Faculty

Richard A. Michael
Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer in Residence

Biography
Prior to joining the Loyola faculty, Professor Emeritus Michael headed the Appellate Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois where he represented the state in its litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Illinois courts of review. He also has served as general counsel for Loyola University and its hospital, and as a law clerk to former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Daniel Ward. He has been vice-chairperson of the Character and Fitness Committee of Illinois Bar for the First Judicial District (Cook County). He has been active in continuing legal education for judges and for attorneys, having been on the faculty of the National Judicial College, having taught at Illinois Judicial Conference Seminars consecutively for over twenty years, and having appeared regularly at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and bar association seminars.

 

Education
B.S., Loyola Chicago, 1955
J.D., Loyola Chicago, 1958
LL.M., Illinois, 1960

  Professor Emeritus Richard A. Michael

Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street
Room 1333
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 915-7158
Fax: (312) 915-7201
Email: rmichae@luc.edu

 

Fall 2009 Teaching Schedule 

Courses Taught

Complex Litigation
Civil Procedure
European Union Law
Modern Civil Litigation I & II

 

Publications

Books
Civil Procedure Before Trial, 2 vol. (West Publishing Company, 1989)

 

Articles
Joint Liability: Should it be Reformed or Abolished? - The Illinois Experience, 27 Loy.U.Chi.L.J. 867 (1996)

 

Awards and Honors

Catholic Lawyer of the Year, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago, 2005
Francis J. Rooney/St. Thomas More Award, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1982

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