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Roger H. Bickel
Chicago, IL
(312) 360-6377
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Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J. D.
Indiana University, B. A. (Honors Degree)
Professional Experience
Roger Bickel has substantial experience in representing a wide array of clients in complex regulatory law matters and commercial litigation. Often retained for some of the most challenging regulatory issues facing clients, His twenty-year professional experience includes: general counsel to two separate constitutional offices of State Government, co-author of the landmark Illinois Lobbyist Registration Act, executive director of the 1984-86 Governor’s Small Business Advisory Council, director of the 1983-84 Republican Caucus of National Lieutenant Governors, and Special Regulatory Counsel to numerous human service agencies.
Mr. Bickel enjoys the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell legal ability/ethical standards rating (“A-V”). In 2000, he was selected by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Lawyer publications as one of the “Forty Under Forty Illinois Attorneys to Watch,” a designation accorded to less than 1% of the state’s practicing attorneys.
In 2004, Mr. Bickel was again selected by his own peers in a statewide evaluation as one of “Illinois’ Leading Lawyers” in regulatory law representation, a distinction accorded to less than 5% of the state’s most respected and experienced practicing attorneys.
Mr. Bickel has also served by appointment of the Department of Justice for four years as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in securities law cases. He has represented numerous professional and trade associations, governmental bodies and individuals before the General Assembly and the many regulatory agencies of Illinois and the Federal Government.
In business litigation, he has successfully represented Fortune 500 companies, partnerships, small businesses, universities, and directors and officers in breach of contract claims, regulatory matters, significant enforcement of judgment suits (i.e. overseas assets), negligence claims, civil rights and constitutional claims, environmental and securities enforcement matters, and a variety of other claims and trials.
Mr. Bickel’s written works on regulatory law development have been published annually since 1991 by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Illinois State Bar Association. Portions of his written treatise on regulatory law were republished in the Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Volume 20, Summer 1996 and Summer 1998.
Mr. Bickel is a member of the Freeborn & Peters Executive Committee.
