G. A. Finch

1982, Illinois
1984, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar

in International Trade. Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow. Illinois Super Lawyer. Illinois Leading Lawyer. Recipient, The Chicago Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Citizens Award. Law Clerk to Chief Judge James B. Parsons, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Author: Your Executive Life Blog (yourexecutivelife.com); "Employment Contracts: More Than Just a Handshake," Consulting-Specifying Engineer, June 2005; "Attorney Billing Practices: What is a Consumer of Legal Services to Think," Illinois State Bar Association, August 2003; "Employment Contracts, What You Should Know," Midwest Engineer, May/June 2003; "Talking Politics, Why Do We Need a Robust CTA? Entire Region's Health Depends on It," Crain's Chicago Business, December 16, 1996; "Lawyer's Forum: 'Block 37' Just One Piece of North Loop Project," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 6, July 1, 1996; "Talking Development, Mickey on State: What Dealmakers Can Expect," Crain's Chicago Business, May 13, 1996; "Talking Politics, What Should Be Done With Block 37? Keep it Vacant," Crain's Chicago Business, February 5, 1996; "Effective Meetings," CBA Record, January 1990; "Illinois Public Bidding Statute: The Pitfalls," 78 Illinois Bar Journal 402, 1990; "Understanding the Other Sector in the Regulatory and Market Environments," The Journal of Real Estate Development, Spring 1988; "A Primer on Illinois Public Mechanics Liens," 75 Illinois Bar Journal 500, 1987; "Going to Leader School Makes Chicago Stronger, Your Turn," Crain's Chicago Business, November 2, 1987; "American Antidumping Law & Japanese Imports," Spring-Autumn Papers, Spring, 1981. Current Board Member: Decatur Local School Council; Chicago Bar Foundation. John Marshall Law School Center for Real Estate. Former Board Member: Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commissioner); Chicago Area Council Boy Scouts of America (Vice President); St. Joseph Seminary of Loyola (President); University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School; Chicago Housing Authority Pension Fund; Commonwealth School (Boston); Journal of Real Estate Development; Journal of Real Estate Finance; Illinois Bar Journal (Secretary); CBA Record; Pegasus Players (Vice President); Amherst Club of Chicago (Vice President); Chicago Sinfonietta; League of United Latin American Citizens Council 313 (Vice President and Illinois State General Counsel). Past Member: Chicago Bar Association Real Property Committee Executive Council, 1987-1999; Cook County Recorder's Blue Ribbon Committee, 1989; Governor's Steering Committee on Housing, 1991; Cook County Board President's Transition Team, 1994; Illinois Agriculture Export Advisory Committee, 1994-1997; Governor Ryan's Transition Team, 1998; Governor Blagojevich's Transition Team, 2002; Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn's Energy Working Group, 2003-2004; Illinois Delegation to 2004 National Republican Convention. Chicago Housing Authority General Counsel, 1999-2002. City of Chicago Deputy Planning Commissioner, 1986-1989. Member: Illinois State, Cook County and Chicago Bar Associations.