Bernard Roccanova

Bernie has practiced for more than thirty years, with a primary emphasis on the representation of railroads. After five years of intensive trial experience while an in-house attorney for a major insurance company, Bernie moved to The Belt Railway Company of Chicago as an in-house attorney. In his ten years there, he handled FELA claims and all types of litigation, as well as real estate matters and other transactional work. He continued to represent The Belt Railway as a partner at the Chicago law firm of Ross & Hardies for eleven years, and now as a partner at Daley Mohan Groble.

Bernie is an “AV” rated attorney and is active in the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, and is a past president of the Illinois division of that organization. He is also a member of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1971
Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.A., 1967

BAR ADMISSIONS

Illinois, 1972

COURT MEMBERSHIPS

Illinois Supreme Court
New Jersey Supreme Court
U.S. Court for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Illinois Defense Counsel

Noteworthy

Bernie originaly hails from New Jersey, but came to IL to attend law school & stayed to enjoy the weather;

Served 2 terms as President of the Illinois Division of the National Association of Railroad Counsel; and

After 30 years of working around them, both as in-house and outside counsel, still thinks trains are the coolest things around .