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Daniel J. Pope

Daniel J. Pope 

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136 W Main Street
Urbana, Illinois
61801-2701

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Books

Trial Objections, (James Publishing, 1995) (Second Edition)
Evidence in America, The Federal Rules in the States (Michie, 1985)
(contributing author)
Emerging Problems under the Federal Rules of Evidence (ABA Litigation Section 1982) (contributing author).

Articles

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction (2000), IADC Midyear Meeting.
MDP's: A Corporate Perspective (Winter 2000), Tort Source, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 1, 5.
Of Mice and Men (Oct. 1999), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 66, pp. 569-573.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Punitive Damages (Spring 1999), TIPS, Professionals', Officers' & Directors' Liability Newsletter.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Punitive Damages (April 1999), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 257-265.
Criminal Defense Malpractice Claim: Methuselah and Beyond (Dec. 1998), IADC Professional Errors and Omissions Committee Newsletter.
Recent Developments of Interest to Corporate Counsel (Winter 1998), TIPS Annual Survey of Law, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 357-373.
Switching Sides: May a Lawyer Ever Represent Someone Against a Former Client? (Oct 1998), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 553-558.
On Line Communications and Attorney-Client Confidentiality, Ethics in Cyberspace (May 1998), ABA Young Lawyers and TIPS Section, Spring Meeting, LaJolla, California.
Discovery on Wits ‘Borrowed from the Adversary’: Deposition of the Trial Attorney (April 1998), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 285-292.
Client Perjury: Should a Lawyer Defend the System or the Client (Spring/Summer 1998), Section of Litigation Ethics and Professionalism Committee Newsletter.
Client Perjury and the Role of Counsel (Winter 1998), ABA Professional Liability Update.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Punitive Damages: Can Clients Sue You For That and Collect Those? (Executive Risk Pub. 1998), Lawyer to Lawyer.
Opposing Party's Privileged or Confidential Documents (Oct. 1997), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 64, pp. 617-622.
Client Perjury: Should a Lawyer Defend the System or the Client? (July 1997), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 64, pp. 447-453.
You Are Commanded to Appear... (April 1997), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 64, pp 295-300.
Take Care of Each Other (April 1996), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 63, pp. 270-275.
Can You Give Me Some Friendly Advice..? (Jan. 1996), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 63, pp. 129-132.
The Twain of Ethics and Professionalism (Oct. 1995), IADC Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 62, pp. 59,1¬596.
Defending Depositions--Basic Preparation (1994), Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 82, No. 8.
When Your Opponent is Difficult (1991), The Brief, Vol. 20, No. 4.
Pretrial Aspects of Illinois Product Liability Law (1990), Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Design Defects (1975), The John Marshall Journal of Practice and Procedure.

Speeches

Professional Liability Coverage. The Hammer Clause, IADC Midyear Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida (2000).
Fraud in the Executive Suite, ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (1999).
Ethics in Cyberspace, ABA/TIPS Spring Meeting, LaJolla, California (1998).
Ethics and Professionalism, IADC Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado (1998).
Anti-Trust Advice in a New World, Haworth Industries, Oregon, D.C., New York, Chicago (1994).
Pretrial Aspects of Illinois Product Liability Law, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois (1990).
Deposition Practice, Strategy and Use, ABA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois (1990).
Law School Speakers' Program, NYU, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Loyola (1989-93).
Products Liability, ABA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois (1977).

Awards

Appointed, Panel Attorney, Federal Defender Program of the Northern District of Illinois, 1983.
Appointed, Special Assistant State's Attorney, 1997-2000.
NITA certified teacher and teacher trainer.
International Association of Defense Counsel.
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation 1997 Distinguished Service Award.
International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy Instructor.
Texas Pro Bono College.

Reported Cases

United States v. Commonwealth Edison
Panter v. Marshall Field & Company
In re Amoco Cadiz
Scholes v. Stone, McGuire & Benjamin
In re Federated Department Stores
COMPUAAD Corp.
In re UNR
American Stores, Inc. and Jewel Company v. The Home, et al.
In re Sundstrand Corp.
Evanston v. Browning Ferris, Inc.
JMB Realty Corporation, et al. v. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.

 


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