PRACTICE AREAS
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Law and Transactions
• Corporate Law and Transactions
• Real Estate Law and Transactions

ADMISSIONS
• 1993 — Supreme Court of the United States of America
• 1991 — Trial Bar United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• 1989 — United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• 1989 — State of Illinois Supreme Court

EXPERIENCE
Robert S. Reda is the President of the firm and serves on the firms
Executive, Policy and Strategic Planning Committees.

Mr. Reda’s practice is concentrated to representing the interests of the business community. His advice covers most aspects of business endeavors, including corporate and real estate law. He has worked with clients as large as Citibank, N.A. and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, and as small as his grandfather’s retail store.

Mr. Reda as formed, merged, divested and dissolved hundreds of companies. He has worked with the real estate development community, including banks, developers and end users, in the acquisition, development and sale of parcels as small as six flats and as large as hundred million dollar portfolios.

Mr. Reda has litigated numerous lawsuits in federal and state courts around the country, including before administrative agencies and arbitrations, in such substantive areas as intellectual property, business torts, environmental actions, antitrust, insurance, discrimination, government and private contracts, shareholder derivative actions and racketeering.

EMPLOYMENT
• President, Reda & Des Jardins, Ltd. (2003-present)
• President, Fioretti, Des Jardins & Reda, Ltd. (2001-2003)
• President, Reda & Associates, Ltd. (1989-2001)

EDUCATION
• 1999 — Deposition Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• 1995 — Trial Advocacy Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• 1988 — Juris Doctor, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• 1984 — Bachelor of Arts, Drake University, Iowa, Economics
• 1980 — Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois

PUBLICATIONS
• Battle the Expert - and Win, Dec. 1995, ISBA, Gen. Practice Section

PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
• The Art of Cross-Examination, Chicago Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
President, Reda & Des Jardins, Ltd. (2001 – Present),
f/k/a Fioretti, Des Jardins & Reda, Ltd.
f/k/a Reda & Associates, P.C.
Special Assistant Illinois Attorney General (2002-2004)
Roscoe Pound Foundation (1998–2006)
Member Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute (2000-2006)
National Registry of Who’s Who in American Law- 28249 (1998)
Marquis Who’s Who in America (1998)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Advocate Assoc. (1997-2003)
Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (1997-2000)
Chair Qualified (1997-2000)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1995–2003)
Commercial Litigation Section (1998–2000)
Illinois State Bar Association (1989–present)
Chicago Bar Association (1989–1998)
Trial Techniques Committee (1996–1998)
President, Robert S. Reda & Associates, P.C. (1989 – 2001)

CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Illinois Boy Scouts Pack 46 (2006–present)
Illinois Cub Scouts Pack 46 (2004-2006)
Co-Organizer, Annual Rocket Launch (2004)
Campout Committee (2004 – 2006)
Pinewood Derby (2004 – 2006)
Lake Forest / Labe Bluff Chamber of Commerce (2004 to present)
Chicago Chapter - Federalist Society (2002 – 2003)
National Leadership Award – Nat’l Republican Cong. Comm. (2002)
Northbrook Sports Club (2002 – present)
Inducted, Loyola Academy Athletic Hall of Fame (2000)
Catholic League Champions, Soccer (1979)
Coach, American Youth Soccer Organization
Boys (2000 - present)
Girls (2004 – present)
Principal for a Day, Scott Joplin Elementary School (2000)
Board of Trustee’s, Union League Boy’s & Girl’s Club (1999 to 2006)
Union League Club of Chicago (1990 – 2006).
Financial Resource Development Committee (2000-2001)
Champions, Ray Berg Mem. Handball Doubles Tour. (1998)
Athletic Committee (1997– 2001)

ELECTED POSITIONS
Lake Forest Caucus (2003–2008)
President (2007-2008)
Vice President (2006 – 2007)
Chairman, First Ward (2004 – 2006)
Executive Committee (2004 – present)

SPORTS AND OTHER OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Squash (2005 – present)
Cooking Good Stuff (2000 – present)
Sailing (1990 – present)
Hunting (1995 – present)
Handball (1986 - 2001)
Golf (1980 – present)
Snow Skiing (1968 – present)
Soccer (1968 - 1991)