Attorney Profiles
Carl R. Draper Springfield, Illinois
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Carl Draper has focused his professional career on legal matters invoving individual rights. His prior experience as an Assistant Attorney General and as Legal Counsel to the Governor, built a solid base to work on matters involving State government.
He is an advocate of individual rights and has litigated civil rights cases in State and federal courts. He has a strong background in Administrative Law including state professional licenses and other government regulations.
An associated filed of work includes employment rights of the individual in both private and public sector employment.
Professionally, he is an active participant in bar associations, including the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar Association for the Central and Southern Districts of the federal courts where he serves on the boards that govern both of these organizations.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1987
- Areas of Practice:
- Administrative Law
- Civil Rights
- Construction Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Family Law
- Employment Discrimination -- Employee
- Employment Discrimination -- Employer
- Litigation Percentage:
- 65% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1981
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1999
- Education:
- University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois,
1981
J.D. - Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois,
1976
B.S.
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Illinois State Bar Association, Administrative Law Section Council, 1988 - Present
- Member
- Illinois State Bar Association, Law Office Economics Section Council, 1994 - Present
- Member
- Sangamon County Bar Association, 1994 - Present
- Member, Pro Bono Committee
- Sangamon County Bar Association, 1987 - Present
- member
- Lincoln-Douglas Inns of Court, 2009 - Present
- member
- Bar Association of the Central and Southern Districts , 2006 - Present
- Board Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Johnston, Associate, 1981 - 1982
- Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, 1982 - 1984
- Governor of Illinois, James R. Thompsom, Counsel, 1984 - 1987
- Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Cox, 1987 - Present
- Birth Information:
- April 18, 1955, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America










