Steven J. Harper


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AUTHOR BIO

Steven J. Harper was a litigation partner in the international law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP for more than 20 years before retiring and becoming of counsel to the firm in 2008. He graduated from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude) and Northwestern University (combined B.A/M.A. degrees with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa). He is an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Northwestern University's School of Law, an adjunct instructor in its Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been included in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, Illinois Super Lawyers, and Who's Who.

His first book, Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story was published in June 2007. Straddling Worlds: The Jewish-American Journey of Professor Richard W. Leopold, (Northwestern University Press) was published in January 2008.





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