The Sharp Law Firm, P.C. Mount Vernon Illinois IL banking & Finance, Bakruptcy, Business & Commercial law, Real Estate, Litigation & Appeals

John T. Hundley
The Sharp Law Firm, P.C.
PO Box 906
1115 Harrison
Mount Vernon, IL 62864-0906

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Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Honors
Published Works	Affiliations	Representative Cases

Current Employment Position(s):: Shareholder

Areas Of Practice:: Business Law; Chancery and Equity; Civil Litigation; Collections; Commercial Law; Contracts

Litigation Percentage:: 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Illinois, 1979; U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1979; U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981; U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1983; U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2001

Education:: DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1979; J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence; Honors: With Honors; University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1970; B.S., Bachelor of Science; Honors: With Honors

Published Works:: "Inadvertent Waiver" of Evidentiary Privileges: Can Reformulating the Question Lead to More Sensible Decisions?, 19 S. Illinois Univ. L. J. 263, 1995; Business Expansion Through Asset Acquisition: Some Problems Posed by Product Liability Doctrines, 77 Ill. B. J. 492, 1989; White Knights, Pre-Nuptial Confidences and the Morning After: The Effect of Transaction-Related Disclosures on the Attorney-Client & Related Privileges, 5 DePaul Bus. L. J. 59, 1992 - 1993; Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure-State Law, 51 A.L.R. 5th 603, 1997; Waiver of Evidentiary Privilege by Inadvertent Disclosure-Federal Law, 159 A.L.R. Fed. 153, 2000; Long Arms and Foreign Pockets: Can Multinational Financial Organizations Be Used to Subject Alien Defendants to the Enforcement of Illinois Judgments?, Chi. Bar Assn. Record 24, September, 1990; Assignments of Wages in Illinois: Pitfalls for Employer Businesses, 14 DePaul Bus. L. J. 21, 2001

Representative Cases:: Noyola v. Board of Ed. of City of Chicago, 179 Ill.2d 121, 688 N.E.2d 81 (1997); In re Fine Paper Antitrust Litigation, 685 F.2d 810 (3rd Cir. 1983); Grant v. Board of Ed. of City of Chicago, 282 Ill.App.3d 1011, 668 N.E.2d 1188 (1996); Stewart v.EGNEP (Pty) Limited, 581 F.Supp. 788 (C.D. Ill. 1983); Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1108 (N.D. Ill. 1983); Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Aaron Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., 563 F.Supp. 1118 (N.D. Ill 1983); In re Torres, 191 B.R. 735 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1996)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Pretrial Civil Litigation, DePaul University College of Law, 1990 - 1991; Living Wills & The Alternatives, Hyde Park United Church, Chicago, IL, 1993; Living Wills & The Alternatives, Grace United Protestant Church, Park Forest, IL, 2004; Debt Collection in Illinois, National Business Institute, Schamburg, IL, 2004; Important Issues for Litigation Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act, Southern Illinois Bankers Seminar, 2005

Honors and Awards:: Chicago Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Illinois State Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Partner, 1986 - 1990; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Associate, 1979 - 1986

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Eta Sigma

Birth Information:: October 13, 1948, Abilene, Kansas, United States of America

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