ELECT
ROBERT B. MORTON
Republican
for
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
19th Judicial Circuit
McHenry & Lake Counties, IL.
YOU BE THE JUDGE!
EDUCATION:
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D. (1982)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor), B.A. (1978)
PHI BETA KAPPA
EXPERIENCE:
NEARLY 2O YEARS AS ATTORNEY IN ILLINOIS
TRIALS & APPEALS, CRIMINAL & CIVIL
"WELL-QUALIFIED" FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE BY SUPREME COURT'S BLUE RIBBON JUDICIAL SCREENING COMMITTEE IN LAKE COUNTY
"PRIVATE JUDGE":
ARBITRATOR ACCREDITED BY NUMEROUS NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION ORGANIZATIONS
STATE HEARING OFFICER FOR ILLINOIS BD. OF EDUCATION
PRESIDED OVER 100+ HEARINGS
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
FORMER ASSISTANT ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL
FORMER POLICE LIEUTENANT
CURRENT PART-TIME POLICE OFFICER (ROUND LAKE AREA)
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Police Officer Robert Morton shown supervising children during this past summer's "REACH ONE" summer camp program in Round Lake Area.
DETAILED QUALIFICATIONS:
Past: Former Assistant Illinois Attorney General. Former Lieutenant of Police.
Current: Attorney-at-Law presently a solo-practitioner primarily engaged in complex civil litigation and Trial and Appeals Court Practice. Also, past experience in criminal law. Admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of Illinois since 1982; and admitted practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. Mr. Morton is also a State Hearing Officer for the IL. Dept. of Education and an Arbitrator accredited by numerous National and International Dispute Resolution Organizations (Private Judge) -- see detail below.
Currently, Mr. Morton is also a part-time sworn Police Officer (Round Lake Area).
ARBITRATOR ACCREDITATIONS:
American Arbitration Association (AAA) - certified commercial Arbitrator; ICC International Court of Arbitration & US Council for International Business (USCIB) - approved commercial Arbitrator panelist; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) - approved International Arbitrator panelist; British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center (BCICAC) - approved International Arbitrator panelist; National Association of Securities Dealers (N.A.S.D.) - certified (public) Arbitrator (including Emergency Interim Injunctions and Large/Complex Case Panels)National Future's Association (N.F.A.) - certified (public) Arbitrator; Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA) - approved neutral Arbitrator; New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.) - certified (public) Arbitrator; Chicago Stock Exchange (C.S.E.) - certified (public) Arbitrator; Chicago Board Options Exchange (C.B.O.E.) - certified (public) Arbitrator; American Stock Exchange (A.M.E.X.) - certified (public) Arbitrator; Cook County Court Mandatory Arbitration Program - certified Arbitrator; Illinois State Board of Education - certified Hearing Officer for teacher dismissal cases; U.S. Justice Department - approved neutral/arbitrator.
EXPERIENCED ARBITRATOR/CHAIR - chaired and presided well in excess of 100+ Arbitration Hearings.
N.A.S.D. Arbitrator
Training Lecturer -- Invited Speaker at National Arbitrator Skills Training Conference on
presiding as Arbitrator/Chair in cases involving Injunctions, Non-compete agreements and
Trade Secrets.
Member in good-standing of the Lake County Bar Association.
Member in good-standing of the Illinois State Bar Association.
Resident of unincorporated Antioch, IL. (on Fox Lake).
Married to Nancy Persson Morton.
Republican for
Circuit Court Judge
19th Judicial Circuit (McHenry & Lake Counties)
SO YOU TOO CAN PROUDLY SAY:
MORTON FOR JUDGE COMMITTEE
P.O. BOX 722
ANTIOCH, IL. 60002-0722
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