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 Illinois and Michigan state courts, the United States Supreme Court, numerous Circuit Courts of Appeals, 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 has also served three terms as Chair, following two terms as vice-Chair, of the Chicago Bar Association Class Litigation Committee, and 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 and Illinois Attorney General, 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 (NDIll.2000), affirmed 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.