Paul Freehling

• Franchising
• Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud, & Non-Competes
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Insurance
• Franchise & Dealer Disputes

• Commercial Litigation
• Antitrust/Trade Regulation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

District of Columbia

Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Tax Court

United States Supreme Court

Partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Harvard Law School

LL.B

1962

Harvard University, cum laude, 1959

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Activities: National Futures Association (Arbitrator)

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Activities: Seventh Circuit Bar Association

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Activities: American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator)

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Activities: American Bar Foundation (Fellow)

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Activities: American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)

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Activities: American Judicature Society

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Activities: American Law Institute (Elected Member)

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Activities: Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois

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Activities: Association for Conflict Resolution

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Activities: Chicago Bar Association

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Activities: Chicago Council of Lawyers

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Activities: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Arbitrator)

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Activities: Chicago Opera Theater (Officer and Member of the Board of Directors)

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Activities: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Governing Member)

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Activities: CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (Distinguished Neutral)

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Activities: Federal Bar Association (Officer of the Chicago Chapter and the National Association)

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Activities: Illinois Bar Foundation (Fellow)

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Activities: Illinois State Bar Association (Editor, ISBA Administrative Law Newsletter, 1971 – present)