Current Employment Position(s)

Founder & Principal Attorney

Lawyer Overview

Clinton A. Krislov    

    Clint Krislov, a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A., 1971), Phi Beta Kappa, and Cornell Law School (1974), is the founding and principal attorney of Krislov & Associate, Ltd.  Mr. Krislov is admitted to practice in Illinois and Michigan state courts, the United States Supreme Court, numerous Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the trial bar of the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Mr. Krislov is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching courses in Consumer Protection Law (2001-present) and federal income tax (1976-7), and the author of several articles, including: The Illinois Consumer Fraud Act: Hey! What Happened to all the Strict Constructionists?, Judicial Add-Ons are Ruining a Perfectly Good Statute, 11 Loyola Consumer Law Review 224 (1999); "Scrutiny of the Bounty: Incentive awards of Plaintiffs in Class Actions," 78 Illinois Bar Journal 286, June 1990; "Tax Considerations in Buying, Selling and Dissolving the Professional Practice," in Professional Practices, IICLE, 1986; "Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation," in 1981 Federal Tax Skills Course, IICLE, 1981; "Evaluating Publicly Syndicated Investments," in Basic Tax Shelters, IICLE, 1984.

    Mr. Krislov has also served three terms as Chair, following two terms as vice-Chair, of the Chicago Bar Association Class Litigation Committee, and initiated programs of bench-bar communications which continue.  Mr. Krislov also serves as a member of the Board of Editors of Class Action Reports (1992-present), the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (1995-96), and the Chicago Region ABA-IRS Nonfiler Initiative (joint Program to reach out nationwide to persons who had not filed income tax returns offering amnesty-type opportunity to get on the system without fear of prosecution).

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Lemon Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1974
• Michigan, 1980
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1974
  J.D.
• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 1971
  B.A.

Address

20 North Wacker Drive
Suite 1350
Chicago, IL 60606

Phones

(312) 606-0500

Faxes

(312) 606-0207

Emails

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Websites

http://www.krislovlaw.com