Frank M. Covey, Jr.
Visiting Professor Emeritus
Biography
Professor Covey joined the School of Law faculty in 1988 as a visiting professor of law and retired in 2002. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable U. S. Schwartz of the Illinois Appellate Court, then spent one year as a teaching associate at Northwestern Law School. From 1960 to 1988 he was in practice in Chicago with McDermott, Will & Emery. He has chaired a number of committees and sections of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He served as a Senior Fellow of The Center for Public Resources, New York City, and served as a task force leader on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, a division of the Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County. He was a member of the board of trustees of Loyola University Chicago for eight years, and he served as president of Loyola's Alumni Association, Law Alumni Association, St. Viator High School's board of trustees and the Union League Club of Chicago. Professor Covey has endowed the Covey Lectures for Loyola University Chicago.
Education
B.S., Honors, Loyola Chicago, 1954
J.D., cum laude, Loyola Chicago, 1957
S.J.D., Wisconsin, 1960
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Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Fax: (312) 915-7201
Email: fcovey@luc.edu |
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Courses Taught
Advanced Torts
Evidence
Insurance Law
Professional Responsibility
Torts
Publications
Trial of Federal Case, Handbook on Federal Civil Procedure (IICLE, 1995)
Contractual Defenses, in Cushman, et al., Architect and Engineer Liability (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995)
Complex and Multidistrict Action, A Lawyer's Guide to Class Actions (IICLE, 1993)
Trial of Federal Cases, Handbook on Federal Civil Procedure (IICLE, 1992)
Awards and Honors
Francis J. Rooney/St. Thomas More Award, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2002
Lion Award, St. Viator's High School, 1990
Board of Governors Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 1986
Medal of Excellence, Law Alumni Association, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1979
Founders Day Award, Loyola University Chicago, 1976
Lincoln Award, Illinois State Bar Association, 1963
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