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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Francis O'Byrne, Jr. is a Partner, and began working for the firm in 1979 as a law clerk. Mr. O’Byrne specializes in the defense of workers’ compensation cases, and also handles employment, subrogation, third-party, general liability, criminal, real estate and litigation throughout the State of Illinois. He has been a Cook County Circuit Court Arbitrator for ten years. In 1994, he became licensed to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. O’Byrne was born and raised in Chicago and is currently an assistant scout master with the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 979, since 1980. He is the son of the late Honorable Francis J. O’Byrne, Sr., Federal Court Administrative Law Judge, and currently resides in Villa Park, Illinois with his family.
EDUCATION
John Marshall Law School, J.D.
University of Illinois – Chicago, B.A.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Illinois
United States District Court, Northern District
United States Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association - Board Member
Chicago Bar Association
American Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
DuPage County Bar Association
PRESENTATIONS
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers’ Association speaker on defense strategies at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Numerous presentations to companies and corporations regarding new developments in the practice of Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law
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