Don R. Sampen
Partner
Super Lawyers® 2013
Chicago's Top Rated Lawyers, 2012
Don R. Sampen has over 30 years of trial and appellate experience in various areas, including insurance coverage and commercial litigation. Don is a magna cum laude graduate of Northwestern University College of Law, where he was Executive Editor of the Northwestern Law Review. He is a former clerk to the Honorable Philip W. Tone of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and also served as the Chief of the Public Interest and Special Litigation Divisions of the Illinois Attorney General's Office.
Don is currently an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University College of Law teaching a course in Insurance Law. In the past he has taught courses in Remedies, Advanced Trial Practice, Pretrial Litigation, and Trademarks. Don is also a prolific writer, authoring articles and book chapters in various areas of the law, including antitrust and whistleblower litigation. He recently coauthored a chapter appearing in New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide entitled "Initiating Insurance Coverage Litigation." He also writes a column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin which appears twice monthly on insurance coverage matters.
Industry articles include:
Quo Warranto and Mandamus, IICLE Chancery and Special Remedies (2009)
Initiating Insurance Coverage Litigation, New Appleman Insurance Law Practice Guide (2007)
Overview of Antitrust Law for the Corporate Practitioner, IICLE Business Law Series Vol. III (2005 & 2008/11 update)
Prosecuting a Claim Under the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act, IICLE Employment Termination volume (2011)
Suing on Behalf of the State: A Parens Patriae Primer, 86 Bar J. 684 (1998)
Age Discrimination and Reasonable Non-Age Factors, 23 Notre Dame J. College & Univ. Law 1 (Summer 1997)
Column entitled "Insurance Matters" published twice monthly in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (2008-2011)
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Northwestern University College of Law, 1975
- B.A. Northwestern University, major in political science/economics, 1972
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court, 1981
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2010
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1982
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1976
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2008
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1977
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2009
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1983
- State of Illinois, 1975
Organization Affiliations
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Appellate Lawyers Association
