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Areas of Practice
Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice; Commodities; Securities; Intellectual Property; Patent Litigation; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; Copyrights; Construction Litigation; Employment Law; Bankruptcy Litigation; Real Estate
Admitted
1971, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar, 1983); 1973, District of Columbia, Virginia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, Arizona; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2009, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D., 1970; DePaul University College of Law, LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, 2007
College
University of Chicago, B.A., 1967
Membership
Illinois State Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona; Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Health Law; Committee on Medical Research, Biotechnology & Clinical Ethical Issues); American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biography
Partner, Gekas Law LLP, 2009. Shareholder, Gekas & Associates, Ltd., 1997-2009. Shareholder, Harvitt & Gekas, Ltd., 1985-1997. Regional Counsel, Midwest Region, Division of Enforcement, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1980-1984. Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1980. Associate Counsel, Subcommittee on Crime, House Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1974-1976. Counsel, Impeachment Inquiry, House Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1974. Attorney, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, 1973-1974. Associate, Chadwell, Keck, Kayser & Ruggles, Chicago, Illinois, 1971-1972.
Military
USAR, Intelligence Corps, 1969-1975 Counter-Intelligence Agent & Military Intelligence Analyst
Reported Cases
Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc., 519 U.S. 202 (1997), Selected recent cases: Olian v. Bd. of Educ., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10666 (N.D. Ill. 2009); Patriot Res. Ptnrs. II, LLC v. Serv. Disabled Veterans Bus. Assocs., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53846 (N.D. Ill. 2009); CFTC v. R.J. Fitzgerald & Co., 173 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (M.D. Fla., 2001), rev'd and remanded in part, 310 F.3d 1321 (11th Cir. 2002); after remand, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95841 (M.D. Fla. 2007); Naeem v. McKesson Drug Co., 444 F.3d 593 (7th Cir. 2006); CFTC v. R.J. Fitzgerald & Co., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31841 (M.D. Fla. 2006); Waldock v. M.J. Select Global, Ltd., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38001 (N.D. Ill. 2005); Calibre CPA Group, PLLC v. Novak & Francella, LLC, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16234 (N.D. Ill. 2003); WFC Commodities Corp. v. Alston, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22310 (N.D. Ill. 2000); Young v. Peoples First Acquisition Corp., 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 19817 (6th Cir. 1999); WFC Commodities Corp. v. Linnco Futures Group, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18716 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 23, 1998); Walaszek v. Reinke Interior Supply Co., 972 F. Supp. 1156 (N.D. Ill. 1997).
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Chicago, Illinois
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