management Committee, 1998 Vice Chairman DCBA - Law Practice Management Committee, 1999 Chairman DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee Member DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee, 1991 Vice Chairman DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee, 1992 Chairman DCBA - Judiciary Committee, 2005 - 2008 Member Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Member DuPage County Estate Planning Council Member American Inns of Court, 2005 - Present Member Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1990 - 1994 Inquiry Board Member Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1994 - 2006 Hearing Board Chairman Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 2006 - Present Review Board Member Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 2010 - Present Review Board Chairman Supreme Court of Illinois, Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, 2001 - 2002 Character and Fitness Committee Member Supreme Court of Illinois, Special Committee on Professionalism, 2001 - 2005 Chairperson Supreme Court of Illinois, Commission on Professionalism, 2005 - 2010 Chairperson Inns of Court - DuPage County Chapter, 2005 - 2008 Member Illinois Bar Foundation, 2006 - 2007 Board of Directors Past Employment Positions: Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., Principal, 1981 - Present State of Illinois, Special Assistant Attorney General for Condemnation, 1985 - 1999 Law Offices of David F. Rolewick, P.C., Private Practitioner, 1979 - 1981 O'Reilly & Cunningham, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1975 - 1979 Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, Chicago, Illinois, Assistant Director, 1973 - 1975 Illinois Supreme Court - Chicago, Illinois, Clerk / Secretary to Justice Daniel Ward, 1971 - 1973