Attorney Profiles

David F. Rolewick
Wheaton, Illinois
Principal, since 1981

phone (630) 653-1577

fax (630) 653-1579

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DAVID F. ROLEWICK graduated from Loyola University School of Law in 1971. He worked as a clerk to Illinois Supreme Court Justice Daniel Ward, then as Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts. He has been in private practice since 1979. He has served in numerous positions in the Illinois State Bar Association and has been a hearing board Chairman of the ARDC since 1994. In 2001, he was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as Chairman of the Special Supreme Court Committee On Professionalism, and he was then named as Chairman of the Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He has tried and arbitrated commercial disputes in state and federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and has authored several articles on business law. In 2006, he was elected to serve as a Director of the Illinois Bar Foundation.

Areas of Practice:

Business & Commercial Law
Contracts
Business Organizations
Estate Planning
Litigation & Appeals
Trusts
Litigation Percentage:
25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1971
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1978
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1983
U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
Education:
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1971
JD
Honors: Loyola University Law Alumni Award, 1971
Law Journal: Loyola University Law Journal, Staff Member 1969-70; Notes Editor 1970-71


Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1968
BS
Honors: Alpha Sigma Nu National Honor Fraternity - 1968


Published Works:
A Short History of the Illinois Judicial Systems, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1968


Unconscionability Under the Uniform Commercial Code, 1 Loyola U. Law Journal 313, 1971


Voir Dire Examination of Jurors, 25 DePaul Law Review 50, 1975


Proving Oppression of the Minority Shareholders (Chancery Relief In Shareholder Disputes), DCBA Brief, May, 1991


Attorney Substance Abuse Impairment and Discipline in Illinois, DCBA Brief, March, 1998


Estate Planning Practice Do's and Don'ts, DCBA Brief, April, 1999


Can Employers Prevent Former Workers from Hiring Current Employees?, Illinois Bar Journal, January, 2006


Planning for Business Disputes and Financial Difficulties: Assets Protection for Shareholders, co-Author with Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., Baker & McKenzie LLP, Illinois Bar Association Corporation, Securities Section Council Newsletter, 2006


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association (ABA)
Member


DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA)
Member


Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)
Member


Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
Member


DuPage County Estate Planning Council
Member


American Inns of Court, 2005 - Present



ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council, 1989 - Present
Member


ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council, 1989 - 1991
Newsletter Editor


ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council, 1992 - 1993
Secretary


ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council, 1993 - 1994
Vice Chairman


ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council, 1994 - 1995
Chairman


ISBA Corporations/Securities Law Section Council
Newsletter Co-Editor, 1996, 2002, 2003


ISBA Liaison to ABA, Committee on Uniform State Corporation Law, 1992 - 1994
Member


ISBA Task Force on Public Protection from the Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1995 - 2000
Member


ISBA Task Force on Multi-Disciplinary Practice, 1999 - 2000
Member


ISBA Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1996 - 2000
Member


ISBA Mutual Insurance Company Claims Committee, 1998 - 2002
Member,


DCBA Lawyer Referral Service, 1991 - 1998
Member


DCBA - Law Practice Management Committee, 1998
Vice Chairman


DCBA - Law Practice Management Committee, 1999
Chairman


DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee
Member


DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee, 1991
Vice Chairman


DCBA - Tax and Practice Committee, 1992
Chairman


DCBA - Judiciary Committee, 2005 - Present
Member


Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1990 - 1994
Inquiry Board Member


Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 1994 - 2006
Hearing Board Chairman


Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 2006 - Present
Review Board Member


Supreme Court of Illinois, Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, 2001 - 2002
Character and Fitness Committee Member


Supreme Court of Illinois, Special Committee on Professionalism, 2001 - 2005
Chairperson


Supreme Court of Illinois, Commission on Professionalism, 2005 - Present
Chairperson


INNS OF COURT - DuPage County Chapter, 2005 - Present
Member


Illinois Bar Foundation, 2006 - Present
Board of Directors


Past Employment Positions:
Law Offices of David F. Rolewick, P.C., Private Practitioner, 1979 - 1981


O'Reilly & Cunningham, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1975 - 1979


Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, Chicago, Illinois, Assistant Director, 1973 - 1975


Illinois Supreme Court Chicago, Illinois, Hon. Daniel Ward, Clerk/Secretary, 1971 - 1973