Joel Hurwitz

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Credentials & Accolades
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
Court Admissions
  • Illinois Supreme Court
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Firm Involvement 

  • Past Chair, Real Estate Practice

Degrees

  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School
  • M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business
  • B.A., magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh 
    • Phi Beta Kappa
  • University of Oslo, Norway

Honors & Awards 

  • Rated AV® PreeminentTM, 5.0 out of 5, AV® Preeminent TM, and BV® DistinguishedTM by Martindale-Hubbell®
  • Named to the Illinois Super Lawyer list, 2005-2007, 2010-2018
  • ADL 2001 Community Service Award

Teaching Experience  

  • Joel was appointed by the Center for International Legal Studies as a visiting professor at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he delivered several lectures about U.S. corporate law in 2016.