[April 27, 2015]

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., to Receive the American Inns of Court 2015 Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit

Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Esquire, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2015 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit. The award will be presented in early May at the Seventh Circuit's Annual Judicial Conference by Chief Judge Diane P. Wood.

Shriner is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP; he practices in Milwaukee, where he focuses on commercial and public law litigation and appellate practice at the state and federal levels. He has substantial experience in the bankruptcy courts and regularly speaks on creditor-debtor law subjects. He has litigated disputes involving business acquisitions, shareholders, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, lender liability, and loan participations. Shriner was named Milwaukee's Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year for 2015. His public law experience includes representing defendants and plaintiffs under major civil rights statutes.

A member of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Shriner received the organization's Myron L. Grdon Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, which he served as president. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation, and the Wisconsin Law Foundation. He is an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School.

Shriner earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University (News - Alert) and his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

The American Inns of Court Professionalism Awards are awarded in participating federal circuits, to a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display sterling character, unquestioned integrity, and dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession and the rule of law. Recipients are selected from circuit-wide nominations by representatives from the circuit and the American Inns of Court. The award is presented at the circuit's judicial conference and recipients will be recognized in October at the 2015 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States. The awards are underwritten in part by Thomson Reuters (News - Alert).

The American Inns of Court, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, fosters excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills. The organization's membership includes more than 30,000 federal, state, and local judges; lawyers; law professors; and law students in more than 360 chapters nationwide and more than 97,000 alumni members. More information is available at www.innsofcourt.org.

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