Steven E. Danekas
312-923-8273 direct
sdanekas@smbtrials.com

Born Rochelle, Illinois, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, United States Claims Court; 1984, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1993, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, United States Court of Appeals, Third and Eleventh Circuits; 2000, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2001, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.

Education:
Northern Illinois University (B.S., magna cum laude,
  University Honors, 1977)
University of Illinois (J.D., cum laude, 1981)
   Phi Kappa Phi

Member:
Illinois State and American (Member, Litigation Section)
  Bar Associations
Defense Research Institute
Sports Litigators of the Sporting Goods Manufacturers
  Association

Practice Areas:
Product Liability, Trial
Commercial Litigation
National Litigation