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Mendel Catholic High School
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Hon Robert Fioretti

1971
  • Mendel
    • National Honor Society, Junior Class Secretary
    • Sophomore Class Treasurer
    • Varsity Forensic Team
    • Debate Team
    • Constitution Revision Committee
    • Student Senate
    • Chess Club
    • Science Club
    • Young Christian Society
    • Monarch Yearbook Staff
    • Mendelian News Writer
  • BA, University of Illinois
  • Pullman Scholarship
  • Student Body President, Senior Year
  • Juris Doctor, Northern Illinois University (NIU)
  • Adjunct Faculty at NIU College of Law
  • Alderman 2nd Ward – City of Chicago (Elected in 2007 and Re-Elected in 2011)
  • Partner in Law Firm of Fioretti & Lower
  • Former Supervising Attorney – Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago
  • Litigated a wide variety of cases in state and federal courts
  • Settled a case for a client who spent 11.5 years in prison for a crime he did not commit based on DNA evidence in 2006
  • Served as a lawyer for the family of “Baby Tamia,” leading to changes in Illinois’ adoption law
  • President of the NIU National Alumni Association from 2000-4
  • Past President of the NIU College of Law Alumni Council
  • Past President of the Historic Pullman Foundation
  • Served on the Character and Fitness Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court
  • Served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association Executive Committee