Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.)

• Recipient, Edwin A. Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2015
• Member, Committee on the Administration of the Magistrate Judges System of the Judicial Conference, 2005-2012 
• Immediate Past President and Board of Directors, Resolution Systems Institute
• Vice President, Jewish Judges Association of Illinois
• Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association and Chicago Bar Foundation, 2006-2012 
• Member of Advisory Committee, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Dispute Resolution Research Center 
• Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University School of Law, 1990-1991 
• Senior Lecturer in Law, Loyola University School of Law, 1983-1995
• Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1988-1998
• Lecturer, American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Northwestern University Corporation Counsel Institute, National Employment Lawyers Association, American Intellectual Property Association, International Claim Association, Association of Attorney Mediators, Employers Counsel Network, and PLI Consumer Financial Services Institute
• Judicial Profile published in the Federal Lawyer, December 2012
• Recipient, Seymour Simon Justice Award, Jewish Judges Association of Illinois, 2010

Author of numerous articles including the following publications:

• Magistrate Judges' Important Role in Settling Cases, The Federal Lawyer, May/June 2014
• Settling the Confusion: Applying Federal Common Law in Settlement Enforcement Proceedings Arising from Federal Claims, Northwestern University Law Review, published by Northwestern University School of Law, volume 107, No. 1, p. 127-168, 2012
• Breaking Impasses in Judicial Settlement Conferences: Seven (More) Techniques for Resolution, Court Review, published by the American Judges Association, volume 46 at p. 130, 2011
• Settlement Conference Techniques: Caucus Dos and Don'ts, The Judges' Journal, published by the American Bar Association Judicial Division, volume 49 at p. 21, Spring 2010
• Making Full Use of the Court: Come to Settle First, Litigate Second, Litigation, the journal of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, volume 35, number 1, at p. 28, Fall 2008 
• What's an Attorney to Do? Ensuring Federal Jurisdiction Over Settlement Agreements in Light of Recent Seventh Circuit Cases, The Circuit Rider, the journal of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, condensed version published at p. 24, May 2007
• Settlement Conference Techniques: A Judge's Opening Statement, The Judges' Journal, published by the American Bar Association Judicial Division, volume 45 at p. 23, Spring 2006
• Judicial Settlement Databases: Development and Uses, The Judges' Journal, published by the American Bar Association Judicial Division, volume 43 at p. 19, Winter 2004
• The Motion For a Preliminary Injunction: Time For a Uniform Federal Standard, The Review of Litigation, 22 Rev. Litig. 495, a University of Texas Publication, Summer 2003
• Federal Jurisdiction in the Enforcement of Settlement Agreements: Kokkonen Revisited, Federal Courts Law Review, Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 2, March 2003
• Concluding a Successful Settlement Conference: It Ain't Over Till It's Over, Court Review, published by the American Judges Association, volume 39 at p. 14, Fall 2002
• Preliminary Injunctions: Look Before You Leap, Litigation, the journal of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, volume 28, number 4, at p. 8, Summer 2002
• Settlement Conference Tips for Judges (with a Form and a List of Things Lawyers Should NOT Do), The Practical Litigator, ALI CLE, at p. 19, May 2002
• Effective Mediation Advocacy: Perspectives Around the Mediation Table, co-author, Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Handbook, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chapter 4, 2001
• Breaking Impasses in Settlement Conferences: Five Techniques for Resolution, The Judges' Journal, published by of the American Bar Association Judicial Division, at p. 4, Fall 2000
• Justice Should Emphasize People, Not Paper, Judicature, the journal of the American Judicature Society, vol. 83 at p. 50, September-October 1999
• Trial on the Papers: An Alternative to Cross Motions for Summary Judgment, The Federal Lawyer, published by the Federal Bar Association, vol. 46 at p. 30, August 1999
• Steps to an Effective Settlement Conference: At the Table, Pretrial Practice & Discovery Newsletter, published by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, at p. 3, Winter 1998
• Steps to an Effective Settlement Conference: Before You Come to the Table, Pretrial Practice & Discovery Newsletter, published by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, at p. 3, Fall 1997
• Mediation of Commercial Disputes: A Useful Tool for Trial Lawyers and Their Clients, Chicago Bar Record, published by the Chicago Bar Association, at p. 30, September, 1995; and in the Dispute Resolution Journal, published by the American Arbitration Association, at page 79, October-December 1995

• Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1996-2012 (Presiding Magistrate Judge, 2004-2008)
• Partner, Dardick & Denlow, 1984-1993
• Partner, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., 1979-1984 (Of Counsel, 1993-1996)
• Director of Professional Services for Chicago Regional Office, JAMS/Endispute, 1995-1996
• Associate, Rosenthal & Schanfield, 1977-1979
• Law Clerk and Associate, D’Ancona & Pflaum, 1971-1977
• J.D., cum laude, Northwestern University School of Law, 1972 (Order of the Coif)
• A.B., Economics, cum laude, Washington University, 1969