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Robert K. Bush
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. 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 Corporation Counsel to the Village of South Chicago Heights, the Village of Lyons, the Village of Brookfield, the Skokie Park District, the Cary Park District, the Chicago Heights Park District, the Tinley Park Park District, the Lemont Park District and the McHenry Police Pension Board. In the past he has served as General Counsel to the City of Oakbrook Terrace and the Crystal Lake Park District. He has represented Illinois municipalities before numerous state and local liquor commissions, zoning commissions and other administrative bodies. Mr. Bush works closely with the many self-insured pools represented by this firm and is the corporate counsel for the School Employees Loss Fund, the Municipal Self-Insurance Cooperative Agency, the Park District Risk Management Agency, the Illinois Park Employees Health Network, the Northern Illinois Health Insurance Program, the McHenry County Risk Management Association 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 Municipal League, 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 Workers' Compensation practice including "Mystery of Workers' Compensation," Illinois Municipal Review and "Compensation Rates for Volunteer Municipal Employees," Illinois Bar Journal. 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 National Institute of Municipal Law Officers and the American Arbitration Association, and in 1984 was awarded the "Lawyer in the Classroom" Award by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
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