Education

 

Loyola University School Of Law
J.D. 1975
Vice President Student Bar Association
Recipient Of The Trial Practice Award

Columbia University, Teachers College
M. A. 1970
Degree In Secondary School Guidance
Published: "Student Unrest: Counselors' Perceptions," The School Counselor, Vol. 20, No. 1, September, 1972

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
B.S. 1966
Vice President Indiana University Student Foundation


Professional Background

Partner in the firm of Propes & Kaveny LLC, Chicago, Illinois
2000-Present

Partner in the firm of Cahill Christian & Kunkle, Chicago, Illinois
1998-2000

Partner in the firm of Propes & Garippo, Chicago, Illinois
[formerly Kane, Obbish, Propes & Garippo]
1980-1998

Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, Illinois
Felony Trial Division
1975-1980

Admitted to practice: Illinois Bar, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
1975


Honors and Awards

Named as one of Chicago's "30 Tough Lawyers" by Chicago Magazine in 2002

Featured in a cover story in the 1999 Chicago Lawyer Million Dollar Settlement Survey edition.

Recipient of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy 1994 Faculty Award for Outstanding Service as a NITA Instructor

Named the I. Goodman Cohen Lecturer at Wayne State University Law School for 1988

Recipient of Loyola School of Law St. Robert Bellarmine Award for distinguished service to the profession, 1988

Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers


Publications, Teaching and Lecturing

Demonstrator: National Insittute for Trial Advocacy instructional video
tape: Expert Witness Examination, 2004

Lecturer: Loyola University School of Law Corboy Lecture Series:Technology In the Courtroom, 2004

Panelist, Chicago Bar Association Program, “All-Star Cross Examination,” October 2002

Speaker, Women in Law Conference: “Technology in the Courtroom,”
October 2001

Panelist, DRI 2001 Annual Meeting, “Trial Ethics,” October 2001

Speaker, Federal Women’s Bar Association, “Dynamic Demonstrative Evidence,” April 2001

Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Law Seminar – Jury Persuasion: “Use of Technology in the Courtroom,” February 2001

Speaker, American Bar Association Section of Litigation Committee on Products Liability Litigation and the Chicago Bar Association “Presenting the Expert Case” May, 1999.

Keynote Speaker, American Bar Association: “Women As Trial Advocates,” March, 1998

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 47th Advocacy Institute: “Understanding Jurors/The Key to Winning Cases,” May, 1996

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 46th Advocacy Institute: “Handling the Challenging Auto Negligence Case,” May, 1995

Demonstrator: Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, seminar on "Successful Techniques in Winning Vehicle Accident Cases," March, 1995

Panelist, "Trial Evidence for Today's Advocate, Part I: 'The Expert's New Clothes,'" Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, August, 1994

Speaker, "Closing Argument," Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys, Annual Meeting, 1994

Faculty Member, American Trial Lawyers Association Specialized College on Damages, March, 1994

Lecturer, "Cross Examination," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Shotgun Seminar, February, 1994

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 45th Advocacy Institute: "Litigating the Sexual Harassment Case," May, 1994

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 44th Advocacy Institute: "Litigating the Closed Head Injury Case," May, 1993

Lecturer, "Opinion Evidence/Learned Treatises," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, May, 1993

Lecturer, "How to Take Effective Depositions," Practicing Law Institute, March, 1993

Lecturer, Negotiating Strategies Workshop, Chicago Bar Association, February, 1993

Faculty Member at numerous National Institute for Trial Advocacy in-house trial advocacy training programs for, among others, Baker & Botts; Kaye Scholar; Jones, Day; and State Farm Insurance

Lecturer, "Litigating Breast Cancer and Gynecological Cancer Cases: Crucial Medical and Legal Developments," American Trial Lawyers Association, October, 1992

Lecturer, Young Lawyers Seminar: "Cross Examination and Adverse Examination," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, May, 1992

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 42nd Advocacy Institute: "Trying the Employment Discrimination Case," May, 1991; February, 1992

Faculty Member, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 41st Advocacy Institute: "Trying The Bad Faith Case," May, 1990

Speaker, University of Kentucky CLE: "Cross Examination," May, 1990

Panelist, American Bar Association, Annual Meeting, Tort and Insurance Practice Section: "Trial Tips From the Experts," August, 1989

Speaker, North Carolina Bar Foundation, Third Annual Summer Trial Techniques Program: "Sophisticated Techniques For Selected Trial Elements," July, 1989

Chairman, Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association "Trial By Jury" project, July, 1988

Lecturer, International Society of Barristers 1988 Annual Meeting

Chicago Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
Panelist: "Ethical Issues Facing the Legal Community," 1987

Named one of Chicago's Ten Best Criminal Defense Attorneys by the Chicago Lawyer Newspaper, 1985

Contributor to the Master Advocates Handbook published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1986

"The Prosecution Case: A Winning Approach," published in Advanced Criminal Trial Tactics by the Practicing Law Institute

Demonstrator for "The Art of Advocacy: Videotape Series: Selecting and Persuading the Jury;" produced by NITA, 1988

Demonstrator: "Mastering the Art of Cross Examination", a video series produced by the ABA and NITA, 1987

Demonstrator: 1986 Festival of American Folklife, Trial Lawyers' Exhibit, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and ATLA

Planning Committee Faculty Member and Demonstrator: Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 22nd Annual Trial Evidence Seminar featuring "Four Tough Witnesses," November 11, 1987

Faculty Member, Trial Advocacy Training Institute for Honolulu Prosecutors sponsored by the Pacific Law Institute, August, 1987

Faculty Member, ABA Litigation Section Program in Trial Advocacy, Oxford, England, 1984

Faculty Member and/or Team Leader, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1977-present

Instructor in Trial Advocacy, Loyola University of Chicago Law School, 1978-1980


Memberships and Offices

Member, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls Leaders' Council

Illinois Racing Board, Chairman, 2003

Illinois Racing Board, Commissioner, 1989-2002

Chicago Bar Association

American Bar Association, Litigation Section

Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Managers

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Illinois State Bar Association

International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors

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