Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1991. Articles Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1990-91.
University of Chicago, B.A. with honors, 1988. Phi Beta Kappa.
IIT Kent College of Law, L.L.M. in Taxation, 2001, with high honors.
Employment:
Edward X. Clinton, P.C., 1997 to present.
Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, 1996-97.
Mayer, Brown & Platt, 1992-96.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-92.
Experience:
Edward X. Clinton, Jr. has substantial experience handling commercial litigation matters, including trials and arbitrations of those matters.
Clinton, Jr. has handled numerous cases involving breach of contract, collection of business debts, collection of legal fees, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, disputes among shareholders of corporations, and securities litigation including claims against investment advisors and broker-dealers. Clinton, Jr. has experience in handling business tort claims, such as tortuous interference with contract, fraud and fraudulent conveyance.
Clinton, Jr. has experience in the formation of business entities, including corporations, S corporations, and Limited Liability Companies. He also has experience drafting and negotiating the terms of shareholder agreements and operating agreements for limited liability companies.
Clinton, Jr. also has experience handling family law matters, including divorce and child support.
Cases of Interest:
Represent doctors in employment contract negotiation.
Represent computer software company in defense of lawsuit alleging defective software.
Represent plaintiff shareholders in a lawsuit to rescind stock sale agreement.
Represent plaintiff minority shareholder in dispute with majority shareholders.
Represent plaintiff minority shareholder in a dispute with majority shareholder concerning family business.
Represent corporation in defending derivative action brought by former President of corporation.
Represent corporation in defense of contract action alleging defective computers.
Represent individual in coverage lawsuit against medical insurance company.
Publications:
"The Federal Securities Laws," Organizing and Advising Illinois Businesses, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, (2005).
"State Regulation of Securities," Organizing and Advising Illinois Businesses, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, (2002).
"Discovering the Work of An Opponent's Consulting Expert," in Expert Witness Update: New Developments In Personal Injury Litigation, Aspen Law & Business, (2001).
"Do Businesses Have Standing To Sue Under State Consumer Fraud Statutes?" 20 Southern Illinois University Law Review 385, (1996).
"The Rights Of Policyholders In An Insurance Demutualization," 41 Drake Law Review 657, (1992).
