James A. Vroman

Environmental, Mediation
One IBM Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60611


Environmental

Admitted

1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Law School

University of Illinois, J.D., magna cum laude, 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

University of Illinois, B.S., 1970

Memberships

Chicago (Member, Environmental Law Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort; Insurance; Product Liability; Environmental, Energy and Resources, Environmental Litigation Subcommittee) Bar Associations; Energy Bar Association.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Author: Burden of Coming Forward With Evidence Under the Affirmative Defense Statute; The Potential Liability of Private Police Under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1976; Fair Share Fees: The Balance Between Practicably and Constitutionality, The Illinois Public Employees Relations Report, Summer, 1987; A Treble-Cost Recovery Right Under CERCLA For Private Citizens, Environmental Report, September 1, 1989 at 753. Co-Author: The Availability of Stigma Damages in Claims Against Environmental Consultant for Negligent Misrepresentation, The Guarantor, Spring 1997; Disposal and Remedial Options Under the PCB Mega Rule, ELR News & Analysis, August 1999; The Voluntary Performance of Environmental Remediation and AICPA Statement of Position 96-1, Corporate Real Estate and the Law, AECRE Newsletter, Summer 2000; Superfund Memoranda of Agreements: An Opportunity to Promote Development, BNA Environment Reporter, December 22, 2000.

Military

U.S. Marine Corps, 1972-1974, Captain