Robert Varney
Education
- Juris Doctorate, University of Illinois, College of Law
- Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Economics, University of Illinois
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. District Court (Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois; Southern District of Indiana)
Leadership, Membership & Honors
- International Association of Defense Council
- Defense Research Institute
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Board Member, 2000-Present, Board of Directors, 2008-2009)
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Assembly member, 2004-2009
- McLean County Arbitrator
- McLean County Bar Association
- Robert E. Underwood Inns of Court
- The Appellate Lawyers Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- The Harmonie Group (Board of Directors, 1999-2004)
- Chicago Bar Association (Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1994-1996)
- Trial Lawyers Club of Chicago, 1990-1997
- Cook County Mandatory Arbitrator, 1990-1997
Community Involvement
- American Red Cross of Heartland (Board of Directors, Chair 2010-2012, Vice-Chair 2008-2010)
- Illinois Heart and Lung Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Mclean County Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
- McLean County Republicans
Published Legal Writings & Legal Lectures
“Federal Third Party Practice and Procedure,” IICLE Third Party Practice Handbook, 2004
“Pleadings,” IICLE Federal Civil Practice, 2003
“Motor Vehicle Cases from A to Z,” Illinois State Bar Association
“Opening Statements/ Closing Arguments,” Chicago Bar Association Countdown to Trial
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Insurance Symposium and Trial Tactics Seminar
“Handling a Vehicle Crash Case,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education
