Resume

• 2005

  Experienced attorney & teacher looking for work with individuals or on behalf of public or private institutions in the Chicagoland area.\n\nSpecialties: \nGeneral litigation in all fields of practice

  civil & criminal

  in-court and out-of-court

  hundreds of trials & hearings (both bench & jury)

  appellate briefs & oral arguments

  corporate formations

  will

  trusts

  real estate

  estate planning. \nSuccessful & rewarding teaching of all ages from pre-school students to college level & adults.\nTrained mediator

  arbitrator & counselor.\n\nPast President of DuPage County (IL) Bar Association

  \nPast Editor of the DuPage County Bar Association monthly magazine BRIEF

  \nMember Illinois State Bar Association

  American Bar Association

  Inter-American Legal Association

  U.S. Supreme Court

  Paul

  Brinkman

  State of Illinois Court System

  Wheaton College

  Assisted Appellate Justice Robert D. McLaren in researching & writing legal matters before the Court.

  State of Illinois Court System

• 1981

  State of Illinois Attorney General

  Represented the Illinois Department of Public Aid in the collection of child support payments by lawsuit

  hearing or petition & as an acting Ombudsman interfacing with court officials

  officials in the Attorney General's office

  & employees of the IDPA.

  State of Illinois Attorney General

• 1976

  Elmhurst College

  Law Offices of Paul G. Brinkman

  With self-initiated drive

  established & have successfully operated legal practice from the '70's into the 21st century (with the exception of 2 years spent as Clerk in the Second District Appellate Court

  Illinois). \n\nPrivate general practice has included litigation in all fields of practice

  civil & criminal

  in-court

  at hearings/trials

  & office conferences

  \n\nExperience has included hundreds of trials & hearings (both bench & jury)

  corporate formations

  family law (divorces

  adoptions

  juvenile cases

  & parentage)

  wills

  trusts

  real estate & estate planning

  supervising as many as 8 employees.\n\nTrained mediator

  arbitrator & counselor. \n\nFrequent public speaker.\n\nTrained time management counselor. \n\nActive in the community.\n\nExcellent verbal & written communication.\n\nListener

  lecturer

  volunteer school presenter

  & Santa Claus.\n\nLeader

  counselor

  negotiator

  mediator

  pro bono attorney.\n\nEducator of all ages.\n\nImaginative creator.\n\nSystems organizer.\n\nAward-winning photographer.\n\nAuthor of award-winning law journal article.

  Law Offices of Paul G. Brinkman

  Instructor of Public Speaking

  Taught students by coaching them to feel at ease while speaking. Also frequent public speaker personally.

  Wheaton College

  Teaching the dynamics of business law in the context of the American legal system with the gusto for sharing professional knowledge. \n\nBecause the course is taught as a survey course

  ethics

  government

  economics & political science are woven into the topics.

  Elmhurst College

• 1973

  J.D.

  University of Illinois College of Law

• 1968

  B.A.

  History

  Manager WVIK student radio station

• Mediation

  Family Law

  Teaching

  Estate Planning

  Nonprofits

  Courts

  Appeals

  Trials

  Editing

  Civil Litigation

  Litigation

  Criminal Law

  Public Speaking

  Research

  Brinkman