Experienced Legal Representation At Crucial Times In Belleville
Bartholomew, Joseph A.
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Practice Areas:
- Medical Malpractice 75%
- Product Liability 25%
- Employment
- Medical Negligence
- Plaintiff's Personal Injury
Current Employment Position
- Managing Partner
Past Positions
- Republic Steel Corporation, Supervisor-Turn Metallurgist, 1978 to 1979
- Price Waterhouse & Co., Staff Auditor, 1980 to 1981
- Jenner & Block, Associate, 1983 to 1983
- Jenner & Block, Judicial Clerkship Program, 1984 to 1984
- Hon. James L. Foreman, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Law Clerk, 1984 to 1986
- Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, Ltd., Associate, 1986 to 1990
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 1984
- Honors: cum laude
- St. Louis University School of Business and Administration
- M.B.A. - 1985
- Honors: magna cum laude
- St. Louis University
- B.S. - 1980
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Major: Accounting
- Minor: Mathematics
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1984
- New York, 1985
- Missouri, 1986
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Classes & Seminars
- Instructor, Saint Louis University Metropolitan College, 1986 to 1986
- Legal Research and Writing Instructor, 1983 to 1984
Honors
- Top Lawyers in Illinois – Highest in Ethical Standards & Professional Excellence, 2015
- Nationally Ranked Top 10 Attorney Award from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
- AV Rated from Martindale-Hubbell
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer, 2014-Present
Published Works
- Auditor-Client Work-Product Privilege With Respect to Tax Accrual File: The Arthur Young Case, 27 St. Louis L.J. 437, 1983
Professional Associations
- ARDC, Chairman of Hearing Panel, 1995
- Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, Hearing Officer, 1994 to 1999
- Illinois Bar Foundation, Board Member, 2006
- Illinois Board of Admissions, President, 2000 to 2003
- Illinois Board of Admissions, Board Member, 1992 to 2004
- Southern District of Illinois Federal Court, Member, Local Rules Committee
- St. Clair County Bar Association, Member, Medical-Legal Committee
- Illinois State Bar Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Missouri State Bar Association, Member
- St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Member
Languages
- English