Lawyer Overview

Norman Rifkind is a member of the firm, concentrating his practice in securities, commercial, and consumer fraud litigation. Mr. Rifkind is a member of the Illinois bar and is a member of the bar for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar, Central District of Illinois, and Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Rifkind has argued appeals in the following appellate courts: Fourth Circuit, Seventh Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Eighth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, Illinois Appellate Court, New York Appellate Division, New Mexico Supreme Court and the Nebraska Supreme Court. He has tried securities, commercial, legal malpractice, contract, civil rights and personal injury cases. Mr. Rifkind graduated from Indiana University's School of Business in 1982, majoring in finance, and from Loyola University School of Law in 1985 where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence and Labor Law. He is the author of "Negligent Misrepresentation in Illinois: The Third Party (Non) Requirement," published at 82 Illinois Bar Journal 668 (1994).

Areas of Practice

• Securities
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Securities Arbitration
• Professional Malpractice
• Appellate Practice

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Professional Malpractice Law, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 1985
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1990
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1985
  J.D.
• Indiana University, 1982
  B.S.

Address

350 North LaSalle Drive
Suite 1320
Chicago, IL 60610

Phones

(312) 634-0057

Faxes

(312) 634-0059

Emails

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Websites

http://www.laskyrifkind.com