A History of Fighting For Justice
Brendan grew up on the north side of Chicago in the Uptown community. Through the late 1980s and 1990s Brendan worked for several alternative and mainstream media, including as editor of Streetwise and freelance work for WBEZ Radio and the Chicago Tribune’s Metromix Online.
In 1994, Brendan went to Washington D.C., where he worked for another community newspaper and anchored a news affairs television show for a local PBS televisions station. In 1996, Brendan graduated Cum Laude from Howard University.
Having worked on more than a dozen campaigns, Brendan has extensive experience in behind-the-scenes political work, including having been the deputy field director for Congressman Bobby Rush in his mayoral run, and the Campaign Manager for Alderman Helen Shiller in her 2003 re-election campaign.
In 2001, Brendan began attending law school while still working full-time. In 2003, he graduated first in his class from John Marshall Law School. While attending law school, Brendan interned for the Lawyer’s Committee for Better Housing, the Office of the State Appellate Defender, and he externed for Federal District Court Judge Robert Gettleman. He was also a member of the John Marshall Law Review Staff and the Moot Court Council. After graduating from law school, Brendan opened the Shiller Law Office, which practices in several areas of law.
Shiller has maintained his ties with John Marshall, instructing a Bar Exam Prep Course and coaching teams in the John Marshall-hosted ABA’s annual trial advocacy competition. Since 2004, Brendan has partnered with Mary Barry to instruct the foreign competitors in the Trial Advocacy Competition. Since 2005, Brendan has taught legal writing for John Marshall Law School as an adjunct professor. He also collaborates with Professor Ron Smith, and Assistant States Attorney Kelly Navaro in the writing of the annual ABA Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition problem.
Brendan has also been active in the community in which he grew up. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he coached in community softball leagues and tutored summer school students at the local middle school.
Brendan has founded many successful law firms and consulting firms and is proud to re-open the doors to the Law Offices of Brendan Shiller.
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