Dan Edelman

Daniel A. Edelman is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. From 1976 to 1981 he was an associate at the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis. In 1981 he became an associate at Reuben & Proctor, a medium-sized firm formed by some former Kirkland & Ellis lawyers, and was made a partner there in 1982. From the end of 1985 he has been in private practice in downtown Chicago. Virtually all of his practice involves litigation on behalf of consumers, mostly through class actions. He is the co-author of Rosmarin & Edelman, Consumer Class Action Manual (2d-4th editions, National Consumer Law Center 1990, 1995 and 1999); author of Collection Defense (Ill. Inst. Cont. Legal Educ. 2008, 2011); Representing Consumers in Litigation with Debt Buyers (Chicago Bar Ass’n 2008); Predatory Mortgage Lending (Ill. Inst. for Cont. Legal. Educ. 2008, 2011), author of Chapter 6, “Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions,” in Real Estate Litigation (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), Chapter 4-1, “Truth in Lending Act,” in Illinois Causes of Action (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), and others. He is a member of the Illinois bar and admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, U. S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Courts for all Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin districts.