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Robert D. Kreisman of Kreisman Law Offices has been elected to the office of secretary of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Professional Negligence Section.  This law section facilitates the exchange of information for AAJ members handling professional negligence matters throughout the United States. This section is one of the largest of the section groups of the American Association for Justice. In his own practice, Robert Kreisman handles a wide variety of litigation matters and has experience in litigating medical negligence cases, nursing home abuse cases, pharmaceutical defect cases and commercial and business disputes. 

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling injury cases for individuals and families who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of another for more than 37 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Mundelein, Libertyville, Palos Heights, Morton Grove, Park Forest, Antioch, Chicago (Lincoln Square), Chicago (Roscoe Village), Chicago (Beverly), Lincolnwood and Tinley Park, Ill.

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A meeting of Illinois U.S. Senators Richard Durbin and Mark Kirk was held on May 29, 2013 at the Union League Club of Chicago. After the meeting with the nominee for the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Zachary Fardon, the senators met with local press.A news conference was held. In selecting Mr. Fardon, Senators Durbin and Kirk emphasized the importance of forceable prosecution of gun and gang violence in Chicago.  It was said several times at the news conference that guns, gangs and drugs are the source of repeated violence that has afflicted most of the Chicago area. 

Senator Durbin first summarized the meeting with nominee Mr. Fardon, and Senator Kirk then addressed the press, stating the importance of focusing on gun and gang violence as opposed to emphasizing political corruption. Although both political corruption and gun and gang violence have been in the news in the past, reports of gun deaths are reported daily in Chicago’s major newspapers.

According to Senator Durbin, “Zachary Fardon is a dynamic pick for a U.S. Attorney for the Northern District, and I hope the Senate moves quickly to confirm him.”

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At a Breakfast @ 65 forum held May 15, 2013, panelists David Hoffman, former Inspector General, Kathleen Petrowsky, Federal Security Director at O’Hare International Airport for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and Thomas Durkin, Chicago civil rights attorney and widely known for his commitment to the rule of law, took the podium to discuss safety, security and privacy in light of the April 15, 2013 terrorist attack in Boston.

Panelists discussed protection of the public’s safety and security while still providing for civil liberties under the U.S. Constitution. 

Mr. Hoffman addressed the issue of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution relating to unreasonable search and seizures and the right to remain silent. Mr. Hoffman discussed the advances made in technology that deal with security in all areas, from surveillance by drones to eavesdropping and e-mail monitoring. 

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On May 3, 2013, an overflow crowd at the Union League Club of Chicago welcomed Michelle Alexander, professor of law at Ohio State University Law School. Professor Alexander is also the author of the bestselling book, The New Jim Crow; Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness.  The book was on the New York Times bestseller list. 

Professor Alexander was introduced by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. 

U.S. Congressman Danny Davis of the 7th Illinois Congressional District was one of the many honored guests who attended.

 

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Chicago attorney Robert Kreisman has represented Savid Technologies in its acquisition by Technology Capital Investors (TCI), a New York investment firm.
Savid Technologies is a Tinley Park, Ill.-based cloud security provider.
Savid will join TCI’s growing companies, which includes External IT, OS33, Avazpour Networking Services, D&D Consulting, ETCI and Hostnet, and Bravura Networks.
Savid Technologies will keep its company name, employees and leadership, including CEO Michael Davis, who will continue to run day-to-day operations for the MSP, according to TCI. Davis, a speaker on cloud security and author of “Hacking Exposed,” will also develop and offer a new suite of managed security and compliance services across all TCI’s companies, said Sam Attias, managing partner at TCI.

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