Our Latest Featured Speaker is Howard L. Teplinsky!
Our latest Featured Speaker is Howard L. Teplinsky of Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC!
Howard is speaking at our 16th Annual Illinois Circuit Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts, on October 27 and 29, 2026!
You’ll hear throughout the program from four sitting Circuit Court judges, Hon. Patricia O’Brien Sheahan (tentative pending trial), Hon. Eileen Marie O’Connor, Hon. Chloé G. Pedersen, and Hon. John H. Ehrlich (Part 1, tentative pending trial), who will provide candid commentary on what they see in their courtrooms every day, what works, and what doesn’t. Their perspectives, combined with practical instruction from experienced plaintiff and defense litigators, make this program a must for anyone practicing in Illinois Circuit Court.
Now in its 16th year, our Illinois Circuit Court Boot Camp remains the preeminent litigation training program in the state for attorneys handling (or returning to) state court practice.
On October 29, Howard is co-teaching “Discovery & E-Discovery: Strategy, Proportionality, Preservation, and Motions” with Kristen E. Hudson, and commenting during “Winning and Defending Summary Judgment: Strategy, Persuasive Writing” with Kevin T. Turkcan and “Preparing for Trial: Pretrial Conferences, Trial Briefs, Motions in Limine, and Final Preparation” with Heidi L. Wickstrom.
If your attorneys can’t attend live, the full program is available via OnDemand Streaming or Recorded Package Downloads. Group licenses are available for firms and agencies.
Click here for full details and registration.
Howard co-taught “Discovery & E-Discovery” with Kristen at last year’s Boot Camp, and this year he is part of every session in Part 2.
Howard has been a litigation attorney for more than 38 years and represents and counsels Fortune 500 companies as well as small and mid-sized businesses and individuals in a variety of commercial disputes.
His clients include real estate developers, national franchisors, lenders, employers, contractors, insurance companies, shareholders, officers and directors, bankruptcy creditors, condominium associations and equipment leasing companies. Howard also regularly represents clients in alternative dispute resolution matters before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS and ADR Systems.
He is a trained mediator and is on the Circuit Court of Cook County and Chicago Bar Association Mediation Service’s roster of approved mediators, focusing on the resolution of commercial law disputes.
In 2016, Howard was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as an Inquiry Board member of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. In 2017, he was appointed a Chairman of an Inquiry Board panel and in 2026 was appointed as panel chair of the ARDC’s Client Protection Program.
He remains actively involved in the Chicago legal community and routinely serves as a judge and mentor in the national and local law student moot court competitions sponsored by the American and Chicago Bar Associations. Howard is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Illinois Chicago, teaching deposition skills since 2017.
Welcome back, Howard! We are so glad to have you with us for all of Part 2.
