As a partner of Kerkonian Dajani LLP, Elizabeth Al-Dajani specializes in commercial litigation and works on a range of issues involving civil and criminal appeals. Prior to the formation of Kerkonian Dajani, Ms. Al-Dajani had the honor of serving as a Judicial Law Clerk for 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 international legal issues including intellectual property rights in the Arab Middle East and House of Lords judicial panel decisions. 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 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 and North Suburban Bar Association.
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
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 Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Publications
IABA Review, Iran and the United States: United States Breach of the Treaty of Amity Justified? Volume 3, Issue 1, Fall 2008.