Howard Schaffner
Member
Email: hschaffner@hofeldandschaffner.com

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Torts; Products Liability.

Admitted: 1970, Illinois

Law School: John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1970

College: Roosevelt University, B.A., 1967

Member: Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Judicial Screening Committee); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Elected, Board of Governors, 1984-1988; Chairman, Seminar Committee, 1987-1988; Vice Chairman, Civil Practice Committee, 1985-1986).

Biography: Member, Gavel Society. Author: Chapter, "Proof of Pain and Suffering," Proof of Damages, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985, 1987; Chapter, "Institutional Negligence," Medical Negligence, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1985, 1987; Chapter, "Update on the Law of Produce Liability," IICLE, 1984, 1986; Article, "Pleading Wilful and Wanton Misconduct," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Journal, 1984. Instructor: Dram Shop Liability, IICLE, 1982; Trial Technique, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1988; Railroad Crossing Cases, National Institute of Highway Safety, 1984; Preparing and Trying the Product Liability Case, Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association, 1986; Proof of Damages, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1986; Mock Trial Presentation, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1984; Using an Economist at Trial, Lecture and Demonstration, IICLE, 1987.

Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1943

ISLN: 904003367