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HARRY SCHAFFNER (B. CHICAGO, DEC. 3, 1942) to Tillie and Leo Schaffner. His primary careers have been as a litigation lawyer, writer, editor and teacher.

Education: Attended Chicago public schools. Graduated Sullivan High School on Chicago's far north side June,1960. Atteneded the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana campus in liberal arts and sciences with an emphasis on non-fiction writing, language and government. Admitted to the University of Illinois College of Law special program of early admittance after three years of undergraduate study. Received a B.A. from the undergraduate school in 1964 and a doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1960. Became admitted to the Illinois bar.

Military:  Served in the United States Marine Corps on active duty at Camp Pendelton and at 29 Palms Base. Worked in the S-1 section and organized and supervised return to active duty of Marines who were AWOL. Attained the rank of corporal and transferred to the United States Army Reserve, and was commissioned a captain. Left military service in 1973.

Personal: Married Ann Schack (Norman and Evelyn Schack) on September 17, 1967. Three daughters: Liza Schaffner M.D., a psychaitrist, Jen Schaffner (Mark Kozlowski M.D.) a lawyer, and Dana Schaffner, lawyer. There are two grandchildren, twins Jack and Kendall Kozlowski.

Career: During law school, teacher at the University of Illinois High School for Gifted Students, teaching English and American Government. After a short period as an associate in a law firm in Chicago, Schaffner opened his own practice in Elgin, Il. in December, 1999, concentrating in trial work, both criminal and civil. Schaffner's office moved to Dundee, Il. in 1982, whwere he had developed and built an office building complex. In 1988 he moved his offiice to 115 Campbell Street, Geneva, Il. where he remained until retirement from practice in Oct., 2002.

Career achievements: Received the highest rating from Martindale and Hubble as soon as eligible, five years into practice. Was admitted as a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practitioners, founded the Kane County Bar Association Family law Committee. Founded its annual lecture series and its holiday recognition of staff gathering. Became a member of the civil practice and family law section counsels of the Illinois State Bar Association. Held office as secretary, vice-chair and chair. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Presented lectures to over 2000 lawyers through the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and served as editor of its publication in 1975. Lectured at local bar association meetings throughout Illinois and was a guest lecturer at the University of Kentucky and a adjunct at Northwestern University School of Law. Served as editor of the civil practice newsletter of the Illinois State BAr and served as associate editor of the Illinois Bar Journal.

Career Awards: Austin Fleming Award for legal writing, the Kane County Bar Association Career Achievement Award.

Significant Appellate Cases: The first case in the United States to recognize the theories of transference and counter-transference in a therapist relationship;  the primary case in the United States promulgating the method to be used in questioning a lawyer about the lawyer's client's whereabouts or prior statements within the attorney client privilege and the fraud exception.

Retirement: Resides in La Quinta, California (legal residence) and Chicago, Illinois. Teaches fourth and fifth grade classes in art appreciation. Teaches and coaches youngsters as ball kids in the Indian Wells professional men's and women's tennis tournament held each March in Indian Wells, California. Plays guitar and sings in various ensembles.

Community: Recognized as a leading figure by the St. Charles Daily Courier. Board of Directors of the Elgin Academy and chair of its education council. The Elgin Country Club, the St. Charles Country Club, The University Club of Chicago.

On November 30, 2015, The New Yorker magazine published a letter concerning music composition, Bob Dylan and Frank Loesser