Joseph T. Morrison
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Business Law, Commercial Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Construction, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Eminent Domain
102 S. Wynstone Park Drive, Suite 100, North Barrington, IL 60010
About Joseph T. Morrison
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Commercial Law
- Personal Injury
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Eminent Domain
Education
- De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1982Juris Doctor
- Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1979B.S., Biology
Representative Cases
- Tuck v. McMillan (1988)
- Battisfore v. Moraites (1989)
- Lake County Forest Preserve District v. Northern Trust (1990)
- Ruperd v. Ryan (1997)
Classes and Seminars
- Producer of a public service videotape instructional presentation for nursing home residents entitled "Your Access to the Law."
- Moderator, "Techniques of Jury Persuasion", Lake County Bar Association Seminar
- Has been a seminar speaker on such topics as "Preparation of the Expert Witness," "Investigation and Evaluation of Product Liability Cases," and "The Expert Witness - Pitfalls for the Unwary."
- “How to Challenge the Right to Take”, presented at CLE International Seminar, Chicago, Illinois 2008
- “Requirements of New Eminent Domain Statute”, presented at CLE International Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2007
- “Settlement Issues in Eminent Domain”, presented at CLE International Seminar Chicago, Illinois, September, 2003
- “Procedural Pitfalls in Eminent Domain”, presented at CLE International Seminar Chicago, Illinois, September, 2002
- "The Expert Witness - Pitfalls for the Unwary", presented to the Illinois Right of Way Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
- Moderator, "Techniques of Jury Persuasion”, presented to the Lake County Bar Association, Gurnee, Illinois,1994
- "Taking an Effective Discovery Deposition", presented to the Lake County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Committee, Waukegan, Illinois,1993
- "Preparation of Expert Appraisal Witness", presented to the Appraisal Institute, Chicago, Illinois,1993
- "Investigation and Evaluation of Product Liability Cases", Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Products Liability, 1989
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1982
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1985
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois State Bar Association (Member)
- Lake County Bar Association (Member)
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Jefferson Inn (Member)
- American Inns of Court (Member)
- Executive Committee for coordination of Salmonella litigation in Lake County, 1986 - 1987 (Chair)
- Lake County Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Chair, Civil Trial Committee)
- Young Lawyers Committee, 1989 - 1992 (Chair)
- Lake County Judicial Selection and Retention Committee (Chair)
- Lake County Civil Trial Committee, 1993 - 1995 (Chair)
- Illinois Bar Association (Member)
- Illinois Bar Association, Assembly, 2012 - 2018
- Lake County Bar Foundation, 2019 - Present (Board Member)
- Lake County Bar Association, Chair of the Civil Trial Committee, 1993 - 1995
- Lake County Bar Association, Chair of Judicial Selection and Retention Committee, 1989-1992, 1997-1999
Past Positions
- Donald T. Morrison & Associates, Law Clerk
Articles
Published Works
- "Punitive Damages in Product Liability Cases," author of several editions of a book chapter, Illinois Continuing Legal Education Committee
- Basis Real Estate Practice, chapter in book Starting Points: The Fundamentals of 11 Practice Areas, Illinois Continuing Legal Education Committee
- "Motions in Limine: Can the Practice be Made Perfect?"
- Damages in Products Liability Cases, a Chapter in Products Liability Practice
- lllinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2009-2019)
- Quick-Take Supplement, a supplement to the Quick-Take chapter in Illinois Eminent Domain Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. (1998)
- General Real Estate Practice, a Chapter in General Practice Handbook
- lllinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. (1986)
- Motions in Limine: Can the Practice Be Made Perfect?
- Article in The Docket, Vol. 1, No. 2
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 29 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Criminal Law, Construction, Commercial Law
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