Author Biographies: Illinois Objections

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Daniel M. Locallo Daniel M. Locallo is a Circuit Court Judge of Cook County assigned to the Law Division since 1999. He presides over jury trials at the Daley Center in Chicago and has had over 100 civil jury trials. Previously he was assigned to the Criminal Division within the Felony Trial Division at the Criminal Courts Building, where he presided over more than 100 criminal jury trials from 1992 until 1998. He was appointed an Associate Judge in 1986 and elected a Circuit Judge in 1992. Judge Locallo is former Chair of the Criminal Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. He has taught in seminars for continuing education for judges within the Circuit Court of Cook County and State of Illinois on both civil and criminal matters, and has co-authored manuals on both complex criminal and civil litigation. He graduated from John Marshall Law School in 1977.

Gerald F. Grubb Gerald F. Grubb is Chief Judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit (Winnebago and Boone Counties). He was appointed Assistant City Attorney for Belvedere in 1975 and Assistant State's Attorney for Boone County in 1976, elected State's Attorney for Boone County in 1980, appointed Associate Judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit in 1987, and elected Circuit Judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit in 1996. Judge Grubb has presided over major civil and criminal trials for 16 years, including cases in products liability, Structural Work Act, wrongful death, medical malpractice, toxic torts, zoning, injunction, business torts, personal injury, reckless homicide, drug trafficking, attempted murder, murder, and capital murder. He prosecuted major felony cases for seven years. He is a 1975 graduate of John Marshall Law School.