Joseph A. Bartholomew

Employment

• Cook, Bartholomew, Shevlin, Cook, & Jones LLP, 2018 to the present, Mangaging Partner
• Cook, Bartholomew, Ysursa, Shevlin, & Cook, LTD, 1990 to 2018, Partner
• Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, Ltd., Associate, 1986 to 1990
• James L. Foreman, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Law Clerk, 1984 to 1986
• Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL Summer Associate and Judicial Clerkship Program, summer of 1983 and summer of 1984
• Price Waterhouse & Co., Staff Auditor, 1980 to 1981

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

Classes & Seminars

• Instructor, Saint Louis University Metropolitan College, 1986 to 1986
• Legal Research and Writing Instructor, 1983 to 1984

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, 1999 to 2021
• 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
• Illinois State Bar Association, Member
• American Association for Justice, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• Missouri State Bar Association, Member
• Louis Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
• New York State Bar Association, Member
• Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Member

Languages

• English