Clint Krislov, a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A. 1971), Phi Beta Kappa, and Cornell Law School (1974), is the founder and principal attorney of Krislov & Associates, Ltd.
Mr. Krislov is admitted to practice in both Illinois and Michigan state courts, the United States Supreme Court, most federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the United States Claims Court, the United States Tax Court, all federal districts in Illinois, and the trial bar of the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mr. Krislov is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching courses in Consumer Protection Law (2001-present) and federal income tax (1976-7), and the author of several articles, including: The Illinois Consumer Fraud Act: Hey! What Happened to all the Strict Constructionists?, Judicial Add-Ons are Ruining a Perfectly Good Statute, 11 Loyola Consumer Law Review 224 (1999); "Scrutiny of the Bounty: Incentive Awards of Plaintiffs in Class Actions," 78 Illinois Bar Journal 286, June 1990; "Tax Considerations in Buying, Selling and Dissolving the Professional Practice” in Professional Practices, IICLE, 1986; "Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation" in 1981 Federal Tax Skills Course, IICLE, 1981; "Evaluating Publicly Syndicated Investments" in Basic Tax Shelters, IICLE, 1984.
Mr. Krislov is the current Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Class Litigation Committee (having served at least six terms as Chair or Vice-Chair), where he initiated programs of bench-bar communications, which continue. Mr. Krislov also serves as a member of the Board of Editors of Class Action Reports (1992-present), the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (1995-96), and the Chicago Region ABA-IRS Nonfiler Initiative (joint Program to reach out nationwide to persons who had not filed income tax returns offering amnesty-type opportunity to get on the system without fear of prosecution).
As a former candidate for the United States Senate, Illinois Attorney General and Illinois Comptroller, Mr. Krislov has also led the fight to open the electoral system fairly for all participants.
He is the 2001 recipient of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization's "Legal Eagle" award for his work in election reform and defense against corporate overreaching. In the widely cited Krislov v. Rednour, 97 F.Supp.2d 862 (N.D. Ill. 2000), aff’d 226 F.3d 851 (7th Cir. 2001), cert. den. sub nom McGuffage v Krislov, 531 US 1147 (2001), Mr. Krislov successfully attacked Illinois' ballot petition procedures that had previously prevented non-organization candidates from getting on the ballot.
In 2009, Mr. Krislov founded the Center for Open Government law clinic at Ill. Inst. of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, which assists and litigates for citizens and government officials challenging closed government practices.
Mr. Krislov has been involved in over 300 reported decisions, many of which are the governing case law in the areas of class actions and public interest cases, investor rights, consumer protection, fiduciary duties, ERISA and public pension or benefit matters, and constitutional rights.
Practice Areas:
• Securities Litigation/Corporate Governance/Securities Monitoring
• Consumer Protection
• Debt Collection and Mortgage Foreclosure Abuses
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Antitrust
• Pension and Benefits Protection for Workers and Retirees
• Public Interest, Constitutional Protections and Government Wrongdoing
• Center for Open Government
State Bar Admissions:
• Illinois
• Michigan
Federal Court Admissions:
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and
Federal Circuits
• United States Courts for the 7th Circuit (including trial bar); and
• Southern and Central Districts of Illinois
Activities/Honors/Publications/Memberships:
• Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law
• The Illinois Consumer Fraud Act: Hey! What Happened to all the Strict Constructionists?, Judicial Add-Ons are Ruining
a Perfectly Good Statute, 11 Loyola Consumer Law Review 224 (1999)
• Scrutiny of the Bounty: Incentive Awards of Plaintiffs in Class Actions, 78 Illinois Bar Journal 286, June 1990
• Tax Considerations in Buying, Selling and Dissolving the Professional Practice, in Professional Practices, IICLE, 1986
• Evaluating Publicly Syndicated Investments, in Basic Tax Shelters, IICLE, 1984
• Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation, 1981
• Federal Tax Skills Course, IICLE, 1981
• Evaluating Publicly Syndicated Investments, in Basic Tax Shelters, IICLE, 1984
• Board of Editors of Class Action Reports (1992-present)
• Board of Trustees of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (1995-96)
• Chicago Bar Association Class Litigation Committee
• Chicago Region ABA-IRS Nonfiler Initiative
• Former candidate for the United States Senate, Illinois Attorney General and Illinois Comptroller
• 2001 recipient of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization's "Legal Eagle" award for work in
election reform and defense against corporate overreaching
• Member of CBA, ISBA, and ABA
Education:
• J.D., Cornell Law School (1974)
• B.A., Northwestern University (1971)