Eileen M. Letts

Biography

Eileen M. Letts

Eileen M. Letts graduated from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1978 and received the degree of Juris Doctor. She was admitted to practice before the Illinois Bar and the Federal Bar. She received her Bachelor of Arts from The Ohio State University in 1975. Ms. Letts prior employment includes serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Glenn T. Johnson, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court from 1978 to 1980. In January of 1990, Ms. Letts and Martin P. Greene left another Chicago law firm to form Greene and Letts.

Ms. Letts has practiced law since 1979 and has extensive experience in litigation. Her emphasis has been on personal injury defense matters, where she has tried numerous cases to verdict. She has also tried contract disputes and construction litigation claims. She remains extensively involved in continuing legal education and the constant changes taking place in the practice of law and in the business of law.

Ms. Letts' activities in the legal community include:

Member of the Economic Club of Chicago; Member of the Executives Club of Chicago; Executive Committee Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice Past Chair of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, First District; Member American Bar Association Commission on Women; Co-Chair Strategic Planning and Implementation ABA Section of Litigation; Member Illinois Supreme Court Evidence Committee Past Chair American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Counsel; Member of the 1996-97 Magistrate Merit Selection Panel for the Northern District of Illinois.

In the past Ms. Letts has served the legal community as:

Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee of the Chicago Bar Association; Past President, Chicago Bar Foundation; Chairperson of the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association; Member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Bar Association; Co-chair of the Solo and Small Firm Committee for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation; Liaison to the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners; Member of the Executive Committee of the Cook County Bar Association; Chair Chicago Bar Association Special Committee on Minority Federal Jury Service; and President of Minority Legal Education Resources, Inc.

Ms. Letts also served on the transition team for Chicago Mayor-elect, Harold Washington. She belongs to the American, National, Chicago, Cook County, and Black Women Lawyers Associations.

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: IL