Biography
As a partner of Kerkonian Dajani LLP, Elizabeth Al-Dajani specializes in commercial litigation, class actions and works on a range of issues involving civil and criminal appeals. Ms. Al-Dajani not only files and argues appeals but also counsels trial attorneys on protecting their record and exhausting all possible paths to pave the appellate record prior to the close of trial.
Prior to the formation of Kerkonian Dajani, Ms. Al-Dajani had the honor of serving as a Judicial Law Clerk the same judge for 3 years in the commercial calendar of the Circuit Court of Cook County and 3 years at the Illinois Appellate Court, First District. In total, she has been involved in over 100 appeals as an attorney and a clerk.
Ms. Al-Dajani is published on a range of legal issues including intellectual property rights in the Arab Middle East. She obtained her B.A. in Politics and Government at North Park University cum laude and obtained her law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law where she served on the Intellectual Property Law Review as Candidacy Editor and advanced to the International Finals of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition.
Ms. Al-Dajani serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and regularly serves as a presenter and guest speaker in courses on Illinois Civil Procedure, Judicial Externships and Professional Responsibility. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois Appellate Lawyers’ Association, North Suburban Bar Association and North Shore Law, an association of women lawyers.
She serves as a Director on the Board of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers’ Association and on the Board of North Shore Law. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Chiaravalle Montessori School and Beacon Academy in Evanston, IL, and is currently participating in SEED certification through the National SEED Project.
Education
- NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY – BA in Politics & Government, cum laude
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW – JD and Review of Intellectual Property Law
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Publications
Post Saddam Restructuring of Intellectual Property Rights in Iraq Through a Case Study of Current Intellectual Property Practices in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan, 6 J. MARSHALL REV. PROP. L. 250, 256 (2007).
IABA Review, Iran and the United States: United States Breach of the Treaty of Amity Justified? Volume 3, Issue 1, Fall 2008.
See a list of Ms. Al-Dajani’s articles here.
