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JUDGE THOMAS R. MULROY, CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, CHICAGO ILLINOIS

Judge Thomas R. Mulroy is an Illinois state court judge hearing cases in the Commercial Section of the Law Division in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. He is also the supervising judge of the Mandatory Arbitration Program of the Commercial Section.Judge Mulroy has been on the court since 2007 and has sat in the Chancery Division and the Law Division. He is an active trial judge who has tried over 200 cases, both jury and bench trials, and has written more than 600 legal opinions.

The mandatory arbitration program in the Commercial Section is the first of its kind in Illinois and allows litigants with cases valued at $75,000 or less to arbitrate their matters. (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Oct. 10, 2016)

The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 24 circuits in Illinois and one of the largest unified court systems in the United States. More than 2.4 million cases are filed in Cook County court every year. (cookcountyclerkofcourt.org) Judge Mulroy sits in the Commercial Section of the Law Division in Cook County and hears cases involving breach of contract, wrongful termination, Illinois securities cases, whistleblower matters and other cases. He tries jury and bench trials. (cookcountycourt.org)

Judge Mulroy was a Partner in the Virginia based law firm McGuire Woods from 2003 – 2007 and was chair of the firm's Chicago office litigation section. McGuire Woods has more than 1,000 attorneys in 23 offices across the United States and Europe. The firm's largest offices are in Richmond, VA, Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL.(mcguirewoods.com)

Prior to joining McGuire Woods he was a partner in the Chicago law firm of Jenner & Block for twenty-five years where he was the chair of the firm's finance committee and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He was also chair of the Firm's product liability group and intellectual property group. Jenner & Block is a United States-based law firm with offices in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C. The firm is active in corporate litigation, business transactions, the public sector and other legal fields. (jenner.com

Judge Mulroy began his legal career as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago in 1972 and was a member of the United States' Attorney's Appellate Division and Criminal Division. The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois located in Chicago prosecutes cases from many areas including Lake, Kane, DuPage, Cook, Kendall, Will, La Salle and Grundy counties in Illinois.(justice.gov/usao)

While a lawyer, Judge Mulroy was a commercial and criminal defense counsel and tried criminal and civil jury cases in federal and state courts in Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri and Kentucky involving: breach of contract, fraud, real estate, products liability, environmental, negligence, patent infringement, probate, securities, accounting, anti-trust, real estate, limited partnership, closely-held corporations and white collar criminal defense.

Some of Judge Mulroy's reported cases from his time in the private practice of law are:  The Chicago Flood Litigation (In Re Chicago Flood Litigation), 308 Ill.App.3d 314, 719 N.E.2d 1117 (1999); Insurance coverage  (Marvel Co. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., 71 IL Dec. 272 (1983); Environmental (Fairview Area Citizens Task Force, et al. v. Illinois Pollution Control Board and Gallatin National Co., 144 Ill. Dec. 659 (1990); Securities, breach of fiduciary duty (LID Assocs. V. Dolan, 756 N.E.2d 866, 324 IL App. 3d 1047, 258 IL Dec. 592 (1st Dist. 2001)

Judge Mulroy has been Special Counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (1990) and was a member of its Inquiry and Hearing Boards. The Attorney Disciplinary Commission is an administrative agency of the Illinois Supreme Court of Illinois which assists the Court in regulating the Illinois legal profession through attorney registration, education, investigation, prosecution and remedial action. It maintains a list of lawyers authorized to practice law which is available to the public. The Commission also educates lawyers through seminars and publications and provides guidance to lawyers and to the public on ethics issues.(iardc.org)

Chair, Chicago Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Appellate Review Panel; Chair, American Bar Association’s Civil Procedure & Evidence Committee; Member, Loyola University School of Law Trial Practice Advisory Board; President of the Legal Club of Chicago; He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Legal Assistance Foundation (1989-1991); Board of Directors for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1987 1991); Board of Directors for the Illinois Bar Foundation (1996-1998) and on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and former Chair of the College's Upstate Illinois Committee. The American College of Trial Lawyers is an invitation only group of exceptional trial lawyers of diverse backgrounds from the United States and Canada. Those lawyers admitted to the College have demonstrated the highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism and collegiality. The College strongly supports the independence of the judiciary, trial by jury, respect for the rule of law, access to justice, and fair and just representation of all parties to legal proceedings. (actl.com)

Judge Mulroy was President of the Chicago Bar Association from 2017 to 2018. Founded in 1874, The Chicago Bar Association is one of the oldest and most active metropolitan bar associations in the United States. The Association's voluntary membership of 22,000 consists largely of lawyers and judges from Cook County and the State of Illinois. The purposes and objectives of the Association are to establish and maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law and to promote the general welfare of the members thereof, particularly by sponsoring and supporting continuing legal education programs covering new developments in all fields of law; to cultivate social relationships among its members; to increase the usefulness of the legal profession in promoting the due administration of justice and the public good.

He was President of Loyola Law School's Board of Governors. Loyola University Chicago was established by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as St. Ignatius College in 1870, the year before the Great Chicago Fire. In 1908, a group of prominent Chicago lawyers established the Lincoln College of Law which became the Loyola University Law Department, a name that was retained until the 1920s. It was the university's first professional school.

Judge Mulroy has also been active in: the American Bar Association as Chair of the Civil Procedure & Evidence Committee and in the Chicago Bar Association where he has been a member of the Committee on Evaluation of Judicial Candidates (1981-1985), the Amicus Curiae Committee, the Committee to Evaluate Federal Judges (1989), the Commercial Law Committee, the Criminal Law Committee and the  Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Judge Mulroy has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law, trial practice, Loyola University (1983-2001), Northwestern University (1979-1983; 1985 1987) and DePaul University (1986; 1987; 1989). He was also a Lecturer at Northwestern School of Law on the topic "Scientific Evidence" (1996-1998).

He has published the following: ”Use of Experts in Product Liability Cases,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2006); A Suggested Rule for Electronic Discovery,” DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal (2004); "Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, A Review" (2002); "The Internal Corporate Investigation," 1 DePaul Business Law Journal (2002); "Negligence and Warranty Theories of Liability," Illinois Product Liability Practice, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1999); "The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: Its Structure Operation and Limitations," Loyola Law Journal (1998); "The Attorney and the Testifying Expert," CBA Record (January 1996); "The Key Issues Relating to the Discoverability of Computerized Trial Preparations and Ways for Attorneys to Protect Themselves," Trial Diplomacy Journal (May June 1996; American Journal of Family Law (Summer 1996);  Editor: "Annotated Guide to the Rules of Professional Conduct," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1991); "Use of Real and Demonstrative Evidence at Trial," 33 Trial Law Guide (1990; "The Use of Hearsay in Illinois Administrative Proceedings," Illinois Bar Journal (1989); "Trial Techniques:  A Discussion of Summary Jury Trials and the Use of Mock Juries," Winter Ed. Tort & Insurance Law Journal (1989); “Confidentiality Concerns in Internal Corporate Investigations,” Tort and Insurance law Journal (Fall 1989)and "Illinois Evidence," The 1988 Survey of Illinois Law, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1988.

Judge Mulroy attended the University of Santa Clara, California (BA 1968) and Loyola University School of Law, Chicago (JD 1972).

Judge Mulroy's father was Thomas R. Mulroy a name partner in the law firm Hopkins Sutter Owen Mulroy Wentz & Davis. The Chicago based law firm was in business 1921 to 2000, when it merged with Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner. The firm was established by Albert Hopkins and Harry Sutter. Hopkins had worked for two years at the Interstate Commerce Commission and for one year with the predecessor to the Internal Revenue Service while Sutter was tax counsel to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York. In 1923 the firm opened an office in Washington, D.C.. Hopkins also operated an office in Detroit, Michigan. The firm was known for its expertise in tax, insurance, public policy and transportation finance work. The firm merged with Foley & Lardner in 2000.

His wife, Elaine M. Mulroy is a realtor at Caldwell Banker.(coldwellbanker.com) Judge Mulroy's son Thomas III, is a partner in the law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C.  His daughter, Heather Guillen, is co-founder and manager of The Standard Society a company which represents directors and other artist in the production of advertisements. Kevin Mulroy is in the creative department of DDB in New York, a worldwide marketing communications network. It is owned by Omnicom Group,Inc., one of the world's largest advertising holding companies. Judge Thomas Mulroy 17:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

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About "Autobiography" and "Notability (people)"
Good evening from Melbourne, Australia, and welcome to Wikipedia. Sir, it appears you have created some Wikipedia content about yourself. This is strongly discouraged: see Autobiography for more information. The tests for inclusion of Wikipedia web-pages (called "articles" in Wikipedia jargon) about people are quite strict. Please see Notability (people) and the subsection politicians and judges. Please see Circuit Court of Cook County: at present the only current or former members of that honorable court to have a Wikipedia articles are Timothy C. Evans and Dorothy A. Brown, and this is because they have met other tests for inclusion, as politicians. Sir, with greatest respect, it does not appear that an article about his Honour Mr Mulroy meets the criteria for inclusion as a Wikipedia article. Please let me know if I can assist you in any way about Wikipedia. Peter in Australia aka --Shirt58 (talk) 10:42, 9 March 2018 (UTC)