Practice / Specifications:
Complex litigation including professional liability, errors and omissions, directors and officers liability, appeals, extraordinary remedies.

Biography:
Mr. Franco was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, August 27, 1957.

Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Construction Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice, Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Intellectual Property and the Forum on the Construction Industry)

Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter, 1998/99

Illinois State Bar Association (Sections on Insurance Law and Tort Law)

New York Bar Association

Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys

Chicago Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Appellate Lawyers Association

Education:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD, 1984

Rutgers University, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, MA, 1983

Grinnell College, Southern Illinois University, BA, Economics, 1980

Admissions:
Illinois Bar, 1984

New York Bar, 2003

Texas Bar, 2007

U.S. District Court: Northern District of Illinois (General and Trial Bars), Central District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin, Southern District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Northern District of Indiana, Western District of Michigan, Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eighth and Tenth Circuits

Publications:
Mr. Franco has numerous Publications, Unpublished Monographs and Presentations, and Appeals/Published Opinions.

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Franco, Robert: Publications:  PDF

Other Interests:
Mr. Franco has been named an Illinois 2006 Super Lawyer , as featured in Chicago Magazine and Illinois Super Lawyer.