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From 2017 until 2019, he served in the office of corporation counsel for the City of Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. [ 7 ] From 2019 until he was named White House Counsel, Siskel was chief legal officer for Chicago-based Grosvenor Holdings LLC.
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ettelson graduated from West Division High School. He attended Harvard College and Lake Forest College. Ettelson graduated from the Chicago College of Law in 1897. He was admitted to the Illinois bar and practiced law in Chicago. Ettelson served as corporation counsel for the city of Chicago.
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
In New York City, the corporation counsel, in addition to handling all civil litigation on behalf of the city, prosecutes juvenile delinquency proceedings. [1] The cities of New York, Chicago, and Boston, among others, use this title. Counties in Hawaii and Wisconsin have a corporation counsel as well. In some jurisdictions, such as Ohio, the ...
Robert William Fioretti (born March 8, 1953) is an American attorney and politician who served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council for the 2nd ward, which included portions of Bronzeville, East Garfield Park, Illinois Medical District, Little Italy, Loop, Near West Side, Prairie District, South Loop, University Village, Westhaven, and West Loop.
The firm was the lead counsel for plaintiffs in the litigation arising from the E2 nightclub stampede. [5] The firm achieved a $16 million settlement from the City of Chicago for the killing by a police officer of Latanya Haggerty. [6]
Robert S. Rivkin (born December 6, 1960) is the Chief Legal Officer of United Airlines. Until February 2019, he was Deputy Mayor of the City of Chicago, focusing his efforts on economic development, job creation and retention, and infrastructure.