Judd Miner

After completing a post-law school clerkship with the Honorable Simon Sobeloff, Mr. Miner returned to Chicago on a Reginald Heber Smith fellowship to bring test cases under the newly enacted civil rights laws and in the consumer fraud areas. After his fellowship in 1971, he founded the law firm presently known as Miner, Barnhill & Galland, and since then has specialized in civil litigation, primarily class actions under the federal and state civil rights laws and the United States Constitution. Mr. Miner has successfully represented plaintiffs in matters involving employment discrimination under the United States Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Americans With Disabilities Act. He is a nationally recognized expert in litigation under the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Miner served as corporation counsel for the City of Chicago under Mayors Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyier. As such, he oversaw the city's legal practice in every aspect of municipal law, and interacted extensively with the state and with other local units of government. Mr. Miner has served on the Chicago Steering Committee of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (1975-86); the board of Directors of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (1984- 86 and 1990-present); the Governing Council of the American Jewish Congress, where he chaired its Committee on Law and Social Policy (1990-1996). He was Chairman of the Insurance Consumers Advisory Panel of the Illinois Department of Insurance (1969-71). Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1995-97 Shareholder, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C., 1989-present Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1986-1989 Founding partner, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, 1972-1986 Reginald Heber Smith Fellow (bringing test cases under the newly enacted Civil Rights Act of 1968), 1969-70 Law Clerk to the Honorable Simon E. Sobeloff, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1967-1969 J.D., University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1967 London School of Economics, 1963-64 B.A., Northwestern University, 1963