Allen S. Goldberg
Allen S. Goldberg | |
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| Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois | |
| In office 1993–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of Illinois (B.A. 1964), DePaul College of Law (J.D. 1967) |
Allen S. Goldberg is a retired American judge who served on the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois for 20 years. He was an innovator on the court in leading the creation of a court annexed mediation program, and also served as a specialized business court judge in the Law Division's Commercial Calendar.
Judicial service
[edit]Goldberg was elected as a judge to the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, and reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. He retired in 2013.[1] The Circuit Court of Cook County is a state trial level court of general jurisdiction.[2] Goldberg served in the circuit court's Domestic Relations Division for seven years. He spent 10 years as a Commercial Calendar judge, and in his final years on the bench, he handled jury trials in the circuit court's Law Division.[3][4]
The Commercial Calendar is a specialized business court within the circuit court's Law Division, with a jurisdiction focused solely on commercial disputes.[5] It is one of the oldest business court programs in the United States, having first become operational in 1993.[6] Goldberg served as a specialized business court Commercial Calendar judge from 2000 to 2011.[7]
Goldberg has been a leader nationally among business court judges. He is a past president of the American College of Business Court Judges,[8] and in 2005 he participated in the first meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges, co-sponsored by the Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute.[9] He served as a Business Court Representative to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section.[10]
Goldberg is credited with being responsible for the Law Division's court-annexed mediation program.[11] In 2004, Goldberg headed the committee that drafted rules for the court-annexed mediation program.[12][13] For twenty years, the program has been available to a wide range of case types in the Law Division, offering the parties an "opportunity to explore settlement alternatives with a highly trained and experienced mediator."[14]
Legal practice
[edit]After graduating law school, Goldberg spent a short time in private legal practice before joining the Legal Aid Bureau of the Office of Economic Development until 1970.[1] He next went to work for the Cook County Public Defender's Office, where he spent 21 years. He eventually became chief of its felony trial division.[1][3] As head of the felony division, he supervised 150 lawyers.[4] Since retirement, Goldberg has worked at the private alternative dispute resolution firm JAMS, providing mediation, arbitration, special master and other services as a neutral.[7]
Education
[edit]Goldberg received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois in 1964, and a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1967.[3]
Positions and honors
[edit]Goldberg has served in the following positions or received the following honors, among others;
- President, American College of Business Court Judges[8]
- Chair, Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, Illinois State Bar Association[15]
- Business Court Representative, American Bar Association Business Law Section[10]
- Member, Section Council, Illinois State Bar Association Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution[11]
- L. Sanford Blustin Award, North Suburban Bar Association[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Judge Allen S. Goldberg - Professional Background & Legal Expertise | Trellis.Law". trellis.law. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Organization of the Court | Circuit Court of Cook County". www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Allen S. Goldberg". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ a b "A Directory of State Judges in Chicago 2011 edition, The Chicago Council of Lawyers".
- ^ "Commercial Calendar Section | Circuit Court of Cook County". www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ Bailey, David (August 27, 1993). "Commercial Litigation Heads to New Calendar in Law Division". Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Allen Goldberg, JAMS Mediator and Arbitrator". www.jamsadr.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ a b "American College of Business Court Judges – Law & Economics Center". masonlec.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ American College of Business Court Judges, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Judicial Education Program, Washington, D.C., Advanced Law and Economics Institute, October 30 - November 1, 2005, Judicial Participant List
- ^ a b "American Bar Association Business Law Section, Business Court Representatives".
- ^ a b Jordan, Hon. Michael (October 2005). "Chair's Column, In the Alternative, Illinois State Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 12, No. 1, page 2" (PDF).
- ^ Rooney, John Flynn (March 23, 2004). "Mediation the new pretrial, and arbitration subs for the courtroom". Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. p. 1.
- ^ "Court-Annexed Civil Mediation". archive.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "About Law Division Mediation | Circuit Court of Cook County". www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Trial Briefs, Ilinois State Bar Association, Vol. 56, Issue 9, page 3" (PDF). May 2011.
- ^ "North Suburban Bar Association | L. Sanford Blustin Award". www.ilnsba.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.