Joseph A. Bartholomew

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