Email: rbush@ancelglink.com

Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; American Arbitration Association

Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1974), Boston University (J.D., 1977)

Practice Areas: Municipal Law, Insurance Pools, Workers' Comp, Park Districts

Bio: Robert K. Bush received his J.D. Degree in 1977 from the Boston University School of Law. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the College of William & Mary in 1974 and also attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Since May, 2005, Mr. Bush has been named by Chicago Magazine as one of the top attorneys in the State of Illinois representing cities, municipalities and other local governments. He is a member of the Bar of both the State of Illinois and the State of Indiana. Mr. Bush has significant experience representing numerous Illinois public entities, both in a corporate and litigation setting. He presently serves as Village Attorney for the Village of Lyons, the Village of Bellwood, and the Village of Lisle and he serves as Park District Counsel to the Cary Park District, the Tinley Park Park District, the Hoffman Estates Park District, the Downers Grove Park District and the Salt Creek Park District, among others. He has represented Illinois municipalities before numerous federal and state courts as well as local liquor commissions, zoning commissions and other administrative bodies. Mr. Bush works closely with the many self-insured pools represented by Ancel Glink and is the corporate counsel for the School Employees Loss Fund, the Municipal Self-Insurance Cooperative Agency, the Northern Illinois Health Insurance Program, and the McHenry County School Insurance Pool.

Mr. Bush has lectured before the Self-Insurers Institute of America, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Park Districts, the Illinois Park District Association, the International Association of School Business Officials, the Public Risk Management Association, the National Business Institute, as well as having participated in seminars before a number of municipal organizations. Mr. Bush is co-author of the Illinois Park District Law Manual and has published articles on diverse public law topics in several state and national publications. Mr. Bush has authored the chapter on "Workers' Compensation Practice" in the Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyer's Section Handbook from 1983 to the present and has written several articles in the area of worker's compensation practice including "Mystery of Worker's Compensation" - Illinois Municipal Review and "Compensation Rates for Volunteer Municipal Employees" - the Illinois Bar Journal. Mr. Bush has also penned an article entitled "Civility In Municipal Government: Keeping Order When Factions Fracture Your Meetings" - Illinois Municipal Review. In addition to handling cases at the trial level and State and Federal Courts, he has appeared before the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court, as well as other administrative agencies. Mr. Bush is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the International Municipality Lawyers Association and in 1984 was awarded the "Lawyer in the Classroom" Award by the Constitutional Rights Foundation. In 2008, Mr. Bush accepted on behalf of himself and the firm a "Lifetime Appreciation" award given by the Illinois Association of Park Districts.