Professional Activities

Mr. Roeder is active in various professional organizations, including:

• American Bar Association

• Illinois State Bar Association

• International Association of Defense Counsel

• Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Member, Board of Governors

• The Lawyers Club of Chicago

He has been an author and speaker on a variety of topics including:

• The Seventh Circuit Widens a Split Among the Circuits of SLUSA Preemption of State Class Actions, 85 Defense Counsel Journal 1 (2018);
• AT&T Mobility LLC v. Conception: the Supreme Court Hangs Up on Consumer Class Actions, IADC ADR Newsletter, May 2011
• Jury Selection, Trial Advocacy for Civil Litigators, IICLE, October 2019;
• Laying Foundations for Introducing Evidence, Practical Applications, IICLE, December 2018; and
• Preparing the Client for Mediation, Forum on Advanced Litigation Strategies, IADC, 2007.

Mr. Roeder teaches Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and has done so since 2005. 

Mr. Roeder was awarded the University of Illinois College of Law's First Alumni Professional Development Award in 2018.